Summer is the perfect season for bugs to come out and invade your home. It’s hot and humid, and pests are in survival mode.

Here are some tips on how to prevent and rid your home of pests and rodents, from tiny bugs to bigger critters.

ROME (AP) — The vaunted Mediterranean diet and French gastronomy are getting some competition: the European Union’s food safety agency says worms are safe to eat. The Parma-based agency published a scientific opinion Wednesday on the safety of dried yellow mealworms and gave them a thumbs up. Researchers said the worms, either eaten whole or in powdered form, are a protein-rich snack or ingredient for other foods. The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization in 2013 championed edible bugs as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock that are good for the environment and help feed the hungry. RELATED: Have you seen ‘hydroponically grown’ produce?