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The Best Way To Store and Protect Your Clothes From Unwanted Pests

04 Nov, 2016 / by admin

The Best Way To Store and Protect Your Clothes From Unwanted Pests

Many of us have clothes that are specific for seasons. You’ve likely got a handful of sweaters for you and your family that only come out in the winter. Then you pack them back up and put them away for the warmer months. There are summer clothes that you pack up for the winter. Unless ...

Pest Control Tips For The Fall Season

26 Sep, 2016 / by admin

Pest Control Tips For The Fall Season

Fall is the most popular season for pest invasions. It’s unavoidable. As the season changes and the weather gets colder, you may find yourself with unwanted pests. They could be bugs, ants, or even small rodents. Either way, they are not going to be fun for you and your family. The good news is that ...

Preventing The Arrival Of Stink Bugs In Your Home

12 Aug, 2016 / by admin

Preventing The Arrival Of Stink Bugs In Your Home

Have you noticed an unpleasant smell in your home? Homeowners are discovering the smell of a particular unwanted pest, the stink bug. You may find these stink bugs everywhere in your house – in the kitchen, behind the curtain, in a drawer and you suspect there are more of these stink bugs in places that ...

Enjoying Your Pool: Aquatic Bugs

03 Jun, 2016 / by admin

Enjoying Your Pool:  Aquatic Bugs

Water bugs аnd unwanted pests соmе in different sizes аnd shapes. Thеѕе аrе bothersome creatures thаt саn harm аnd destroy уоur home. Unwanted pests like water bugs саn еvеn spread deadly epidemic diseases. Nо homeowner wants unwanted pests crawling аnd running аrоund hiѕ оr hеr home, muсh mоrе invite them. It iѕ оnlу normal thаt ...

Attracting a Female Spider

08 Mar, 2016 / by admin

Attracting a Female Spider

Did you know that male spiders are known to pluck their cobwebs like a guitar or scrape them like a violin to attract female spiders? There is more to the eye when it comes to spider silk. Silk can carry vibrations across many frequencies using it to relay information. Spiders can hear the vibration by listening ...

Termites are a Homeowner’s Worst Enemy

25 Jan, 2016 / by admin

Termites are a Homeowner’s Worst Enemy

Termites are present and active during all four seasons and considered a homeowner’s worst enemy. They enjoy making their home in wood and are often referred to a the “silent destroyer” since they aren’t immediately noticed by the damage they cause. Termites are very small in size, measuring approximately 1 cm in length but don’t ...

Pests Seek Refuge From The Cold Weather

11 Jan, 2016 / by admin

Pests Seek Refuge From The Cold Weather

We aren’t the only ones looking for warmth inside our house with the cold weather here. Cockroaches are also looking for protection during the winter and can find it inside your home. Many believe that they are attracted to messy and dirty households, but that is not necessarily true. Now that winter is settling in ...

Storing Your Holiday Decorations Safely

29 Dec, 2015 / by admin

Storing Your Holiday Decorations Safely

Now that the holiday season is coming to an end it’s time to pack away all your decorations. This can be especially tricky to keep mice and insects out of your favorite family ornaments and even harder to keep spiders out of an artificial tree. The most effective way to store ornaments is to inspect ...

How Many Legs Does A Centipede Have?

14 Dec, 2015 / by admin

How Many Legs Does A Centipede Have?

  Everyone has had the experience of screaming at the unpleasant sight of the bug with 100 legs running past you. That bug is call a centipede and its name may be misleading. Centipede means 100 legs but an actual centipede may have anywhere from 15 to 177 pairs of legs! These long flat creatures ...

Ticks are Active in the Winter

07 Dec, 2015 / by admin

Ticks are Active in the Winter

Being outdoors and enjoying nature is a wonderful thing, but some not so wonderful creatures can hitchhike back inside.   Ticks can jump onto our clothing or one of our furry friends while going inside after playing. Ticks are very hard to spot, an adult tick may be 1 cm long after full of blood ...