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How to Deal With Household Pests

DEALING WITH PESTS With pest season in full flow, take a look at how you can identify infestations and how to deal with them. Here are some common areas of your household you could find pests. Generally these can be prevented by keeping your home dust free and clean. However some could require special attention. Below you can find some typical methods of prevention as well as some alternate ways using household items to prevent these pesky pests! IN-HOUSE PESTS Typical Methods Alternate Methods SPIDERS Spiders dislike PEPPERMINT OILS HOOVERING often and keeping your house dust free and clean will which leave you with a natural method of help prevent spider infestions. prevention. Plus it smells great! COCKROACHES Make a HOOVERING often and makeshift roach trap keeping your house clear of loose food and clutter will help prevent with wet coffee grounds and a cup. Alternatively leaving fresh CUCUMBER near entry points or nests will drive them out. cockroach infestions. The number of council call outs in the UK during 2014. !9.962 Although this sounds high, this is actually a decrease of 42.1% since 2011. BED BUGS If infested already, there is likely no option other than Bed bugs can be prevented by stitching lavender to each corner of your matress. WASH AND HOOVER LAVENDER OILS also everything. work. 16,569 The number of calls during 2014. Worryingly this has increased by 21% since 2011. FLEAS If infested Fleas cannot tolerate WASH AND BREWERS YEAST and will leave pets alone if rubbed into their fur or HOOVER everything from carpets, furniture, bedding and especially pets! ingested. It also keeps their fur healthy. RATS & MICE Typically PEST CONTROL is called if rats and mice are PEPPERMINT is known to repel mice while the best way to prevent rats is to block any entrances into your house. finding their way into homes. One way doors and traps can be set. 939% The percentage of all pest services used in the UK which are called specifically to deal with rats and mice. WASPS Wasps are territorial so WASP SPRAYS are easy placing a to come by a typical method of prevention for if you have already BROWN BAG to mimic a wasp nest will likely prevent them from nesting. A been infested with a makeshift BOTTLE TRAP can be used hive. to slowly get rid of large infestations over time, using sugary water. 9 87% The percentage in which wasp treatments has increased in the last 2 years after a massive decline in 2012. ANTS ANT SPRAYS or A more natural alternative is to place POWDERS are commonly used to deter and prevent ants from making their way into houses. GROUND CINNAMON in areas where ants can enter your home. O 20,515 The number of calls during 2014 related to ant infestations. A 10% drop to 2013. WOODWORM Aerosol WOODWORM Simply keeping your house WARM will SPRAYS or OIL prevent woodworm from spreading and thriving in your home. COATINGS are popular uses of prevention. If you have a structural infestation however, call professionals. MOTHS Moths don't Like many pests, moths do not like the scents like CLEAN CLOTHES and given off from essential oils such as CEDAR and LINENS so keep your wardrobe and bedroom clean. Moths particularly like sheeps wool so check your loft LAVENDER. Douse some cotton balls with these oils. insulation. FLIES Flies dislike ESSENTIAL If you are finding swarms check the area for OILS such as peppermint, lavender, lemon grass and eucalyptus. Spraying these oils in your home should keep them fly dead insects of animals. BLOCKED DRAINS are another common reason for fly infestations. free. GARDEN PESTS Typical Methods Alternate Methods SLUGS & SNAILS The tried and tested Using BARK MULCH dries out slugs and snails helping to deter them from your plants. method of using SALT on slugs and snails is effective but can be notoriously messy. VINE WEEVILS Encouraging Typically found in pots and plants in containers and can be dealt with NATURAL PREDATORS such as birds, frogs and hedgehogs will minimize the risk of weevils, as well as regularly re-potting plants. using CHEMICAL PESTICIDES. LILY BEETLES Can be dealt with Simply picking the beetles off BY HAND is using traditional PESTICIDES however effective, although be careful as they can fly this can cause damage to beneficial insects. away! APHIDS Again, encouraging NATURAL ENEMIES Many off the shelf such as ladybirds, parasitic wasps and larvaes is a great natural way of dealing with aphids. PESTICIDES can deal with these sap sucking pests. ALLIUM LEAF MINER A very dangerous and formidable pest in the gardening world which can be avoided by heavy CROP Another safer and less time consuming option is to use a HORTICULTURAL FLEECE or INSECT ROTATION. PROOF MESH. TORTRIX CATERPILLAR Like many garden pests these can be dealt with using PESTICIDES before Many BIRDS prey on insects such as caterpillars so creating a space where they can nest will help prevent infestation they damage crops from binding leaves. VOLES CLEARING LAWNS of Voles can be dealt with areas to shelter or hide such as leaves, branches or fallen fruit prevents voles from making home in your garden. using typical mice and rat preventions such as SPRING or HUMANE TRAPS. PESTS AROUND THE WORLD You think we have it bad? Here are a selection of some of the deadliest pests from around the world. Deathstalker Japanese Hornet This insect can grow up to 1.8 inches long, with a Scorpion This deadly scorpion wingspan greater than 2.4 inches making it the largest species of hornet in the world. If provoked, it can become very aggressive and has a large venomous stinger which attacks the found in the Middle East is identifiable from its five sectioned tail and yellow appearance. It can grow up to an average of 2.3 inches long and its sting can be highly dangerous to children, the elderly Asian Tiger Mosquito American Black Bear Originating in Southeast Asia this mosquito is one of the most dangerous The most familiar and common type of bears found within North nervous system and damages tissues of its and those with heart conditions. victim. America. They typically can be found living in types in the mosquito family due to its role in the transmission of forested and mountainous areas. However, being very opportunistic animals, they can be seen roaming camps and rural areas looking for food. deadly diseases such as yellow fever virus and dengue fever. It is characterized by its black and white striped legs and body. Brazilian Sydney Funnel Spider Wandering Spider Typically found in tropical areas within Central and This species of the Australian funnel-web South America. This species of spider is known to be the most poisonous in the world, although an spider are mostly terrestrial spiders. Favouring to live in moist sand or clays, they build Poison Dart Frog Mango Fly effective anti-venom is silk-lined burrows where This parasitic insect is This colourful looking frog is a native of Central and South America, but available. Their defensive they lie in wait for prey. common in East and Central Africa. In its larval posture, with its frontal legs held high is real imposing to predators with its huge leg span. Their venomous bite is capable of causing serious injury or death to humans if left untreated. stage it burrows into the skin of large mammals (including humans!) and feasts on the tissue from don't let its looks deceive you! Typically found in humid environments, the poison dart frog secretes toxins through their the inside. These larvae vibrant skin as a defence tend to leave their host once reaching its fully developed state and can mechanism from predators, the golden poison frog has enough toxins to kill 10 to 20 sometimes leave life threatening damage if men. not treated. SOURCES rhs.org.uk mentalfloss.com uspest.com independent.ie Primrose www.primrose.co.uk

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