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Colors Attract & Repel Birds, Bugs, Spiders & Other Pests

What color is the exterior of your home? Did you know that particular colors of clothes, paint and plants can attract or repel pests? Color plays a role in what entices and repels particular pests and wildlife but that is not all. Pests are also looking for shelter and food to eat. These factors can all contribute to a potential pest infestation but fortunately there are things you can do to help prevent them. Knowledge is a big part in how to handle your pest control needs. The colors that attract and repel certain pests and wildlife are different.

 

Eagle Pest Services Outlines How the Colors of Your Home Could Be Attracting Pests

What Paint Colors Are Birds Attracted to?: Are you sick of birds perching in your eaves or trying to nest in your attic? Your exterior paint color could be partially to blame. Birds of all kinds see colors and need to to eat and mate. They look for a mate many times based on the color of the opposite sex. They attract each other and that helps to find a suitable mate. They also use color to help find berries and other food to eat. The food is usually brighter in color and will stick out amongst the bushes and other surrounding colors. That means that if you have a home that is brightly colored it may be attracting birds to nest and live near your home. The other aspect of what birds are looking for is camouflage. They want to try and blend in to their surroundings to ensure that prey doesn’t get them. That means that if you have a home that is neutral tones like brown and grey, birds may find it a great place to hide out. A color that acts as a warning to birds is white. To a bird, white can mean danger and they tend to fly away from anything that means danger.

Is Your Paint Color Attracting Stinging Insects & Other Pests: When it comes to pests particularly bugs they see colors much differently. They tend to see colors in a UV spectrum and they look for the colors that tend to mean food. Flowers that need to attract insects often have UV patterns or are pigmented with white or yellow to attract more bugs. That means that any color that is bright such as the colors of flowers you could be attracting pests. Any color such as yellow and orange are a great attraction for pests so if your home is any of these colors you may be calling to them. The colors that are less likely to register to a pest are the regular colors that blend into nature such as green and blue. Many people re-paint their porch ceilings a light blue color to repel stinging insects and swear they haven't had a wasp nest since. These colors wouldn’t stand out as a food source for pests so they may pass by your house initially looking for a better option. If you are dealing with pests you may not be ready to change your exterior paint color. That means that you need to look into pest control services that offer specialty treatments for all kinds of pests.

 

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