Outdoor treatments don't create a sealed barrier at your doors and windows, but they significantly reduce the number of insects on your property. Plus, having fewer bugs outside means fewer bugs will find their way in.
You're spending money on outdoor pest control and you want to know whether it also solves the problem of bugs showing up in your kitchen. The answer is yes, but only up to a point.
Most insects that end up inside your home started outside. This is true for mosquitoes and ants, spiders and other common pests. They breed in vegetation, soil, and standing water around your property. When their population is high, the odds of individuals wandering or flying through an open door, a gap in a window, or a crack in the foundation go proportionately up.
Barrier treatments applied to your yard's vegetation, foundation perimeter, and entry-point areas create a zone of control that knocks down insects in those areas. A mosquito resting on treated foliage near your back door is controlled before it has the chance to follow you inside when you open it. Ants crossing a treated perimeter encounter the product before reaching your foundation.
The limitation is that outdoor treatments aren’t the same as indoor pest control. They don’t treat the inside of your walls, pantry, or attic. If you have an established indoor colony, outdoor treatment won’t help with that.
In the Twin Cities, where the transition from a long winter into a warm, humid summer brings a rapid spike in insect activity, outdoor treatments timed around spring can get ahead of the problem before bugs migrate indoors. To start early means keeping the population around your home low when doors and windows are open most.
If you're tired of dealing with bugs both outside and inside your Twin Cities home, Mosquito Squad of the Twin Cities can help. Mosquito Squad treats the areas around your home where insects rest and breed, reducing the population by up to 90% for 21 days at a time.
