Rainy Season Undesirable House Guests

Flying, crawling, slithering, running Pests,
they are all intent to use your home as a fine dining establishment.

During the rainy season, it's not just food they are after, but sheltered places to take up permanent residence.

Plants touching your house create ideal walking paths for ants and other insects.  Trim all branches.

Cracks in cement or tile floors and walls provides protection from being seen.
Inspect and patch the exterior of your home regularly.


Grout or silicone

If you're using silicone to seal crevices, make sure it says fungi resistant, especially in high humidity areas.  Inexpensive silicone will begin to harbor fungus in just a few weeks. Looks Ugly  

Used silicone on a wall exposed to the sun. Cracks started showing after six months of extreme heat. -

I prefer fungi resistant grout on cement surfaces.  It just seems to adhere better and last longer.



Whichever you favor, get the high quality stuff, unless you wish to make repairs frequently.


I use grout even for bricklaying.  





In the Bath Flowerpots and knickknacks may be pleasing to the atmosphere.
They create dark hiding places for all sorts of bugs. 
Clean under sink storage areas frequently


In the kitchen, it means keeping all foods in sealed containers.
Constantl wiping, constant cleaning.

If you're not ready to wash the dishes immediately after eating, submerge them in a sink or bucket filled with soapy water.
A large majority of bugs have a distaste for dish soap. It kills 'em.

If you leave dishes with scraps on the kitchen counter, 
you might also wish to install some flashing neon signs "FREE BUFFET HERE."

Dish soap diluted in water kills ants and many crawlers instantly and is fairly harmless to the environment.
Talc powder around entrances keeps a large majority of crawling insects at bay.

Geckos may be considered as pests by some, but their benefits outweigh the nuisance to others.
Their diet consists of mosquitoes, while some species of geckos (tiger) eat crickets, cockroaches, spiders.


 
Of course when all fails, 
when you're overrun by critters...
... it's time to call the local experts.



 

The equipment reminds me of space wars. 

When the fumigation is done it's time to  bring in the troops and do some industrial strength cleaning.

Of course when the rainy season ends, the flying bug season gets under way. 
Something to look forward to.