At best, mosquitoes can be a real nuisance, leaving itching bite marks and keeping us awake at night. The irritation caused by the bites can be quite distressing particularly for children. At worst, mosquitoes transmit a range potentially fatal diseases. In India, the most prominent diseases spread by mosquitoes are malaria, dengue and Chikungunya as well as Japanese B encephalitis.
Rats cause a lot of damage. As the teeth of rodents continue to grow over their lifetime, they need to gnaw on hard substances such as lead and plastic pipes, insulation material and electric wiring. This habit increases the risk of short circuits and fires. In addition to this, they transmit a number of dangerous diseases such as Salmonella, Leptospirosis (Weil's disease), Tuberculosis and even tape worms.
Cockroaches are a high risk pest to have in your premise. They carry a range of serious illnesses, including salmonella food poisoning, dysentery, diphtheria, gastroenteritis and typhoid.
Furthermore, cockroaches
have been identified as a major source of powerful allergens, often the cause of asthma, allergies and eczema, especially in urban areas. The health risk is particularly high in homes with children, the elderly
or those fighting illnesses.
Cockroaches thrive in warm conditions with sufficient water, especially those with food residues.
Ants are incredibly capable and intelligent creatures. Though harmless, they can be a nuisance when they get into your home or business premises. Their complex and cooperative societies allow them to survive and thrive
in conditions that would be otherwise challenging to us. Here are some interesting facts that you may want to know about this small but amazing pest.
1. The total weight of all the ants in the world is the
same, if not larger than all humans added together.
2. Ants are capable of carrying objects 50 times their own body weight with their mandibles.
3. Ants communicate and cooperate by using pheromones that
can alert others to danger or lead them to a promising food source.
Regularly wash and heat-dry your bed sheets, blankets, bedspreads and any clothing that touches the floor. This reduces the number of bed bugs. Bed bugs and their eggs can hide in laundry containers/hampers Remember
to clean them when you do the laundry.
Successful treatment depends on an integrated pest management approach which involves vacuuming and steaming, washing belongings and sealing areas and gaps where bed bugs
can hide.
Honey bees are sensitive to most insecticides, and there are many other insecticide sprays that can be used to kill them. Even aerosol wasp and hornet sprays can be used effectively in some situations, but several cans
will usually be required.
Honeybee colonies are so large that only a pest control professional or experienced beekeeper can safely remove a hive. .
To keep lizards away, place a few onion slices or raw garlic cloves throughout your home. If you don't want to leave them around, put them in a plastic bottle with some water and use it as a lizard repellent for home.
Using a bug spray or getting an extermination service done can also drastically help decrease the population when using with Lizard Defense. They can't stand to stay in an area that smells like Lizard Defense
spray.
As with any ant invasion, good housekeeping practices to eliminate food sources is part of effective control. Caulk and seal gaps and cracks in exterior walls to keep ants from entering your home. Outdoors, remove firewood
and any other debris away from your home.
Well-fitted screens will also limit their access to buildings. Outdoors, regular removal (at least once a week) and disposal of organic waste, including dog feces, rotting fruit, and kitchen waste will reduce the attractiveness
of the area to adult flies and limit their breeding sites.
Flies spread diseases because of their breeding and feeding habits. Bacteria from where the fly usually feed on would get stuck on their mouth parts
and footpads eventually spreading onto places they land on. Imagine if it’s exposed food that you are about to eat.