Preventing House Centipedes
Preventing House Centipedes
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House centipedes in your house can be a scary sight. With their frighteningly quick speeds, they can easily send a scare through anyone. House centipedes are mostly harmless and can provide some friendly benefits as they hunt for their food, which happen to be other pests, in your house.
If you prefer to not have these pests greeting you when you turn on the lights, you can take the necessary steps to make your house less appealing for House centipedes.
Get Rid of Food Sources for House Centipedes
House centipedes will feed on other insects and smaller pests, they will enter houses in search of a meal. If you eliminate other pests in your house, you will make your house less appealing to House centipedes.
Use a preventative pest control treatment around your house every 30 to 90 days with a concentrated insecticide. Spray around the foundation, where cables and pipes enter the house, door and window frames, and around vents and soffits. You can also use sticky glue traps in your house so that you can track what pests you have that are inside when the population begins to increase again.
Reduce Moisture Problems In and Around Your Home
If you are having a House centipede problem, you'll want to use insecticides inside your home to quickly to eradicate the infestation then apply a barrier around the perimeter of your home to keep them out.
House centipedes live in cool and damp locations in the home. If you repair any leaks and reduce the humidity, you will be able to help control the population of House centipedes in your house.
- Fix any leaky faucets and pipes.
- Dry wet or damp areas.
- Fix cracks and crevices in the foundation or slab that allow moisture to get in your house.
- Use a dehumidifier to reduce the humidity.
- Use fans, open doors and windows when the weather permits to allow better air circulation inside.
- Water your grass in the morning so that it can dry by afternoon time.
- Try not over mulch your flower beds. Mulch that is soggy and wet is an ideal hiding place for House centipedes.
Keep House Centipedes from Getting in Your Home
House centipedes can enter your house through very small openings. Sealing cracks and filling gaps with some caulking can help keep them out of your home.
- Make sure that screens, door sweeps, and weather stripping are fully intact.
- Seal any cracks, crevices, or gaps in your home with copper mesh, expanding foam, or caulk.
- Replace or repair broken or missing vent covers.
- Seal up any cracks or crevices with caulk.
- Close any openings where they can get in around pipes and wires using copper mesh.
- Make sure screens and door sweeps on windows and doors are a tight fit.