Having to deal with insects is not easy because they are small, agile and sometimes hard to spot. Often times, we blindly spray insecticides without knowing what they are for due to fear and ignorance about the effects of these chemicals on the environment, as well as the animals themselves.
To those that are apprehensive about killing insects, here are a few easy techniques:
• Seal your rubbish bins tightly, preferably with lock-on covers, so that big animals cannot tip over your garbage and pests cannot feast on them.
• Regularly trim your hedges and check your plants for any sign of harboured critters.
• Seal off potential food for ants and cockroaches in tight and covered containers.
• Mosquito netting or very fine screens should be placed on all entry points, such as doors and windows around the house.
• Regularly check your house for damage such as damp wood, holes in the roof, and leaky pipes.
• Make sure that all collected water is covered so that mosquitoes would not have a place to breed in.
• Regularly shuffle items that you have put away in stock so that spiders and other creatures would not build homes in them.
• Keep the kitchen clean and always wipe the counters with detergent to get rid of grease and odour.
• Do not touch anything if your hands are still reeking of meat and other food that you have prepared.
• Seal your storage boxes tightly, check for possible infestations and tape them at their openings.
• Pests are also attracted to garden waste, leftovers and decaying plants that are hard to reach manually. They can stay in rotting fruits, and other food that you would not want to touch. Rubbish removal experts can properly dispose of such biodegradable trash for you.
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