Perimetek Pest Management: Earth Conscience Prevention
IPM Tips: Food Sources
While a food source will not alone cause a pest problem, most pests are extremely well adapted to finding feeding sites quickly and will travel some distance to get to a meal. It’s better to not encourage them!
- Clean all food residues from counters or floors as soon as possible
- Keep stored foods in plastic or glass containers with tightly fitting lids
- Have all trash picked up regularly
- Thoroughly wash all returnable bottles/cans and recyclable food containers
- Use yellow bulbs in exterior lighting to reduce night flying insects which in turn attract predatory insects
- Plant flowering plants attractive to bees and ants away from home
