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While every organism in our environment serves a special purpose for our ecosystem, some creatures can be considered as a pest. Pest refers to undesirable organisms may it be insects or plants that can hinder and cause damage in any human activity and property. They are a nuisance and a threat. What’s worst is when such organisms that we can consider as pests put our health in danger. Thus, making our lives more difficult and our time challenging.

This weekend, our home was bombarded with flies. It wasn’t until my older brother saw a number of them in one area in our kitchen when we got very much alarmed. It was the first time that such phenomena happened in our home, particularly in that part of our kitchen. We had a difficult time figuring out what caused it since we always try our best to keep our kitchen clean. Dishes have been washed, the sink has been wiped and polished, the garbage can was emptied – we couldn’t point out what definitely triggered those flies to flock in our place.

We did panicked knowing that flies can be very harmful to our health which is why we didn’t waste our time to take action to shun away the pests.

It can be tricky dealing with pests especially when you have limited knowledge in controlling them. Fortunately, with the help of various Internet sources, we were able to come up and gather plausible solutions to our dilemma.

What we did first is to research about flies and its habits. It’s where I found out that flies have a breeding season. I’m not exactly sure about the incident in our kitchen, but it could be one or its main reason.

Learning a thing or two about the pest that you are dealing with is of great significance. Be it cockroaches, flies, or bumble bees, knowing something about the pest will help you in looking for the best solution to get rid of them.

After learning a handful of things about flies, we then check some of the available strategies that we can use to control them. What we’ve experienced isn’t something that I consider pleasant, but tossing the coin, it is somehow a blessing in a sense that it opened our eyes into controlling pests and in prioritizing our health and safety at all times.

Just in case something similar happens in your household, though I wouldn’t wish for such thing to happen to you, here are some of the things we did to control the pests. I hope that these can also help you the moment you have to deal with those stubborn pests.

Double-check the cleanliness of your household

I couldn’t stress cleaning enough. It helps in so many ways especially in preventing harmful insects from flocking anywhere in your house. Cleaning also gives you the chance to check if there are carcass somewhere in your attic that seeks instant attention.

Use homemade and organic pesticides

These days, it’s more than easy to go to your nearest supermarket and grab a pesticide of your choice. But, you have to be extremely careful. Using strong pesticide might cause more damage to your home than your simple aim of driving pests away. Some of the natural pesticides I know are garlic spray, apple cider vinegar spray, pepper spray, and high acidic alkaline water. These are not only cheaper but they are also much safer.

Ask pros for help

We are fortunate that our problem with the flies require us to call for pros, but if you think that least-toxic solutions aren’t enough, and that you’re running out of sensible solutions, don’t hesitate to ask help from the pros. It’s better than putting your health or your life at risk.

Every household may run into problems with pests so it’s best to be ready at all times. Just because it’s not as damaging as some people might think, we’ll never know what would happen in the near future. In such case, prevention and preparation come a long way.

What I’ve written above are just few of the simple solutions I know by experience. For more information, you may check some fact-based websites that could further and deepen your knowledge.

Love lots,

Tin