Interview About Winter Pests

Hi, I'm Boruch Fishman and welcome to another episode of Close Up. Today, I will share information with you that I learned recently from Dovid Davis, a Baltimore pest control expert and Director of A #1 Pest Control, a Baltimore pest control company about pests that invade the home in winter.

Most homeowners, who have been battling witha variety of insect pests all summer, breathe a sigh of relief when the colder winter weather moves into town. As any pest control specialist can attest to, there are a reduced number of calls for insect pest problems in the winter.

Cockroaches, for example, mostly die out. The rare winter cockroach is easily dispatched with. Dueto the warmth found in the kitchen and near electrical appliances and machines such as refrigerators and computers, the roaches tend to venture into the open where they are easy to kill. Antsfrequentlycome into the house when the weather first turns cold in the fall. However, by the time winter comes in most ants are gone and any ant hills, which they tried to construct in the kitchen or another part of the home will be mostly empty.

Termites also like to breed in the spring and fall and are not frequently seen in the cold months. And the same can be said aboutstinging insect pests and most species of invading bugs.
But, according to Dovid Davis there are several types of pests which are often found in the winter. These pests include warm blooded mammals such as raccoons and squirrels.

When the colder weather comes in, these warm blooded mammals are on the lookout for weather friendly living quarters. A nice snug household is ideal for these types of pests. Rodents, such as mice will look for any means of ingress and then try to nest behind appliances or in holes which they find in the walls near the kitchen. Nesting places, such as these, provide, a great vantage point from which they can venture out at night searching for available food or or unpackaged or even packaged provender stored in the kitchen.
Squirrels and Raccoons, on the other hand, prefer the attic, a crawl space or out of the way corner in the garage or storage hut. To get to these sought after winter get away lodgings the wild animals will either gnarl a hole in the roof or wall or else seek an already existent hole as a means of ingress. They will come and go for a while, stocking up their borrowed home with nuts and othertypes of nourishment that will help them make it through the winter. And, if not caught, these animal invaders will live and breed in their winter home, unbeknown to their host.

According to Dovid Davis, the first sign that winter pests are in the home are often sounds coming from inside the wall, (usually for rodents), and sounds coming from attic, (for squirrels and raccoons). Other signs of mice invasion include mice excrement, small circular bite holes in food packages, and the general terrible smells that begins to build up wherever mice live.
If you believe that a wild animal or rodent has invaded your house don't hesitate to call an exterminator.. The pest specialist will know how to determine if there are pests in your house and if so he will glad to help you get rid of them.

Well folks, that's it for another episode of Close Up, I'm Boruch Fishman, have a great day!

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This research has been supported by Entymologist Dovis Davis, Director of A #1 Pest Control Exterminator Bed Bugs, Roach, Animal, Fleas Termite Control

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