How To Keep Crickets Out Of Your West Chester Home

Why Crickets Invade Homes

Crickets, like many other insect pests, have a preference for lights. There are many different types of crickets and all are incredibly attracted to electric lights. Because of this, you can often find these crickets around big sports stadiums at night, gas stations, and other stores where the only light they can find is coming from the buildings. 

Another source of light for these different types of crickets is your home, and especially in the winter, these crickets are more inclined to move indoors and enjoy the warmth and moisture as well as the lights. When you have little crickets all around your home and property, it could mean that they just followed the light, but you might have an even bigger moisture problem that is attracting them.

The Problems Crickets Can Create In Your Home

One of the main problems that having little crickets in your home brings is that you cannot go to sleep because of the cricket sounds at night. The majority of crickets chirp, which is the sound emitted from the male crickets rubbing their front wings together to attract females, but there are some species that do not chirp. The most common cricket that you will find in your home is the house cricket, and this is one that does chirp, unfortunately. 

Another big problem that crickets bring into your home is that, though they do not spread disease or bite you, they can damage your property.

This can come in the form of cricket poop littering your home, or damage to items such as:

• Clothing
• Carpets
• Upholstered furniture
• Rugs
• Curtains

These might not seem too big of a deal, but since crickets prefer to congregate together in large numbers, entire areas of fabric can be eaten and your home can be a cricket poop hotspot.

Simple Yet Effective Cricket Prevention Tips For Your Home

Some of the best ways to prevent house crickets and other pests from coming into your home seem inefficient at first, but in conjunction with each other, they can be incredibly effective in keeping your home pest-free. The best things that you can do are to:

• Close any gaps or holes in the perimeter of your home with a silicone-based caulk.
• Reduce light usage at nighttime hours, especially outdoors on patios.
• Mow your lawn regularly and keep vegetation away from the structure of your home.
• Reduce moisture in your home with strong ventilation and dehumidifiers.

These will help with stopping crickets from coming into your home, but if they are already there, your best bet is to contact the professionals at Masters Touch Pest Solutions.

The Secret To Total Pest Control For Your West Chester Home

At Masters Touch Pest Solutions, we understand how difficult managing some of these pests can be. We have talented service technicians and some of the best equipment and home pest control treatments to take care of your pest issues quickly and safely. We will inspect your home and, after finding where these pests are coming from, will implement the best treatment that can keep them away for good and give you back your peace of mind.