What Can An Insect Screen Protect you From?

Insect Screens Protect You Against Every Seasonal Pest

Bugs, insects, and all manner of flying pests come in waves with the changing seasons. Depending on where you are, your insect screen might be keeping out a wider variety of pests than you realise. Throughout the year, the different pests they keep out change, and for you to understand the extent of protection you get out of an insect screen, it’s important to know what you need protection from:

Springtime Insects

As we come out of the winter, the first initial wave of pests either come out of hibernation or begin to breed starting from:

March

The moth hatching season starts. These insects can be found at any time of year. However, many moth species are most active in the spring and summer. So, begin prepping your home in March or April and remain watchful until the end of August. Moths are attracted to indoor light so having protective screens will prevent them from entering through open windows during humid evenings.

Summertime Flies away

During the warmest months of the year, it’s not outside of the norm to find swarms of insects start to form:

April to May

To complement the springtime reappearances, summer greets us with the re-emergence of flies. Despite their large number in population, they’re always the sneakiest because of how easy it is for them to enter the household. They hatch in the soil of the new plants you buy, they hatch from the eggs tucked away in the flower petals husbands give their wives and they sneak in through the fresh produce people forget to rinse thoroughly before use.

June to July

Beware the bugs that bite back! Mosquitoes, bees, hornets, and wasps all start to proliferate and aggressively make up for the lost time in spring. It’s not outside the realm of being uncommon to find swarms of all of them in the summer – so we cannot reiterate how important it is to protect either your skin or your home this time of year.

Autumnal Pests

The start of autumn marks the beginning of a dramatic change in landscape and wilderness:

August

You finally catch a break! Albeit a small window of time before the winter, during August, typically swarm-style bugs and insects begin to taper off during this time of year.

September to October

You’ll start to find that moving into September there’s a correlation between the (now tapered-down) population of flies beginning to disappear as spider season starts. Autumn is typically the height of spider season, hatchlings start fully forming at an unbelievable rate as well as the overall birth rate of our 8-legged friends starts to skyrocket.

Winter Wilderness

There’s a misconception that winter puts all wildlife to slumber and as a result don’t worry about rodent protection until a little too late. Here’s what people forget about the winter:
When it gets cold, everything starts looking to take shelter somewhere warm. As a result:

Everything starts migrating regardless of what month it is:

Anything that can survive the winter will search for warm shelters. Insect screens not only keep these guys out, but they’re also an effective barrier against small rodents.

September to October

Arachnophobia affects approximately 1 in 5 people in the UK, so it is no wonder people are looking for different solutions to keep our eight-legged friends out of the home. However, we cannot guarantee spiders or other crawling insects will be stopped from crawling under the insect screen.

How Insect Screens Protect Your Home

To clarify, when we talk about insect screens, we’re not talking about the cloth screens you can attach with a hook and loop fastening. Here at Appeal Shading, our insect screens are built with high-strength fiberglass which you install into your doors and windows. When we talk about insect screens, we’re referencing the kind of screens that are built with mesh made from fiberglass, usually either installed as part of the home or built with an additional frame.

These insect screens are capable of keeping flying insects and bugs out of your home year-round.

Protect Your Home With An Insect Screen

If you’re looking to install an insect screen of your own, don’t settle for anything less than the industry’s best. The reason Appeal Shading uses fiberglass isn’t just because of its durability, but because it allows the maximum amount of light to penetrate and flood your home with natural light. Keeping pesky rodents out and letting sunlight in. Have a look at our selection of insect screens here, or speak to one of our industry experts here.