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Common Pests and Insects Found in the Living Room
Your living room should be a place to relax, but if pests have moved in, it could quickly ruin your peace. The insects in your living room can come in many shapes and sizes. Some are tiny. Others are bigger and harder to miss.
The good news is that with a little hard work and the right tools, you can get rid of these unwelcome living room pests.
Why Pests Are Attracted to the Living Room
Pests don't pick your living room by accident. They're looking for specific things, particularly food and water. Spilled drinks, forgotten snacks, and even tiny crumbs on the floor or couch can attract living room pests.
Forgotten drinks aren’t the only place bugs and pests can find water. Leaky windows and doors, as well as potted plants, can also create damp areas with a lot of moisture for them to drink.
Most pests are also prey, which means they need to find plenty of places to hide. Inside your living room is the perfect place! Furniture, clutter, cardboard boxes, and piles of magazines create a safe, warm space to rest and procreate.
Cockroaches in the Living Room
Cockroaches are tough pests that can survive almost anywhere, including your living room! While typical things like food left out overnight, crumbs, and pet food bowls will attract them, they also feast on things you wouldn’t expect, like paper, glue, or even soap.
They like tight, hidden places, which means you’ll often find them near TV stands, bookcases, and furniture. Sometimes, they’ll even hide behind picture frames or under couch cushions. They’ll hide in these places during the day, but come out to find food or water at night.
If you see one, it’s important that you act quickly and develop a plan for pest control in your living room. Cockroaches aren’t solitary insects, so if you see one, there’s probably more.
Not only is the sight of them unsettling, but it also presents a health hazard. Since they can bring germs and allergies into your home, it’s important to trap cockroaches before they create health concerns.
Spiders in the Living Room
Spiders are common living room insects that aren’t typically dangerous, but might make people feel uncomfortable. If you don’t want them crawling around, building webs in your corners and behind furniture, you need to develop a pest control plan quickly.
They like quiet areas that don’t get disturbed often, which is why you’ll tend to find them near windows, ceilings, and tucked in dark corners. It’s normal for basement-level living rooms to run into spiders more often than rooms on higher levels.
Spiders eat other bugs, and could have found their way into your home while on the hunt for food. If you spot them crawling around your space, it could indicate the presence of other insects in your living room, too. Getting rid of their food source will help you eliminate all of your pest problems at once.
Rodents in the Living Room
Two of the most common, but sometimes shocking, living room pests are mice and rats. They're bigger than insects but just as sneaky. Both mice and rats can squeeze themselves through very tiny holes, and once they’re in, they’ll make nests in your furniture or walls.
Just like other insects, rodents come inside looking for food and warmth. Living rooms with food crumbs, forgotten drinks, clutter, and lots of hiding spots are the perfect place for them to rest.
These pests chew on everything. Wires, wood, and even plastic are fair game. This can cause damage that’s expensive to repair, or even electrical fires. If you see a little tail running across your floor, it’s important to act quickly!
Most homeowners will hear rodents before they see them. Scratching sounds in the walls or furniture are a dead giveaway. You might also notice chewed food packages, small dark droppings, or greasy marks along your baseboards. These are all signs that you need to invest in pest control in your living room immediately.
Eliminate Living Room Pests with Effective Catchmaster® Solutions
Pests might want to live with you, but that doesn’t mean you have to live with them. Catchmaster makes pest control in living room spaces simple, safe, and effective.
Whether you choose a glue trap or a snap trap, all of our products are non-toxic and safe to use around your family and pets. Simply place a trap or two behind your furniture, along walls, or near windows. No complicated instructions or dangerous sprays. Just specially designed traps that work.