How to Make Your Home Less Inviting to Centipedes

There’s no getting around it: centipedes are downright creepy! House centipedes aren’t dangerous to humans, but the last thing you want is to see one of them scurrying around your home. It’s enough to keep you up at night. Do yourself a favor and take steps to make your home less inviting to them. Do you know how to do that?

Reduce Moisture in Your Home

Start by reducing the moisture in your home. Centipedes prefer to stay in moist areas, so controlling your home’s humidity levels could make them less willing to hang around. Fans and dehumidifiers are a good place to start, especially in bathrooms and basements. Keep the air moving through your house by opening the windows on drier days. Just make sure your screens are in good condition first.

Keep Your Home Clean

Clean homes are less attractive to all sorts of pests, including centipedes. When you clean frequently, you reduce the amount of readily available food for other bugs, decreasing their presence in your home. Since centipedes eat other bugs, that should reduce their presence as well. A clean home also has fewer places for creepy crawlies to hide, further discouraging their presence. Centipedes and other bugs prefer to be left alone. That can’t happen if you’re regularly cleaning your home and turning all their hiding spots upside down.

Seal Cracks in Your Home

Make it harder for centipedes to enter your home by sealing up any cracks you find. Pay special attention to the areas around your windows, doors, and foundation. These can be easy entry points for centipedes and other pests. Keep an eye on your window screens as well. Repair any holes or replace the screens altogether if you need to. Make sure your doors and windows are well-sealed and that your foundation is crack-free. Catching any issues while they’re still minor makes it relatively easy to repair them. If you don’t, you’ll have the issue of paying a professional to repair the damage in addition to making it harder to keep pests out.

You don’t allow uninvited human guests into your home, so why would you let uninvited pests make themselves at home? While centipedes have their place in the world, that place shouldn’t be your home. Remember, if you need help getting rid of centipedes in your home or preventing them from getting in, to begin with, you can always contact Proterra Pest Control. We’re more than happy to help!

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