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SAFELY CONTROL PESTS |
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Bugs and pests are a nuisance and can pose potential hazards to you and your loved ones.� Pest and bug control is important for your home or business. Pesticides/chemicals are used when necessary, but pesticides only kill a small number of pests.� When chemicals are needed we use safer products and take care not to apply pesticides in a manner that will cling to carpets, furniture and other surfaces so as to limit exposure to you, your family and pets.� We use dusts, gel baits, bait stations, sticky traps, rodenticides, baits and traps. Sprays alone will not eliminate cockroaches. |
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Limit access into a building from outdoors or other areas of the building:
* Seal cracks and other openings to the outside.
* Use weather stripping on doors and windows.
* Look for other methods of entry, such as from items being brought into the building, especially appliances, furniture, and items that were recently in storage.
* Inspect food deliveries before putting them in kitchens.
* Look for egg cases glued to undersides of furniture, in refrigerator and other appliance motors, boxes, and other items. Remove and destroy any that you find.
* Locate and seal cracks inside the treatment area where cockroaches can hide.
* Trim shrubbery around buildings to increase light and air circulation, especially near vents, and eliminate ivy or other dense ground covers near the house, as these may harbor cockroaches.
* From around the outside of buildings remove trash and stored items such as stacks of lumber or firewood that provide hiding places for cockroaches.
* Consider keeping a layer of gravel about 6 to 12 inches wide around the perimeter of buildings. |
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Insects and rodents can contaminate food, damage your home and make allergies and asthma worse.� To get rid of pests and keep them from coming back, you have to deprive them of everything they need to survive: |
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Manage your garbage.� Use garbage cans with tight-fitting lids (metal ones are best) for garbage and recycling.� Clean them often, inside and out. |
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Put food away at night.� Wash the dishes.� Wipe down the stovetop, counters and tables. |
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Remove water sources.� Fix leaky faucets by replacing washers. |
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Reduce clutter.� Recycle piles of newspapers, paper bags, cardboard, and bottles, especially around stoves and refrigerators. |
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Clean small appliances.� Cockroaches like warm, dark places such as toasters, countertop grills, microwave ovens and clocks. |
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Pest-proof your food.� Store all boxed or loose food in containers that seal tight plastic, glass, or coffee cans with lids. |
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Once you have chosen to hire a professional/licensed exterminator, continued monitoring will be necessary.� A partnership should be formed with the pest control professional/exterminator and the owner/resident in order to eliminate conditions that lead to infestation. |
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If you choose to attempt treatment on your own, never purchase or use a product without a manufacturer's label, never buy pesticides from street vendors and never use products called Chinese Chalk, Tres Pasitos or Tempo. |
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