feeding on rotten meat and everything they can get their hands on. This makes them ideal for transmitting countless diseases, especially since they prefer to live in sewers and only come inside buildings to eat and multiply.
While you probably won’t eat cockroaches anytime soon, even the food they've been munching on can transmit various diseases, so once those pesky creepers get to it, you better throw it all away.
To avoid getting any type of cockroaches as your guests, make sure you don't have food left unsealed. Pack all your food well, seal your garbage bags and regularly clean bathrooms. That’s the most common entry point next to basements and attics.
Squirrels
The fluffy woodland creatures may seem cute from afar, but don't forget they are nothing more than glorified rats. They’re also well known for transmitting rabies. While rabies itself has been eradicated from the UK since the late 20th century, squirrel bites are anything but pleasant. Squirrels can still transmit many problematic illnesses like tularemia, plague, typhus and ringworm.
Furthermore, they will make a mess out of your attic and will destroy anything that can help them make a cosy nest. To prevent your belongings from becoming a squirrel bed, you need to take some pre-emptive measures. Check your attic for holes, chewed wood and small droppings. A common entry point for this pest is the chimney, so make sure there are no tree branches too close to your rooftop.
Spiders
If four legs aren’t enough to terrify you, you might prefer eight-legged creatures to creep you out. Spiders are one of the most often seen roommates in the UK. The worst thing is that their entry point is unsealable: they often come in on top of clothes and make themselves at home quite fast.
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The most common way to get infected in winter is through Christmas trees. They hide in live Christmas trees until it's time to get rid of them, or their needles start falling off. Then they look for another suitable hideout nearby.
Most spiders are harmless and are even a form of free pest control, as they take care of flies and others. Still, that doesn't make them any less creepy, and having spiderwebs on each corner is definitely not as incredible as it might sound, especially outside of Halloween week.
Wasps and hornets
Granted, wasps and hornets are not something you will see in the coldest months. Still, if you don't want to wake up one morning in a full-blown hornet or wasp nest, with you being the intruder, you must keep an eye out for hibernating buzzing pests of this sort. New queens will find a suitable place for a nest and spend the winter there. If that place is your home or business, you should act fast before it becomes a huge problem.
How to keep winter pests out
The good news is that keeping pests away is similar for all kinds. Make sure there is no easy access to food, and keep your garbage bags sealed and preferably outside your living quarters. Regularly check your exterior for entry points and keep an eye on hidden, scarcely visited places like basements, boiler rooms and attics.
If all else fails, don’t try handling pests on your own. A safer and much more efficient way is to call a pest control service provider, as they won't just dispose of the pest properly but also make sure it won’t come back to haunt you and won’t leave its offspring behind. Otherwise, all your troubles would have been for nothing.
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