As we approach the end of August, it’s time to start thinking about how you are going to keep all those late season insects out of your house. Some insects such as yellowjacket workers die off in the fall, but those insects with overlapping generations often look for places to spend the winter instead. That…
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Interviewer: Excuse me, Mr. Spider, I’ve been admiring your web. Do you have time for a few words? Spider: That’s Ms. Spider to you, you don’t think that a male had anything to do with this spectacular web, do you? That’s him over there, that little guy. He’s lucky I haven’t eaten him yet. Interviewer:…
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Deer ticks (correctly called blacklegged ticks) are our smallest disease-carrying ticks. And that’s part of the problem. All stages of this tick can carry and transmit Lyme disease: larval stage, nymph, and adult tick. One of the reasons they can so easily attach and feed is that they are so hard to see. The adult…
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Do house mice live in burrows outside or do they actually live in my house? We just discovered a mouse in our kitchen at the same time that we noticed a couple of holes in the ground in our backyard. P. S., Boscawen, NH House mice can live in outside burrows, although it’s not common,…
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When mosquitoes are a problem, we advise customers on emptying items that hold standing water around their yards, things like buckets, plant saucers, wheelbarrows, and birdbaths. It’s fascinating the variety of sites that mosquitoes use for egg laying. We’re always discovering something new that holds just enough water…and mosquito larvae. THE WATER DOESN’T HAVE TO…
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