Summer Tips on Keeping your Home Pest Free

BBQ's, pool parties, and long breezy nights can be an opportune time for fun AND pests. Flies and ants can be main contenders in fighting for those skewers of meat and shrimp which can lead to an extra bite of bite of protein, some people might prefer to do without. Here at Gopher Patrol we promote using chemical as well as organic forms of pest control. The following are some at home rmedies is trying to control the pesky flies.

The FLY TRAP

1. Pick a cup. Taller cups work best.
2. Get a sheet of 8.5x11 paper and twist it ito a funnel leaving a hole bigger than a fly at the bottom. regular printer paper works just fine.
3. Holding the paper cone in place, lower it into the cup to make sur eit only sits about halfway in. You can go down farther, but the more room you leave under the cone the more sweet honey you can fit in the cup.
4. Remove the cone and tape the edge so it holds its shape.
5. Fill the bottom of the cup with honey (whatever you prefer).
6. Put the cone back in the cup and place the cup near your fly problem.

Don’t worry, at first the flies won’t suddenly be flocking to your new trap, and if you have a lot of ground to cover you’ll probably need at least three. Make the number you require and then wait about 24-48 hours. In time, the flies will find their way inside the cup and die.

This fly trap may work best for you, you can also do more with your honey. There is a second option made with cooked honey, sugar and water; it is a sticky icky fly paper that can be put all around the home. This paper will attract the flies so well; you might have to change it every day.

If this summer fly traps and paper aren’t your thing, make sure to check out Gopher Patrol’s interactive and informative website at gopherpatrol.com, where you can fill out their schedule and appointment form. A Gopher Patrol representative will get back to you same day to help with those increasing summer pest and gopher control needs. Gopher Patrol is available Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm and on Saturdays from 9am-2pm. You can reach them at 1-888-466-4674 or locally at 1-951-689-8200.