Do you enjoy your home? Is it all warm and cozy for you while you sit in the luxury of the indoors, maybe eating a foot-long sandwich while the game is on? It does sound appealing… Funnily enough, the creepy critters that are scooting about your dwelling think so, as well. Don’t worry; you can get rid of those pests without making it uncomfortable to you, the intended inhabitant, by making it unattractive to them, the rude intruder. It’s simple enough, so finish that sandwich.

You have to make your home less like nature, so the bugs don’t treat it that way because nature is their home. The wooden landscape timbers that define your driveway or garden do not have to be made of wood. Try using plastic or concrete beams; they don’t seem like wooden log homes for you neighboring insects. As well, Instead of using wood mulch in your yard, try using rock or gravel. This is much harder to move through than wood mulch, which will make it difficult for them, thus less appealing. Maintain the length of your plants, so the bugs don’t see a bushy shrub as a nice summer home. The same goes for that wood pile next to your house. Get it away from your house! That’s practically an eight story apartment building for your currently homeless nomads of the earth. One last thing to consider, change your light bulbs from normal bulbs to Yellow Bug Lights. Your flying friends won’t see this and see a beautifully bright hangout spot.

See? It’s an easy concept, so don’t think too hard on it. Make your lovely habitat a not so lovely habitat for the creatures crawling through your door. Maybe you can finally get to the last bite of that sandwich… Before the bugs do.