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Toilet-Invading Pests: A Guide to Common House Intruders
Various pests, including rats, mosquitoes, cockroaches, silverfish, drain flies, centipedes, ants, and spiders, can find their way into your toilet and bathroom through plumbing and structural vulnerabilities. These pests can compromise your health, damage your home, and cause discomfort. To prevent them, seal any gaps or holes in your plumbing, use baits or ultrasonic repellents for rats, eliminate standing water for mosquitoes, caulk gaps and keep your bathroom clean for cockroaches, use repellents or diatomaceous earth for silverfish, clean drains and use drain screens for drain flies, seal cracks and use repellents for centipedes, remove food and water sources for ants, and seal entry points and use spider-repelling plants or pesticides for spiders.
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Effective Mosquito Control Tips for Homes and Schools
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Homes & Gardens
Experts recommend removing standing water, keeping the kitchen clean, using a dehumidifier and fan, preventing mosquitoes from entering, placing a bowl of soapy water, using mosquito-repellent plants, and burning essential oils to get rid of mosquitoes in the kitchen. They advise against using chemical-based mosquito repellents in the kitchen to avoid contaminating food and drink. Spiders are natural predators of mosquitoes, so leaving them and their webs alone can also help control mosquito populations.