The summer season brings a surge of activity throughout our community. More people are spending time outside, community events fill calendars, and everyone is busy making memories under the bright sun!
Unfortunately, the summer season is a busy one for the local neighborhood pests as well. Rodents, bats, and insects ramp up for the season alongside our community, and their presence can be troublesome at times. While it may be nice to see bees fly from flower to flower or watch bats take to the skies at night, having these types of pests anywhere near your home can result in a frustrating and potentially dangerous situation.
The summer season is great for many reasons, but the higher presence of pests is not one of them. Let’s break down the top five reasons summer is the season for pests below and what to do about them.
What do you do after spending all day in the heat and humidity? Head inside to the cool A/C, of course! When outdoor temperatures rise, pests like rodents and bats will seek shaded and cooler areas just like we do.
While it is easy for us to open our front doors and head inside, they will have a harder time finding such relief in the wild. This is why they will quickly turn their attention to your cozy and cool home. Homes provide a safe, temperature-controlled space that offers protection on the warmest days.
Believe it or not, your attic space is one of the most attractive spots for your local mouse or bat colony. It may be warmer than the rest of your house at times, but it still provides a secure location to sleep, roost, and raise young.
Summer activities in our community usually mean an increase in available food scraps, trash, and easily accessible pet food for the taking. If you have a BBQ outside, chances are that someone in your family drops some food on the ground or leaves the outdoor trash lid off.
The same holds for community events. Large bags or bins of trash are an attractive food option for animals like raccoons and rats. If you have a garden or a compost bin near your home, you are also inviting these same pests right onto your property.
Your local squirrel family won’t care that you are growing those plants for your family! They will chew them up without a care, leaving you with a mess and no bounty.
As these pests find their way onto your property to scavenge for food, they will most likely decide to nest nearby if the food source is consistent. What better place than your crawl space or cozy attic? An ideal nesting location offers safety as well as convenience, and your property provides all that and more.
The summer season is all about activity, so you will most likely be coming and going from your home more often during the season. Doors or windows left open by accident or intention make it much easier for pests to sneak inside and settle into the safe locations of your home.
Your attic is also most likely not used as much during the summer season, offering additional opportunities to settle in undetected. Pests are similar to humans in that they prefer to be undisturbed in their homes (nesting places). If you aren’t heading into the attic to grab holiday decorations or boxes of warm clothes, the squirrel or mouse family in your attic will be able to relax and grow their colony in peace.
Summer vacations and frequent summer travel also offer more opportunities for a pest infestation to take hold. If you are physically gone from your home for an extended period of time, pests have all the time in the world to investigate your property to find the perfect entry point. If you are gone for a week or two, you might have a full-blown infestation on your hands when you get home!
The spring and summer seasons are typically the most common times of year for pests like squirrels, bats, and mice to have litters of babies. The warmer months offer a safer, more stable environment for their young, which leads to population spikes once summer hits.
Comfortable, quiet spaces like your attic or crawl space are the perfect place to raise young. After all, isn’t that why your family loves your home so much? The comfort and safety encourage these colonies to have babies, and some pests can even have multiple litters in a single season.
Once babies are born in your attic space, it won’t take much time for them to grow to an age where they venture off on their own! An entirely new colony (or three) might take refuge in another part of your home, leading to a full property infestation.
All living beings need food, shelter, and… water! Water is an essential part of life, and the summer season boasts an increase of it right on your property. Summer rain and increased watering needs for your grass and garden result in more puddles, clogged gutters, and standing water in buckets, wheelbarrows, or other outdoor equipment.
If a pest family can get all that they need on your property, it’s easy to see why they would simply stick around. In addition to water availability for drinking, standing water also attracts insects. Bats can make an easy meal out of mosquitoes as they fly around.
If you have fallen victim to a pest infestation in your attic or crawl space, calling a professional pest control team is essential to your recovery. Professional teams have the training to handle these situations carefully and thoroughly, ensuring the infestation is humanely removed while also protecting your home from long-term damage.
They also have the resources and knowledge to prevent the infestation from returning! Let the team at Master Attic take care of your pest problem this season so you can enjoy the rest of the year in a pest-free home.
Summer is the season for pest infestations. Call the team at Master Attic at (800) 285-4009 for a quick and thorough pest removal today.
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