They help significantly. Outdoor treatments reduce the insect population around your home, and a lower population outside translates directly to fewer pests finding their way indoors through doors, windows, and gaps.
If you're dealing with bugs inside your house and wondering whether treating the yard would make a difference, the short answer is yes. The longer answer is that outdoor and indoor pest problems are more connected than most people realize.
Indoor bugs come from somewhere. The ants trailing across your kitchen followed a trail from a colony in your yard and entered through some entry point you’re not aware of. Mosquitoes fly in through open doors or missing window screens. Spiders in the basement follow insects inside and then stay once they find a steady supply of food.
Outdoor barrier treatments target the areas where these pests live before they make it into your home. Perimeter treatments, when applied around the foundation, can discourage pests from entering the home. Vegetation treatments can target resting populations of mosquitoes, spiders, and other pests. Put another way, this lets you both reduce the population outdoors and make it harder for pests to come indoors.
Outdoor treatment alone isn’t a replacement for addressing specific indoor infestations. If you have rodents nesting in your walls, for instance, that’s a separate problem requiring attention in its own right. But as a preventative measure and as a way to reduce the ongoing flow of pests from outside to inside, it’s one of the most effective things you can do.
If you're tired of dealing with pests inside and outside your Kansas City home, Mosquito Squad of Kansas City can help. Mosquito Squad treats the vegetation, perimeters, and breeding areas around your property, reducing the pest population by up to 90% for 21 days at a time.
