With all the rain we’ve had lately here in the Hill Country, you may have noticed how many bugs are out on the ground after a big rainstorm. Go look outside after the next big rain, and you will likely see ants, worms, and many other bugs crawling around in your grass or on paved surfaces near your house.
There is a reason that all these bugs come above ground after a big rainfall, and if you understand this phenomenon, then you will be able to prevent these bugs from getting inside your house after it rains.
Bugs Go to Higher Ground
The reasons that bugs come out of the ground after a rain are very straightforward. When it rains, the holes and cracks in the ground in which they live fill up with rainwater. This does not kill the bugs; instead, it forces them to climb up out of the ground and to spend some time on the surface areas near your house. So although you may only rarely see bugs outside most of the time, you will see hundreds of them after a day of rain. They have come up out of the ground to save themselves, and they won’t go back underground until the rain stops and the water dries.
Your House Is a Bug Shelter
When lots of bugs come out of the ground, this means that there are more bugs around that can come into your house. Additionally, the bugs that don’t live underground may try to get into your house as a means of getting away from the rain. Many bugs don’t like getting wet any more than humans do. So in the same way that we run inside whenever the rain starts to fall, bugs also will start looking for shelter—and your house is one excellent place to take shelter.
All that rain drives the bugs up out of the ground and into your home.
How to Keep Them Out
If you want to keep these bugs out of your home, you must take proactive measures to stop them from getting inside. By yourself, you can do things like trimming trees, bushes, and hedges that are close to your house and which provide great habitats for underground insect colonies.
You can also call our pest control specialist at HillTex Pest Control to apply a water-activated chemical to your yard and to the sides and seams of your house. When the rain comes, the grains will turn into an effective pesticide, and it will kill the great majority of the bugs coming up from the ground. As a result, you’ll no longer have to deal with so many bugs getting
inside your home.

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