We have a problem with what seem to be fruit flies, but we don’t have any fruit sitting around in the house. I can’t figure out where they’re coming from but this has been going on for weeks. Any suggestions? L. K., Newburyport, MA First, you need to make sure that you are dealing with
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Why in the world would I have cigarette beetles in my dried herb jar? I’ve been seeing these little brown beetles in my kitchen and my friend who’s a biology teacher looked at them and said they were cigarette beetles! D. R., Boscawen, NH Despite the name, cigarette beetles are a common pest of packaged
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Old house borers are wood-infesting beetles that sometimes show up in homes. Infestations usually begin in newly cut wood, even before the wood is incorporated into a home. Female beetles lay their eggs in cracks in softwoods such as pine, fir, or spruce, often while it is stacked in lumberyards. Because only certain boards are
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My son found a strange little bug in the basement that looked kind of like a tick but it had claws like a crab. When he brought it into school, his biology teacher said it was a pseudoscorpion. What is that? How did it get into our basement, and does it sting? E. H., The
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Earwigs are normally found outdoors, often around foundations, where they hide under mulch or boards or other materials, or in heavy ground covers. They scavenge on what they can find: plants, decaying vegetation, and occasionally on other insects. They sometimes end up in homes (1) seeking moisture when their outside sites get too dry, or
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I am so angry at our builder. We just moved into our new home two years ago. In the last couple of days we have been finding tiny holes and piles of sawdust in our wooden stairs. Some insect must be eating our house. I don’t know if we have termites or wood beetles, or
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If you’re a gardener and you’re worried about protecting honey bees on your property, the yard and garden giant Ortho just made it a little easier for you. Bowing to consumer concerns about the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on honey bees, Ortho is removing these chemicals from its products, making changes in eight of their
VIEW MOREJohn Maher: Hi, I’m John Maher and I’m here today with Tim Chase of Colonial Pest Control. Tim is an entomologist and a pest control technician and today our topic is mosquito control devices. Welcome, Tim. Tim Chase: Good morning, John. Types of Mosquito Control Devices John: So, Tim, what are a few of the different types of
VIEW MORECritters are rapidly waking up with this soon to be concluded mild winter. After the coldest and one of the snowiest months of February ever, last year, February 2016 is ending sunny with temperatures in the 50’s. Today I observed box elder bugs on the outside of a home. They are waking up with the
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