What you store in your garage goes beyond keeping it organized. It also determines how appealing your garage is to pests. In Phoenix, AZ, where neighborhoods near desert zones never get a break from rodent and insect activity, what you keep things in is just as important as what you store. While cardboard may seem convenient, it can come with hidden risks.
If these types of pests have already found their way into your garage, Green Mango Pest Control may need to conduct an evaluation and help get the situation under control before it gets worse.
How Cardboard Boxes Can Provide a Perfect Breeding Ground for Pests?
Phoenix, AZ garages are often filled with moving boxes, delivery packaging, and storage cartons for appliances and seasonal items. Cardboard is one of the most hospitable materials you can unintentionally offer pests. It retains moisture, breaks down over time, and provides both shelter and nesting material.
Here is the reason why pests are attracted to it:
Soft, lightweight, easily handled nesting material
Because cardboard holds heat and releases a scent as it breaks down, cockroaches are strongly attracted to it
Silverfish feed on cardboard along with paper-based items stored inside boxes
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