It may feel like all hope is lost with pests inside your home. Sometimes it just seems they’re growing in number, even though you’re doing all you can. If so, keep reading to get some great ideas for handling the problem.

If you have been the victim of a recent bedbug infestation and have taken steps to eradicate them, be vigilant. Bedbugs can hibernate an entire year. All holes that are in floors and walls need to be closed. Bedbugs will disappear if they have nowhere to hide.

Are you dealing with an ant infestation? You can remove them by creating a mixture of borax and sugar. Sugar attracts them while the borax kills them. Get a jar, and mix borax and sugar in equal quantities. Sprinkle the mixture around your home.

If you are prone to mice and rats and are thinking about planting new trees, do not place them too close to your home. Trees allow rodents to climb up and enter your home via the roof. Put the trees around 15 feet from the house.

Outdoor lighting is fantastic for entertaining or keeping strangers away in the evening, but it can also attract pests. Use light bulbs that emit a tint of orange, pink or yellow for outdoor lighting because bugs are not attracted to them.

Keep an eye on your plumbing for pest control. Keep all of your drains clean and running smoothly in all parts of your house. There is delicious organic matter in the pipes that bugs love. When you clear your drains, be sure to check on them every month.

Do you have rodents? You need to look at your home’s exterior for small openings that animals can squeeze through. Try putting some steel wool in the holes. In some cases, an odor repellent such as mustard oil will work.

Eliminate mosquito habitat to eliminate mosquitoes. Get rid of any area of standing water. Studies have shown that mosquitoes breed in very small areas of water, such as water left in discarded food cans.

Use hairspray to kill flying insects. Hairspray is toxic to flying insects. The spray sticks to them disabling them from flying to food or water. This is also great to kill bees with.

You need to educate yourself about pest control to make sure you use the most appropriate technique. Find out what they eat, what it’s attracted to, and its life cycle. The more you know about a pest, the easier it will be to devise a way to eliminate it.

Get to the bottom of where a pest is getting into your home. For example, there might be a little gap in your window where spiders come in, or perhaps you pet is bringing insects in. Whenever you determine the method that your insect is entering, you can figure out the solution to the problem so that the insect doesn’t come in again.

It’s no fun to eliminate pests from your house. It can take quite some …