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Pest Control Tips For Summer Months In Long Island New York

Pest Control Tips For Summer Months In Long Island New York. A great list of tips to help control your pest issues that you may have in your Long Island Home.

The heart of Summer is here. Well, the warmth and rain of spring and summer also invites ants and many other pests into your home, business, and yard. Which pests should you watch for? Key an eye out for spiders, aphids, wasps, ants, fleas, ticks, and pantry pests such as Indian meal moths are some of the common pests seen in the spring and summer months.

  So what can you do? Here are some great Pest Control Tips by Team Pest Control serving the Long Island New York Area.

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Pest Control Tips and Solutions:

Keep the soil away from wood and siding to reduce pest access. If you must use wood to soil contact (on either a porch or deck) use pressure-treated wood or material that is insect resistant.

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Be aware and eliminate damp conditions, increase ventilation and replace decayed wood to manage-prevent carpenter ant issues and help prevent future infestations. Your focus should be on cellars, crawl spaces and under dirt-filled porches.

Add crushed rock around flower and shrubbery beds instead of mulch to eliminate food and habitats for sow bugs, centipedes, millipedes and many other insects.

Be aware of your gutters and roof lines. Make sure gutters and roof lines are in good repair and free of debris to reduce wood rot. Wood rot is a good friend to pests and produces a a breeding area. This reduces breeding areas for wood destroying insects such as carpenter ants, termites, bees and beetles. Satellite carpenter ant colonies can be found in areas of moisture damaged wood.

Caulk around windows and doors to prevent entry of any invading pests.

Seal openings at plumbing, electrical, and telephone line entrances to reduce access for carpenter ants, bees, wasps, and other pests.

Remove standing water from buckets, outdoor toys, old tires, or any debris that can hold water to reduce mosquitoes.

Reduce your plant coverage around the foundation. Remove leaves and other debris under decks, in window wells, and behind bushes to eliminate decaying organic matter that provide a ideal source of food and habitat for sow bugs, centipedes and millipedes


Don't let sprinklers hit the house.

To find out more about Pest Control Tips and Solutions visit Long Island New York’s Premiere Pest Control using Eco-friendly solutions at www.teampestcontrol.net .


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