{"id":287,"date":"2017-05-05T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/?p=287"},"modified":"2017-05-04T14:42:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T20:42:03","slug":"pest-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Pest Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pests in the home are inevitable, especially during the warm months in the Bethlehem PA area.&nbsp;Ants and other insects make it through the smallest of openings to your home in search of food and water.&nbsp;Here are some Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts not in your quest to remove pests from your home.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fruit flies can show up in droves and are difficult to remove.&nbsp;They often sneak a ride home on the produce from the store. The best thing to do is to keep the kitchen clean, don&rsquo;t leave fruits and vegetables out, and create vinegar traps to snag them. Don&rsquo;t try to seal them out, because it doesn&rsquo;t work.<\/li>\n<li>Ants will go after&nbsp;any crumbs or spills around.&nbsp;Follow their trail to see where they are sneaking in and use a tube of sealant to cut off the trail of pheromones they left for their friends.&nbsp;Don&rsquo;t spay ants with cleaners or combine borax and powder sugar to poison their food. It may kill the ant, but it can end up attracting more, and it is toxic to pets.<\/li>\n<li>Roaches naturally hide in their search for food.&nbsp;Scrub the space where they are and put out commercial-grade roach traps.&nbsp;Don&rsquo;t try to manage an infestation, call an exterminator.<\/li>\n<li>The most destructive insects are termites and carpenter ants because they will damage the wood in your home structure.&nbsp;The best thing to do in either case is to call an exterminator to make certain they are gone.<\/li>\n<li>Don&rsquo;t forget about your pets.&nbsp;Treat them for fleas and ticks or those pests will hitch a ride in and want to stay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong>Saucon Insurance Agency<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We provide home insurance in the Bethlehem, PA area.&nbsp;Contact the Saucon Insurance Agency today to explore your home insurance options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pests in the home are inevitable, especially during the warm months in the Bethlehem PA area.&nbsp;Ants and other insects make it through the smallest of openings to your home in search of food and water.&nbsp;Here are some Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts not in your quest to remove pests from your home. Fruit flies can show up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[227,226],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-insurance","tag-bethlehem-pa","tag-saucon-insurance-agency"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pests in the home are inevitable, especially during the warm months in the Bethlehem PA area. Ants and other insects make it through the smallest of openings to your home in search of food and water. Here are some Do&#039;s and Don&#039;ts not in your quest to remove pests from your home. Fruit flies can show up\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"AgentInsure\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"bethlehem pa,saucon insurance agency\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.9\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency |\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Pest Removal | Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pests in the home are inevitable, especially during the warm months in the Bethlehem PA area. Ants and other insects make it through the smallest of openings to your home in search of food and water. Here are some Do&#039;s and Don&#039;ts not in your quest to remove pests from your home. Fruit flies can show up\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-05T14:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-05-04T20:42:03+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Pest Removal | Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Pests in the home are inevitable, especially during the warm months in the Bethlehem PA area. Ants and other insects make it through the smallest of openings to your home in search of food and water. Here are some Do&#039;s and Don&#039;ts not in your quest to remove pests from your home. Fruit flies can show up\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/pest-removal\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Do\\u2019s and Don\\u2019ts of Pest Removal | Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency\",\"headline\":\"Do\\u2019s and Don\\u2019ts of Pest Removal\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/agentinsure\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-05T02:00:00-06:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-04T14:42:03-06:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/pest-removal\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/pest-removal\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Home Insurance, Bethlehem PA, Saucon Insurance Agency\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/pest-removal\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/home-insurance\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home Insurance\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/home-insurance\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Home Insurance\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/home-insurance\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/pest-removal\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Do\\u2019s and Don\\u2019ts of Pest Removal\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/pest-removal\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Do\\u2019s and Don\\u2019ts of Pest Removal\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/home-insurance\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home Insurance\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/agentinsure\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/agentinsure\\\/\",\"name\":\"AgentInsure\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/pest-removal\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/pest-removal\\\/\",\"name\":\"Do\\u2019s and Don\\u2019ts of Pest Removal | Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency\",\"description\":\"Pests in the home are inevitable, especially during the warm months in the Bethlehem PA area. Ants and other insects make it through the smallest of openings to your home in search of food and water. Here are some Do's and Don'ts not in your quest to remove pests from your home. Fruit flies can show up\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/pest-removal\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/agentinsure\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/agentinsure\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-05T02:00:00-06:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-04T14:42:03-06:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sauconinsurance.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Pest Removal | Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency","description":"Pests in the home are inevitable, especially during the warm months in the Bethlehem PA area. Ants and other insects make it through the smallest of openings to your home in search of food and water. Here are some Do's and Don'ts not in your quest to remove pests from your home. Fruit flies can show up","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"bethlehem pa,saucon insurance agency","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/#article","name":"Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Pest Removal | Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency","headline":"Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Pest Removal","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/author\/agentinsure\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2017-05-05T02:00:00-06:00","dateModified":"2017-05-04T14:42:03-06:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Home Insurance, Bethlehem PA, Saucon Insurance Agency"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/category\/home-insurance\/#listItem","name":"Home Insurance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/category\/home-insurance\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Home Insurance","item":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/category\/home-insurance\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/#listItem","name":"Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Pest Removal"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Pest Removal","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/category\/home-insurance\/#listItem","name":"Home Insurance"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency","url":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/author\/agentinsure\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/author\/agentinsure\/","name":"AgentInsure"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/","name":"Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Pest Removal | Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency","description":"Pests in the home are inevitable, especially during the warm months in the Bethlehem PA area. Ants and other insects make it through the smallest of openings to your home in search of food and water. Here are some Do's and Don'ts not in your quest to remove pests from your home. Fruit flies can show up","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/author\/agentinsure\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/author\/agentinsure\/#author"},"datePublished":"2017-05-05T02:00:00-06:00","dateModified":"2017-05-04T14:42:03-06:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/","name":"Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency |","og:type":"article","og:title":"Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Pest Removal | Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency","og:description":"Pests in the home are inevitable, especially during the warm months in the Bethlehem PA area. Ants and other insects make it through the smallest of openings to your home in search of food and water. Here are some Do's and Don'ts not in your quest to remove pests from your home. Fruit flies can show up","og:url":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/","article:published_time":"2017-05-05T14:00:00+00:00","article:modified_time":"2017-05-04T20:42:03+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Pest Removal | Insurance Blog | Saucon Insurance Agency","twitter:description":"Pests in the home are inevitable, especially during the warm months in the Bethlehem PA area. Ants and other insects make it through the smallest of openings to your home in search of food and water. Here are some Do's and Don'ts not in your quest to remove pests from your home. Fruit flies can show up"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"287","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[],"defaultGraph":"","defaultPostTypeGraph":""},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"location":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-21 11:53:05","updated":"2025-12-13 21:20:39","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/category\/home-insurance\/\" title=\"Home Insurance\">Home Insurance<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tDo\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Pest Removal\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog"},{"label":"Home Insurance","link":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/category\/home-insurance\/"},{"label":"Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Pest Removal","link":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/pest-removal\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288,"href":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}