Attic

Attics don’t offer a food resource to most pests, unless it’s a spider enjoying an abundance of insects, but attics are popular harborage for rodents, birds, and bats using that dry space for nesting. Attics often have a supply of nesting materials, and because attics need air flow, the gaps in soffits and along roof or exhaust vents can often provide entry. 

  • Bats
  • Bees and Wasps
  • Birds
  • Fabric Pests
  • Fall Intruders
  • Flies (non-biting)
  • Mice and Rats
  • Snakes
  • Spiders

Bathroom

Moisture-loving pests are drawn to the beachy-vibes of your bathroom: heat and humidity, and all those waterlines leading the way. Plus water pipes and water tanks that ‘sweat’. Exhaust fans, air conditioners, or heating reduce bathroom humidity, but it remains. This makes the case for ensuring utility lines are properly sealed where they come through a wall. Exclusion is key.

Bedroom

The bedroom might reign supreme as the room-most-likely to be cluttered. Admit it. Unfortunately, some pests love clutter, and, in the case of bed bugs, they thrive in it as well. Wherever you, your family, and your pets sleep, blood-feeding pests have a ready food source. Snacking or leaving used dishes around also encourages rodents and cockroaches.  

  • Ants
  • Bed Bugs
  • Fabric Pests
  • Fall Intruders
  • Fleas
  • Flies (non-biting)
  • Mice and Rats
  • Mold
  • Mosquitoes
  • Spiders

Basement

No matter where you live, basements can be a place you might avoid, but pests love. Often dark and damp, basements are the major entry point for utilities in homes and apartment buildings, and often have drains or sump pumps in the floors. Add in all those dark, ignored corners, and boxes of stored, often forgotten, items, and you’re providing nesting and occasional food sources for many types of pests.

  • Bats
  • Bees and Wasps
  • Birds
  • Fabric Pests
  • Fall Intruders
  • Flies (non-biting)
  • Mice and Rats
  • Moisture Pests
  • Mold
  • Pantry Pests
  • Snakes
  • Spiders
  • Termites
  • Wildlife

Garage

Even when garage doors close well, gaps remain that welcome rodents, insects, and arachnids. Keeping your stored belongings in pest-resistant containers with lids helps. Keeping garbage cans clean and tightly closed is imperative. What about your recyclables? Are they rinsed and removed promptly?  If your garage is too full to house your vehicle, your stored belongings might be offering habitat to pests! 

  • Bats
  • Bees and Wasps
  • Birds
  • Fabric Pests
  • Fall Intruders
  • Flies (non-biting)
  • Mice and Rats
  • Moisture Pests
  • Mold
  • Pantry Pests
  • Snakes
  • Spiders
  • Wildlife

Kitchen

One of our favorite places to gather also provides habitat for pest.  Stored and fresh food, heat, and moisture… and plenty of hiding spaces. Behind the scenes, utility lines for water, electric, and gas can be highways for pests. Inside, warm moist areas behind and under appliances, or inside cupboards and pantries make for cozy pest living.

  • Ants
  • Cockroaches
  • Flies (non-biting)
  • Mice and Rats
  • Moisture Pests
  • Mold
  • Pantry Pests

Living Room

  • Ants
  • Bed Bugs
  • Fabric Pests
  • Fall Intruders
  • Fleas
  • Flies (non-biting)
  • Mice and Rats
  • Mold
  • Mosquitoes
  • Spiders

Patio

Not much can be done to stop flying pests like flies, mosquitoes, and stinging insects from sharing your space. But you can reduce your risk by reducing the foods that attract them, or by using repellents in the case of mosquitoes. You’re sharing their habitat now so don’t be surprised when an ant or wasp stops by.

  • Ants
  • Bees and Wasps
  • Birds
  • Flies (non-biting)
  • Mice and Rats
  • Moisture Pests
  • Mold
  • Mosquitoes
  • Snakes
  • Spiders
  • Wildlife

Lawn and Garden

Unless your lawn and garden is sealed inside a dome (or maybe a holographic image), we hope you’ve learned to enjoy the insects, birds, rodents and mammals that share your space. That said, there are ways to reduce problem interactions.

  • Ants
  • Bees and Wasps
  • Birds
  • Deer
  • Flies (non-biting)
  • Spongy Moths (formerly gypsy moths)
  • Mosquitoes
  • Snakes
  • Spiders
  • Spotted lanternflies
  • Ticks
  • White Grubs
  • Wildlife