CENTRAL, Texas — The weather is getting colder, which means rodents and pests are going to look for places to get warm, including your house.
In order for you to be prepared for creepy crawlers, you need to know what you're dealing with first.
Jeff Wooten with Centex Pest Control said topping your list for unwanted visitors in your home this winter will be rodents.
"As soon as that cold comes, they start looking for warmer places to nest," Wooten said.
He added that in order to prepare and prevent them from coming in would be to put bait stations outside of your home. This gives rodents an alternative food source. They'll eat the bait, which will in turn cause them to die.
When it comes to those pesky spiders, Wooten added that you want a spray that's a microencapsulate. This Is an insecticide that will stick to the bug and kill it.
When it comes to roaches, you want to look under your sinks where the plumbing points are, put an insecticide there and it will prevent the roaches from coming in. Looking for leaks and making sure there isn't any water around will help keep roaches away too, as they're attracted to dark wet spaces.
The last pest you need to look out for are ants. Keep food and water out of sight when you're not around. Ants will be attracted to this, and if left out, they might make it into your home.
The last thing you can do is make sure everything in your home that leads to the outdoors is sealed because when the cold weather creeps in you don't want to get spooked by a spider.