It’s no wonder that Halloween haunted houses are decorated with phony rats, neoprene bats, elastic spiders and sinewy spider webs - they are all creepy, crawly, spooky and scary.
Imagine having these vexations in your home can be a real live nightmare – and unlike the Halloween adornments, real pests are well entrenched long after Halloween is over.
Autumn is a prime season for pest infestations as spiders, ants, moths, silverfish, mice, rats and squirrels seek shelter from cooler wet weather.
The image of a spider building a web in your bathroom, a bat flying around your living room, or silverfish swimming across your kitchen floor is all you need to qualify your house as haunted.
Halloween is an annual celebration of all things gully, plastic spiders and fake cobwebs are meant to be startling, and it is real life pests that can cause bad dreams when they occupy your home.
Here are some tips for preventing a pest from turning your house into a 24/7 365 house of horror.
Seal cracks and crevices around the outside of your home, particularly where utilities enter your home.
Keep your house clean and all food neatly stored away. Keep all landscaping and clutter at least 30 centimeters away from the perimeter of your house.
Keep your garbage cans well sealed.
Go Green Pest Control owner Randy Bilesky is a long-time South Delta resident. Trained and certified, Bilesky has first-hand knowledge of the pest problems that local homeowners and business owners encounter.
