You’ve probably already begun your fall tasks of raking leaves, putting the garden to bed, cleaning gutters, rolling hoses, the usual end of season chores. There are steps you can take at the same time that will also help prevent next year’s pests, requiring little extra work on your part: LEAVES – Raking leaves is…
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If you hadn’t mentioned the chirping, the best guess would have been camel crickets that also move indoors in the fall. However, they don’t chirp and they don’t look as cricket-like with their humped, wingless backs and very long hind legs (see Meet the Camel Cricket…or Spricket). You might be dealing with the less common…
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In reading the latest issue of a pest control association newsletter, two headlines stood out: “In Houston: Record Year for Rats and Mice in the Attic, Due to Hurricane Harvey,” and “Wasp-Sized Mosquitoes That Bite Through Clothing Are Swarming North Carolina After Florence.” That last one might be a bit of an exaggeration but it…
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As soon as we have our first hint of serious cold weather, squirrels will be looking to re-insulate their current dens or to establish new, cozier winter lodgings. Gray squirrels usually nest in leaf and twig bowers high up in trees, or in tree holes. A dominant squirrel might score the more desirable shelter of…
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It sounds like your clothes have been damaged by one of the species of carpet beetles, although there might be clothes moth larvae in the box as well. The name carpet beetle is a bit of a misnomer since these little oval beetles feed on a variety of animal or plant-based materials other than carpets…
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