Store food in containers that close tightly and wipe up crumbs and spills. Store your organic garbage separate from your paper waste and in a sealed container. Rinse out food containers before putting them in the recycling bins. Trim trees and bushes back from touching the house. Overgrown landscaping is a bridge for the pest to arrive for dinner in your home.
Vacuums are tremendous tools for collecting fleas and cockroach adults and egg casings.
Then seal up the bag in a plastic bag and dispose of it. Keep it handy and use it often. Integrated Pest Management Knowing your insects, what it eats, what eats it, and how it lives will go a long way toward understanding how to manage pests in your own home. Integrated Pest Management or IPM is an approach to pest control that utilizes regular monitoring to determine if and when treatments are needed. IPM employs physical, mechanical, cultural, biological, and educational tactics to keep pest numbers low enough to prevent intolerable damage or annoyance.