Clean gutters and downspouts and cut tree limbs and shrubs that ... Sticky traps probably won’t solve an infestation, but bait stations can stomp out a small one — still, it may take a week because ...

“Nope,” I said. “Painting the gutters.” She was perplexed, clearly wondering: Who paints gutters and why? Our gutters are made of old-fashioned galvanized steel. That type of gutter was on ...