The Invisible Wildlife in Your Home
Did you know you’re sharing your home with millions of tiny creatures? Just because you can’t see them doesn’t mean they’re not there, and many are so small they can’t be seen with the naked eye. Spotting a cockroach in your kitchen may make you shriek, but have you seen a dust mite under the microscope? Of course, it’s easy to be oblivious to dust mites and other tiny creatures, because you can’t see them, whereas a cockroach infestation is going to be hard to ignore. Does it really matter if you have dust mites though?
Visible pests
It’s still the pests you can see that are most likely to cause you distress. Cockroaches and rats or mice are the most persistent of visitors to human homes, and rats, in particular, can carry several serious diseases, so they need to be dealt with if they start coming into your home. Contact a reliable, certified exterminator such as Utah Pest Control to get rid of more invasive pests.
Living with invisible wildlife
Unless you live in a sterilized vacuum, your home, no matter how often you clean it, will be full of all sorts of creatures. From the ubiquitous dust mites to the secretive silverfish that live in the dark places around your home, tiny creatures are sharing your living space. Come to that; there are many minibeasts that could be living on your body, such as the tiny mites that live exclusively in people’s eyebrows. Or if you want to go a stage further, what about the billions of bacteria and other microscopic life forms that live on your skin, and even inside your body?
Are they dangerous?
For the most part, none of these invisible creatures or organisms is going to do you much harm. If you start getting itchy bumps or a rash, you could have bedbugs; and if you suffer from a dust allergy or asthma, then the droppings dust mites leave behind could be a problem.
Bacteria
Bacteria are probably more harmful than most of the invisible creatures, but even then only when they’re of the type that causes disease. The bacteria that live in your gut, for example, are essential for healthy digestion, hence the popularity of live cultures and yogurt to replenish diminished stocks of gut bacteria. Following basic hygiene rules like always washing your hands before you eat and after visiting the bathroom should stop most bacteria from causing you any harm.
Pets
If you have pets, they might bring in the odd visitor now and then, and no-one likes the idea of fleas or lice living in their home. Regular treatments from the veterinarian should keep these unwelcome guests under control, and they are generally more of a nuisance than a danger to health. Flea bites can sometimes transmit diseases – most notoriously the Plague, although that’s not a problem these days.
You might find them disgusting, but most of the invisible wildlife in your home is benign and won’t cause you any problems, so don’t start having nightmares about what’s living in your home!
It’s still the pests you can see that are most likely to cause you distress. Cockroaches and rats or mice are the most persistent of visitors to human homes, and rats, in particular, can carry several serious diseases, so they need to be dealt with if they start coming into your home. Contact a reliable, certified exterminator such as Utah Pest Control to get rid of more invasive pests.
Living with invisible wildlife
Unless you live in a sterilized vacuum, your home, no matter how often you clean it, will be full of all sorts of creatures. From the ubiquitous dust mites to the secretive silverfish that live in the dark places around your home, tiny creatures are sharing your living space. Come to that; there are many minibeasts that could be living on your body, such as the tiny mites that live exclusively in people’s eyebrows. Or if you want to go a stage further, what about the billions of bacteria and other microscopic life forms that live on your skin, and even inside your body?
Are they dangerous?
For the most part, none of these invisible creatures or organisms is going to do you much harm. If you start getting itchy bumps or a rash, you could have bedbugs; and if you suffer from a dust allergy or asthma, then the droppings dust mites leave behind could be a problem.
Bacteria
Bacteria are probably more harmful than most of the invisible creatures, but even then only when they’re of the type that causes disease. The bacteria that live in your gut, for example, are essential for healthy digestion, hence the popularity of live cultures and yogurt to replenish diminished stocks of gut bacteria. Following basic hygiene rules like always washing your hands before you eat and after visiting the bathroom should stop most bacteria from causing you any harm.
Pets
If you have pets, they might bring in the odd visitor now and then, and no-one likes the idea of fleas or lice living in their home. Regular treatments from the veterinarian should keep these unwelcome guests under control, and they are generally more of a nuisance than a danger to health. Flea bites can sometimes transmit diseases – most notoriously the Plague, although that’s not a problem these days.
You might find them disgusting, but most of the invisible wildlife in your home is benign and won’t cause you any problems, so don’t start having nightmares about what’s living in your home!