What is the best way to keep the house front entrance clear of webs and the homes of other insects?
Question:We are commited to keeping a light on at night for security. I've tried pressure water, but that seems about 50% effect, messy, and time-consuming. I've tried manual remove with hard tools, but that takes a lot of time and concentration (and a latter). I've thought of a broom, but I worry that the harder insect homes will not be affected and the sticky webs will just smear on the house siding and leave me with a messy broom too; a broom with harder bristles might break harder nests off of the siding. I've thought of a UV light bug zapper, which would kill the insects and leave the web spiders out of work, but theft might be an issue (we are in a good neighborhood, but who knows, right?) and it wouldn't affected insects like hornets (would it?) or whatever else might be trying to build their homes on our home. It would also consume power, but I don't really know how much so it might not be significant enough to matter.
What do you suggest for do-it-yourself siding maintenance?
Answers:
If you keep that light on you're going to have bugs. If you have bugs, you'll have spiders.
I have the same situation.
Spray the area with insecticide every couple of weeks.
I think you can get a thing to hang up that will repel the insects, hang it in the corner or something. The webs I'm not sure. Try spraying a bug repellant on the sides of the house after you've cleaned all the webs off? Try going to home depot.
It's not so much the tools, but the constant maintenance that works. A broom will do much of the work for you. Sweep spider webs off before they have a chance to get huge, sweep up the remains of June bugs, and use the handle end to knock off wasp nests. This works great for me around our front entrance.
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