What to Do to Keep Insects Out of Your Home

Considered disgusting by most people, kitchen beetles can contaminate food they come in contact with.

It is believed that bacteria such as salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus or streptococcus can be transmitted from beetles to humans, usually indirectly, by consuming these contaminated foods.

For this reason, it is necessary to remove these pests from the home, if they are present. There are multiple methods of preventing or combating pests.

Uninvited guests are the worst, especially if they have more than two legs. Whether we are talking about flies, beetles, flies, or any other type of insect, it is certainly not at all pleasant to find them in your house.

Have you tried all sorts of methods, but none worked? You're doing something wrong. Here's how to put an insect away from your home with these solutions, specially designed for each room.

How to keep insects away from your kitchen

Surely it has happened to you to prepare something to eat or even to eat and notice that something is moving in a corner. If you don't want to have uninvited guests at the table, there are a few things to keep in mind.

When you buy or leave fruits and vegetables in the kitchen, the last thing you want is to wake up with those annoying little mosquitoes.

According to Carolyn Forte, director of the Household Appliances and Cleaning Laboratories at the Good Housekeeping Institute, this is inevitable. But that doesn't mean there aren't solutions!

Forte says that by making a simple vinegar trap and a paper funnel you can catch a ton of flies, thus getting rid of unwanted winged guests.

At the same time, Forte also says that it is not good at all to leave scattered or uncovered various products that could attract beetles. In particular, it is good to store biscuits or anything that could produce crumbs, as these foods are like insect magnets.

If that doesn't work, you can try a non-toxic spray to spray intruders directly.

Like humans, cockroaches need more water than food. While without food they can survive up to 28-30 days, without water their life is much shorter, about a week. In order to eliminate as many water sources as possible, the following measures can be taken:

• repair of water pipes, in case of leaks;
• repair of valves, in case of condensation in the water pipes;
• emptying the tub of water, but also of water containers;
• placing wet toothbrushes in sealed containers;
• emptying the drain pan from under the refrigerator.

How to keep insects away from the bathroom

Where there is water, there will always be creatures, so it is best to make sure that there are no leaks in the bathroom pipes because all kinds of insects could live quietly there.

However, if you happen to find an intruder, for example in the closet under the sink, Forte has the perfect solution.

She says the first step is to empty the closet where you found the insect and make sure everything is clean and the products are sealed. The next step is to put vinyl tiles on the shelves in the closet, as vinyl tiles are much easier to wipe and clean.

How to keep insects away from the bedroom

When it comes to keeping insects away from your bedroom, it is best to make sure that the window nets are in the best condition and that there is not even a hole through which uninvited guests could enter.

It doesn't take a very large hole for insects to sneak in, especially in the summer when the windows are open most of the time.

If you see more and more insects in your home, it may be a good idea to use traps. Try to use insecticide-free products that can be extremely toxic to humans. Choose something with multiple spectra and simulated body heat to lure and catch flying pests, which experts say are much more effective in the dark. So you can get rid of intruders even when you take a nap.