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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...