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Originally Posted by MikeN
Yes, you definitely need a plan to manage insects. While new homes as we have are treated for termites the spiders, ants and other creepy crawlers seem to love the straw placed around the landscaping. Sometimes I spray daily to try to control spiders and sweep away cobwebs. Haven’t had a lot of luck with companies that do insect control. Plan is to remove the straw in the fall with mulch or stone
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The pine needles mulch looks bad after awhile too. It gets matted down and turns gray. We will replace ours in the fall.
We have Superior pest control and have had to call them at least 3x in seven months to come back for bug treatments outside on our porch, and in garage. Mostly small spiders except for one large wolf spider, but also some small moths, wasps, tiny millipedes, and some kind of flying insects that looked like fire ants with wings. Inside our home we’ve only seen a tiny spider on occasion, though yesterday I found a fire ant crawling around my bathroom sink. That alarmed me enough that I called them to come do another perimeter treatment, which they scheduled for a week from now. I’m definitely not impressed with Superior enough to renew the annual contract when it’s up next January.