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1. Before bringing cardboard, house plants, grocery market bags, paper bags, or soda pop items into your home ,inspect for bugs that may be hiding.

2. Stack firewood away from the foundation of the building. In addition keep it off the ground. Shake any debris off the logs before you bring them into the house.

3. Keep floors clean by eliminating food sources for those pesky night time feeders.

4. Caulk or screen areas to seal holes or cracks around your doors, windows, pipes and HVAC lines. Examine the building for possible entry points.

5. Trim low hanging tree limbs so they don’t touch the home. Keep the shrubs trimmed so they don’t become safe harbor for insects or rodents.

6. Powdered chalk or used coffee grounds around the foundation will protect your patio and porch from ant infestation.

7. Always keep the lids on your garbage cans.

8. Inspect the outside of the house each month from July to frost. Yellow jackets will appear overnight. Get them before they eat through the dry wall.

9. Lime peels can help. Gnats and mosquitoes hate the smell of oranges, lemons, and limes, so try taking a bag of citrus peels along with you on your next hike. Rub the peels over your exposed skin to repel the bugs.

10. Make your own repellent with vanilla extract. Take a clean, empty spray bottle and fill it with one cup of water and one tablespoon of vanilla extra. Spray and wipe onto your skin and you won’t be bothered by some types of bugs.