Bugs in your House
Facts you may not know about the bugs living in your home: mice, rats, wasps, bees, dust mites and silverfish. bugs
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Rodents – Mice & Rats
Found in lofts (causing fire hazards by chewing electric cables) and kitchens (where they’ll eat virtually anything that’s on offer, especially dry cereal), telltale signs include droppings, scratching noises and sometimes a musty smell. Look out for holes and gaps where they can squeeze their way into your home (both mice and rats can get through any hole the size of a pen) and get them blocked up. bugs
Dust Mites
Transparent and less than half a millimetre long feed on a diet of dry and dead skin: coming out at night and causing allergic reactions in about 20% of the population, dust mites are known to cause eczema and asthma. There’s no way to get rid of them completely, but you could try replacing your pillows (a two-year-old pillow is made up of 10% dead mites and their droppings) and wooden or vinyl floors are better than carpets.
Other tips include opening windows when cleaning, dusting surfaces with a damp duster and washing bed linen on as hot a temperature as possible.
Bed Bugs
A reddish-brown and flattened bug, they feast on blood while you sleep. A barbed spike enters the skin’s surface gorging on blood for 10-15 minutes. Then the bed bug crawls away to a hiding place to digest the meal for the next several days while you’re left with itchy, whitish bite marks. Look for blood spots, black specks of dried faeces and shed shells on your mattress.
Silverfish
Found in dark, damp places, such as the basement, loft or bathroom, and they on shampoo, linen, paper and dead insects. Silverfish do not bite or sting, and they are not harmful to human or pet health and safety at any time. However, silverfish cause damage to food in pantries, clothing, wallpaper and books.
Wasps
Wasps build their nests in building soffits, lofts, garages and wall cavities. Wasps will defend their nest by repeatedly stinging the intruder. They can build nests the size of a large water cooler. The majority of people without sting allergies will show only minor symptoms during and after a wasp sting. Usually, the pain and swelling recedes within a few hours of being stung. Stronger symptoms associated with a wasp sting are considered a be “large local reaction” such as anaphylactic shock, over-the-counter antihistamine medication can be used to reduce the discomfort.
Honey and Mason Bees
Bees are a valuable part of our ecosystem and should only be relocated by professionals. Mason bees tend to make their home in holes or crevices in walls positioned in sunny places. Go Green Pest Control Delta Pest Control Tsawwassen Pest Control Ladner Pest Control Randy Bilesky
