Here's a fun tip. Pests can hide in firewood EXTREMELY easily. If you are someone who often brings in firewood for burning in your fireplace here are some easy ways to make sure that you don't have pests roaming around your home in a short time!
Information from pestcontrol.about.com/od/diyanimalcontrol/tp/10-Top-Tips-For-Control-Of-Firewood-Insects.htm -- Please visit the link for 6 more tips plus more information on the ones I've provided!
1. Store firewood off the ground
- If you keep the wood on the ground, pests are much more likely to crawl in to the wood. Easy access to warmth = easy home to live in for the winter!
2. Eliminate surface pests
- Eliminate by shaking the wood before bringing it inside, hitting it together, and looking at it. Do not spray the wood with any chemical!
3. Burn wood immediately
- When you bring the wood into your home, make sure that you immediately burn it. This way, if you miss anything after you've hit it together and shaken it, it'll burn in the fireplace!
4. Removal
- If you happen to miss or forget to do some of these steps and locate bugs in your house, do not fear! Most of them are just annoying, not destructive pests and you'll be able to easily eliminate them from your home. If, however, you fear that ants have been brought in to your home via firewood, call a professional immediately,,,, These could be wood-boring pests like carpenter ants that cause damage to your home.
Like I said before, please visit the pestcontrol.about.com link for more information.
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