How to keep insects out of your house, according to an entomologist and other experts

Now that temperatures have warmed up even more this spring, you may be anxious at the thought of bugs invading your home or you may already be battling the pests. Here are expert tips on how to keep them away.

This year's mild winter allowed numerous insect populations to survive and thrive through the season, an entomologist says.

Now that spring is here, and temperatures have warmed up even more, you may be anxious at the thought of bugs invading your home, or you may already be battling the pests.

If you prefer not to use professional pest control services, here are expert tips on how to keep insects away.

You might be tempted to spray the bugs you find indoors, but Alice Sinia, entomologist with pest control company Orkin Canada, suggests people consider squashing that idea.

"The best advice I would give is, first of all, do not try to control them or spray them," Sinia said in a Zoom interview with CTVNews.ca. "That is always the worst thing you can do for these overwintering insects. The best thing is just to let them go back outside."

She says that's because you may create another problem.

"And the reason for that is when you spray them in their overwintering sites, especially when they're inside, let's say they're in the wall or in the attic, they end up dying there," Sinia explained.