Everything You Need to Know About Perimeter Pest Control

The thought of creepy crawlies like spiders, millipedes, and centipedes (“thousand leggers”) lurking around your home might put you on edge. The last thing that you want is for these bugs to make their way inside your home.

Unfortunately, without an action plan to keep pests out, that’s exactly what they’re going to do. Bugs are constantly in search of a cozy place to live and your home might seem very inviting.

For that reason, you might be thinking about pest control for your yard. The hope is to deal with pests before they have a chance to make their way inside and that’s exactly what yard pest control can do.

Of course, before you make those decisions, you might have some questions such as, How does perimeter pest control work? Or, what exactly is it anyway?

We’re here to answer those and more in our guide on perimeter pest control

What is Perimeter Pest Control?

We often use the analogy of a “shield” to define perimeter pest control. With the application of a high-quality pest control product around your property, the idea is to keep pests away.

This is different from an extermination service, which addresses pests that have already infested your home. Since pests can breed and then multiply swiftly, the thought behind perimeter pest control services is that you address them before they get inside. Product is applied outside of the home.

This is where the shield analogy really makes sense. It’s more of a proactive, defensive measure so that we can address pests before they become a problem.

How Does Perimeter Pest Control Work?

Good perimeter pest control should begin with a thorough assessment of your property so that problems and potential entry points for pests can be identified. Then, a custom plan should be created. This will include the professional application of pest control products that are designed to keep pests out by forming a barrier. This is what you might think of as the “shield” protecting your home.

Perimeter pest control technicians if you have a professional pest control company or DIY should also perform exterior web wiping to eliminate existing cobwebs and exterior dusting applications to treat cracks, crevices, and gaps where pests might be hiding or ready to enter.

One of the common perimeter pest control myths that we hear is that no bugs in sight must mean no problem. But pests are excellent hiders around your property and even inside of your home (once they find their way in). So not seeing bugs does not mean they aren’t there.

While we don’t want to freak you out, bugs are everywhere! And they far outnumber us humans.

Although you might not mind bugs outside, away from your home, you just don’t want them lurking around areas where you hang out. And you especially don’t want them coming inside.

This is what perimeter pest control services are all about.

What Pests Does It Control?

Perimeter pest control works on some of the most common pests that are known to be lurking around (and inside) homes.

These include:

Ants

Cockroaches

Centipedes

Millipedes

Spiders

Pillbugs

Stink Bugs

Silverfish

Whether you are trying to control any type of insects TreeAdvisor will help you do it yourself with more conventional options to solve your pest problem.

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