Are you sick of seeing bugs and rodents in your home? Even if you have pest control measures in place, they may not be as effective as you had hoped. Maybe you do not want to pay for this. Keep on reading to learn how you can take get rid of pests yourself.



Gather all the throw rugs you have and sweep them well in order to keep pests down. This gets rid of the ants and some bugs that get in your living room rugs. Dispose of the vacuum cleaner bag in an outside receptacle as soon as possible.

Do you have a constant problem battling fruit flies? You may be breeding them right in your home. Tape a piece of plastic wrap over drains for a couple of days, and see if these pesky little flies pop up. If they do, pour some boiling water down your drain and give it a good scrub. This should eradicate the fruit fly problem.

If brown recluse spiders are causing problems, utilize adhesive traps. These spiders are poisonous and difficult to kill with pest-repellent chemicals. They like to emerge at night to seek food. Key areas for placing traps are behind furniture and on walls.

Never buy a home without a thorough pest inspection first. Certain signs of infestation are easy to recognize, but keep in mind that you have no way of knowing what kind of pest control is hiding under the home or in the insulation until you stay in the home for a few days.

Bedbugs are sneaky little creatures that are hard to kill. Before doing any extermination, make sure you close any open holes. This will not only trap the bed bugs from escaping back into your bed, it will also prevent them from hiding there in the future.

Make sure you rinse your recyclables before putting them in the recycle bin. One specific item that is very important to thoroughly rinse and clean is soda cans with a high amount of sugar. Be sure to completely rinse out the soda when placing it outdoors or in the garbage.

If you have cats and dogs, never use rat poison. If your cat or dog catches a sick rodent or plays with a dead one, it can ingest the poison. This bait is not recommended around kids either. They'll think the pellets are candy.

You should check all parts of your home, even those that don't appear to have any pest problems at all. If your home has a basement that goes underground, then termites can slowly eat away your home without you realizing it. Damp basements, closets and crawl spaces should be evaluated to ensure that no infestation has occurred.

Have you seen rodents in your home? You must look your home over, inside and out, to find little cracks and holes that animals could use for entrance. Use scouring pads to fill these cracks, or use some rodent poison in there. Mustard oil or other odor-rich repellants can often be useful.

Recycling can attract pests. That is why you should have them placed outside your house. If you cannot do this, thoroughly wash whatever you place inside the bin. Recycling containers that are sealed are the best way to keep pests from being attracted to your trash.

It doesn't matter what pests are in your home, you want them gone. By using the advice above, controlling them is possible. Keep these tips in mind and get rid of pests quickly.