January 6, 2012
With the holiday season coming to an end most of us now have the task of putting all the decorations away until next year. This is an excellent opportunity to get rid of all those cardboard boxes and upgrade your storage container to one that is more pest friendly.
Plastic storage containers help items stay dry, dust free and eliminates resting sites for brown recluse spiders and silverfish.
Unlike most insects that enter your home, the brown recluse will seek out undisturbed areas the hide out and rest. For those of you who store cardboard boxes in the basement, the garage or attic this article is really for you. Cardboard boxes provide an excellent hiding area for the brown recluse. Because most boxes do not seal as well as plastic containers the brown recluse can easily find it’s way under a loose lid or an ill fitting seem. Unfortunately for us, the next time we reach into the box there could be potential for the spider to bite us if we accidentally corner it or brush up against it.
So, if you have any concerns about brown recluse spiders or have had sighting or problems in the past, I strongly suggest using this type of storage container. Now, this in no way means that a spider couldn’t get into a plastic storage container, but it does drastically reduce the odds of this happening. The better your container lids sits on the rim, the better your odds will be.
Lastly, if you have a brown recluse problem, just using a plastic container will not solve your problem. Because the brown recluse spider bite is so dangerous, this is one pest that I do recommend the D.I.Y.’ers to hire professional pest control company come in to eliminate the problem. It isn’t so much that the chemicals will be better than you can get at one of out retail stores, its the application of the materials in to the right spots and knowing what to look for that can only come from experience.
Please call us if you have any questions or concerns regarding these pests at 636-343-7900 or go to bluechipexterminating.com for more information regarding our service options.
Now with that being said, the termites will not eat the bricks but they will get in and eat the wood studs in the wall, the sub floor, wood paneling and even the paper off the drywall. In fact, in some commercial steel and glass structures, the termites will enter through the concrete slab and get into workers desks, stored boxes of paper or anything made of wood for that matter.
