If your home is suffering from an extreme case of bug and insect disturbance, enlisting professional help from a team known to offer a high standard of bug control services is a practical action to take. They are your best recourse if pesky bugs and insects have just transformed your home into what can be described as an inhospitable space for you and your family. Pest management contractors are the best people to help if you are seriously looking for an effective way to put an end to your pest infestation problems, regardless if they are a crawling or flying insect, or a wild animal like raccoons and rodents. But in the absence of professional help, you make take advantage of these DIY or do-it-yourself strategies to provide temporary relief but not necessarily as a permanent solution. Still, we can’t put more emphasis on the use of professional help when it comes to pest infestation problem we have.
Exterminating Cockroaches
You might have heard from the grapevine that cockroaches are so invincible that they can actually be last creature to die from a nuclear blast. Fortunately, you don’t have to resort to the use of explosives to destroy them for good. Instead, you can make these roach balls on your own and thus keep them out of your perimeter area. Combine ½ cup sugar, 2 cups borax, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, ½ cup chopped onion, and 2 tablespoons of water. Mix them all together and form them into small balls. Put some inside unsealed plastic bags, and place them in areas you suspect cockroaches are nesting in. Take caution though that they are out-of-reach of young children as these roach balls are toxic and may cause harm to kids.
Eliminating Ants
Not many people are aware that cinnamon is detrimental to ants. Sprinkle a generous amount of cinnamon powder around areas where you think these insects are getting in and out. If you want to keep ants off your kitchen cabinets and shelves, you may sprinkle good amounts of it around your cabinet perimeters. Doing so will keep them at bay and not make any attempt to get in again.
Driving Out the Stink Bugs
Stink bugs gained a foothold in Canada around the 1990s, and their origins can be traced back to Asia. If you are involved in farming, you’d consider these insects more of a nuisance and not as a threat. In order to keep them from gaining easy access to your indoors, ensure that you install secure seals on all your doors and windows. It is also helpful if you put protective metal screens over the top of your chimneys and vents. If you want to put on an added level of protection, you can make use of any regular dishwashing liquid you may find. Mix one part of dishwashing liquid to five parts of warm water. You can use this as a spray-on solution. Spray generous amounts of this liquid on cracks in walls, door seals, and windows.
Extinguishing Termites
This formulation we have here is a bit easy to make and can be used to stop termites before they start to wreak havoc to your home and cause long-term damage to the wooden structural integrity of your house, office, or commercial establishment. Get some borax and mix it with 10 teaspoons of sugar. Mix together with 2 cups of water. Use this solution to soak a few chunks of wood for several hours. After which, bury those pieces of wood in the termite infested area. The plan of action here is to entice the termites to consume those poison-soaked woods first before they get their attention to the wooden elements of your home. It is also anticipated that they will bring some of the pieces of these poison-soaked motes of wood back into their colony to help feed the queen termite. If this happens, the entire colony will eventually perish as well because soon after the queen will expire from the poisoned wood which the worker termites will give her.
Removing Flea Infestation
Did you know that by sprinkling hefty amounts of baking soda on your carpet and upholstery and vacuum them out after some time would help eliminate fleas? Make use of a high-powered vacuum cleaner for this purpose, preferably with a disposable dirtbag. Dispose the bag when you’re done. If you have a household pet, either a dog or a cat, you can eradicate their pestering fleas for good with the use of saline solution during bath time. An alternative to salt water is steeping rosemary in hot water first. Make sure that the water is only lukewarm before you use it as the final rinsing solution to your dog or cat. To further intensify the results, I suggest that you do both.
Accept the fact that removing bugs from your home and your life may actually take a while. The remedies given above may or may not work to your advantage, depending upon the gravity of your bug infestation concern. For more effective measures on bug control and management, seeking the professional help of specialists offering bug control services that works would be most recommended.