subject: Household Pests - What Difference Can It Make? [print this page] If the pests are able to find a place to give birth to their young and they also find a place to hide, that becomes their homes. Here you will find a list of the most common pests and what can be done to deal with them. There's hardly anything that a cockroach is not attracted to. Of all the places they especially like moist places that are dark.
Carpenter ants are also not to find. They like to build nests in the interiors of the wood which weakens the wood. They do not mind any kind of wood but given a choice they choose most old wood. The wood is not used by them as food but just s a shelter. They pierce a hole into the wood as an entrance. One of the seasons will see a loot of carpenter ants emerging out of the walls.
They can feast on anything in the kitchen because they eat everything. It is important to destroy their nests once their nest is found. The pest control officer will give you the right advice about how the infestation can be stopped.
Pharaoh ants are found in colors that range from light yellow to light red. The ants love all kinds of food but they also love shoe polish. If you are looking to find their nests look on the wall.
Termites love their diet to be full of cellulose though they are very capable of eating wood as well. Entomologists estimate between 45 and 50 species in the U.S. To be able to tell whether termites are present in the home or not one needs to be very alert in his own home. Termites are the worst when it comes to destroying wood.
The carpet beetle larvae are known to badly damage the carpets and wood together. Plant fibers or animal fibers encourage the existence of the carpet beetle larvae. Because it is the larvae that are causing the damage most of the times it is too late and the larvae destroy everything by then.
Take care of the raw food materials to avoid the saw tooth grain beetle. The saw tooth grain beetles are very capable of cutting though packages as well. They even like eating though dry fruits that have been kept for a long time.
The conditions do not really affect the rat's existence. They are notorious carriers of diseases like jaundice, trichinosis, typhus fever, relapsing fever, rabies and plague. Remove food supply by having properly fitted lids on garbage cans. A flea is a parasite that has no way of flying because it has no wings but its hind legs are so strong, which enables it to jump from place to place. The cat flea is known to be better than the dog flea.
