Every year at the end of the summer we get those humpbacked spidery crickets in our house, but this year we have something different. They’re pretty big and almost totally black. They must be crickets because they jump and chirp. Did they come in from outside? H. H., Arlington, MA You’re probably seeing invading field…
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Is there a big black cockroach that lives outdoors? It doesn’t look like cockroaches I’ve seen inside. These bugs are mostly around the foundation but lately I’ve found a couple inside in our basement storage room. Will the same kind of cockroach sprays work on these guys? Can I use the spray outside? V. B.,…
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When we are treating around the outside foundations of homes as part of our Preventative Maintenance Program, it’s not unusual to find poison ivy in our customer’s yards, sometimes growing right up against the house or even hiding in among the ground cover plantings. POISON IVY IS AN ADAPTABLE MIMIC Few people seem to recognize…
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Bed bug researchers at Rutgers University, NJ, have been researching and publishing materials designed to help the general public wade through the myriad of bed bug controls that are available today. While experts agree that the only effective way to get rid of an established bed bug infestation is through the services of a pest…
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My mother lives in an apartment that has cockroaches – bad! She has breathing problems and we just found out that she won’t complain to management about the roaches because she can’t tolerate the spray that the exterminator uses. If they do come around, she says she’s sick and can’t be treated. Trouble is she…
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