As temperatures continue to dip below 32 degrees, the wildlife outside of your home is starting to scramble. Animals are gorging themselves getting ready for the lean winter months, and bugs are looking for an easy way into your warm home. It's time to check the caulking on your windows and doors, the bugs are lonely and cold Connecticut, and they're trying to move in with you.

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When I woke up this morning, I found three roly-polies scurrying across my bathroom floor. I also found the official insect of Connecticut - a Praying Mantis, on my screen door last night. Insects are not happy when temperatures dip below 40 degrees, and while some burrow down into the ground where it's warmer, there are plenty that try to escape the freezing temps by finding a way inside your place. Spiders, Roaches, Ants, Ladybugs, Silverfish, the dreaded Termite, Fleas, Stinkbugs, and Beetles are some of the most common insects and bugs found inside homes during the winter in the United States. While some are actually beneficial, it's still gross when a House Centipede crawls across your foot at 4AM.

Photo by Large Dave
Photo by Large Dave
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What can you do to help keep the creepers outside? Get rid of the leaves that are coming down around the perimeter of your place, seal your doors, caulk your windows, fix your leaky pipes, and do not leave any food out uncovered. If you have a fireplace, fire it up, chimneys and the firewood you're carrying in are both great hiding places.

Even worse than the bugs? Mice and rats. Torrington is going to war with it's rat problem this weekend, I'm ready for the battle.

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