How to Extermine and Prevent Household Pests and Infestations

Information, facts and resources to help you deal with an infestation of household pests and, if the worst happens, how to destroy them and prevent the pests return.

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Common household pests enter our home for shelter and food, and also to nest and breed.

Common household pests can cause damage to our homes especially wood destroying pests or gnawing rodents.

Household pests can also be a threat to the health and safety of our families by spreading bacteria, disease or allergens in our homes.

Household pests can be irritating, annoying and a danger to you and your family's health and safety because they bite or sting and spread disease.

Some household pests are nothing but a nuisance and may be unsightly or otherwise unwelcome.

In all cases, household pests should not be tolerated. Prevention is better than (and easier and less expensive) than cure.

The most common household pests include ants, booklice, carpet beetles, clothes moths, cockroaches, fleas, flies, mice, rats, spiders, silverfish, slugs and wasps.

Extermine.Com has great tips and tricks to help you deal with those unwanted household pest that visit your home and help you prevent their unwelcome return.

Prevention is just as important as cure, and on the Extermine.Com you will also find ideas and recommendations to prevent these household pests in the first place.

On every pest page at Extermine.Com you will also find an environmentally friendly or "green" solution, which offers a natural approach to pest control without the use of dangerous chemicals and insecticides.

For example many insects can be trapped and killed by mixing a poison that is not toxic to humans with a food that insects find attractive.

Oatmeal is attractive to insects and when mixed with Plaster-of-Paris makes an effective poisonous insect bait that is not harmful to humans.

Cocoa powder, flour and borax mixed together is a similarly effective insect bait.

Old-fashioned sticky flypaper is also is an effective trap, especially once a few flies have been caught on the paper.

Sealing cracks and crevices can be a simple and effective preventative measure against many unwelcome household pests.

Use a good quality silicon sealant around doors and windows and also where service pipes and cables enter your home. This can prevent crawling and creeping insects from entering.

Manage your waste and rubbish by ensuring tight lids to bins and rubbish containers. This can prevent access to food sources by household pests that scavenge in bins for food.

Keep storage rooms clear and tidy - easier said than done, I know! - old clothes, newspapers and books can provide breeding and feeding sites for many household pests.

Take measures to deal with damp. Cockroaches, silverfish, slugs and spiders are attracted to moisture and an easy preventative measure for these common household pest is to remove the moisture source.

An environmentally friendly method of dealing with the common household fly is to use sticky traps or old-fashioned fly papers. These are available from DIY and hardware stores and are very effective at trapping flies.

Another simple and environmentally friendly way of destroying household pests that infest food stores or clothes and fabrics is to utilize the household freezer. Clothes and food can be sealed inside plastic bags and place in the freezer for a minimum of 72 hours (3 days). The below zero temperature of the freezer kills all stages of the household pests withoud harming the food or the clothes.

The vacuum cleaner is another environmentally friendly and powerful tool in the fight against household pests. Use it to vacuum up insects and the food sources and debris that pests feed on. Vacuuming is an effective control against spiders in the home.

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