BIG, BLACK ANTS IN THE FIREWOOD PILE!

By Chris Williams on March 17, 2017

Because winter just won’t go away, I was moving some firewood into the house in case of a power loss. We really haven’t used much firewood this winter since we got a new furnace so I was surprised to find that my firewood pile seems to have been overtaken by big black ants. Some of…

VIEW MORE

AMERICAN COCKROACHES CAN MIGRATE INTO BUILDINGS

By Chris Williams on March 16, 2017

The community room of our condo building is on the lowest level near the parking garage. On more than one occasion when we’ve been having a board meeting there, we’ve seen really large reddish-brown cockroaches. I think they’re coming in from the parking garage but the others think they’re migrating from the bakery next door.…

VIEW MORE

WOULD YOU KNOW IF YOUR HOME HAS TERMITES?

By Chris Williams on March 14, 2017

Guess What? It’s Termite Awareness Week (March 12-18), sponsored by the Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA). If you’re digging out of snow right now, you may be saying “Whaaaa?” Does it seem too early to think about termites when it doesn’t even feel like spring yet? That’s exactly how termites hope you feel, they don’t…

VIEW MORE

CAN LADY BEETLES BITE?

By Chris Williams on March 10, 2017

My granddaughter was visiting and was bitten by a lady beetle that she picked up. This was inside my house where I often have several beetles wandering around at any one time. I didn’t know they could bite, I thought they were the nice bugs. Are the bites serious? F. S., Nashua, NH Yes, lady…

VIEW MORE

BATHROOM FLIES THAT LOOK LIKE LITTLE MOTHS?

By Chris Williams on March 9, 2017

We have a chronic problem with tiny flies in a bathroom. They’re dark and they look sort of like miniature moths. We seem to always see two or three almost every time we use the downstairs bathroom. I thought they were coming in from outside but we don’t see them in any other rooms. Do…

VIEW MORE