No, the title of this post is not referring to your children being out of school. Summer is here, which means insects are on the prowl looking for cool places to nest.

Here are some tips on how to control a few common pests around your home:

• Ants – Ants enter homes seeking food, moisture and shelter from extreme outdoor weather. To prevent ants from entering indoors, seal window frames and keep kitchen and food storage areas clean. Make sure sugar and honey items are stored in sealed containers. Remove garbage daily and inspect indoor potted plants, as they could be indoor nesting sites.
• Spiders – Spiders can be found under furniture, inside boxes, closets, shoes and other secluded places. To reduce infestation, seal under outside doorways, clean the basement and closets and eliminate clutter to reduce habitats.
• Scorpions – All scorpions can sting, so be careful when treating them. To prevent scorpions from entering your home, make sure all screens, outside doorways and cracks are properly sealed. Scorpions are most active at night and seek protected areas during the day. Remove all debris from the side of the house, such as boards, firewood and rocks.



• Roaches – Cockroaches hide in warm places where food and water is available. Keep kitchens and bathrooms sanitized and eliminate all food sources. Keep food sealed in containers, repair water leaks, use steel wool to close openings around pipes that penetrate walls, seal under outside doorways and around window frames. Use waterproof silicone caulking to seal cracks and crevices.
• Yellow jackets – Most species of yellow jackets are attracted to meat products, as well as garbage cans and dumpsters. They are also attracted to fruit and soft drinks. Keep garbage cans sealed and remove food sources to reduce yellow jackets from over-populating. They often build nests in the ground, rodent holes, tree stumps and wall voids of buildings.
• Mosquitoes – To prevent mosquitoes from entering the home, keep doors and windows closed and make sure window screens are in good condition. Outdoors, eliminate standing water which mosquitoes need to reproduce, such as in flower pots, old tires, ornamental ponds, children’s wading pools, buckets, pails and low areas in the lawn and garden. Mosquitoes are most active early morning and late evening.

To assure the best protection it is recommended that you apply the spray around the perimeter of your home, indoors and out. Prevention is the best solution – so spray all possible points of entry for insects, including doors, cracks, crevices and exterior windows, and don’t forget the attic and garage.

Related Fuller Brush Product:

Ant & Roach Spray – Item #742002

Quick knockdown and killing power!

Contains active ingredients for quick knockdown and elimination of the most stubborn crawling insects. Flushes out insects from cracks and crevices. Lasts for weeks. Effectively kills ants, cockroaches, spiders, crickets, silverfish, scorpions, carpet beetles, fleas, sowbugs, brown dog ticks, black widow spiders.

Can also be used outdoors as an aid in reducing annoyance from flies and mosquitoes. Use in and around homes, apartments, garages, warehouses, business buildings and more. 12 oz.

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