To Get Rid Of Ants And Roaches You Need Pest Control Tips

by | Jun 2, 2014 | Pest Control

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Ants and roaches are disgusting creatures who love to use your home as their personal grocery store. For everyone ant or roach you find in your home, you probably have hundreds more hiding in the cabinets or in the walls. You may not see them but they are there. As soon as you see the first ant or roach in your home, you need to call Pest Masters Inc. They will come out to your home and provide you with Pest Control Tips.

The first thing you need to understand about roaches is that they do not like to come out during the day. In fact, they prefer to stay in hiding during the day and come out at night when you are asleep. if you do happen to see a roach in your home during the day, it means that either there are so many roaches in your walls that they are running out of room and are looking for other places, or they have run out of food and are in search of emergency supplies. Either way, you need an exterminator to come out quickly.

Second generation roaches are the hardest to kill because they may have developed an immunity to the insecticides you have been using. Your exterminator will be able to kill the roaches and provide you with additional Pest Control Tips. Some of those tips will include, closing your trash cans, cleaning up debris that you may have in your yard, and fixing any leaking faucets or spigots you may have. Roaches are attracted to moisture and easily accessible food. Get rid of the things that are attracting them and you will get rid of them.

Ants will also look for moisture and food. Most ants live outside of your home and come inside to forage. One way to keep ants out of your home is to get rid of the odor trails that they follow. Most ants will follow the same trail unless you eliminate the scent. You can get rid of the scent with a spray containing water and lemon juice or vinegar. Simply spray your counters, wipe down and allow to air dry. Follow on Twitter!