Pest control in an apartment or condo is not quite as simple as in a single family home. Your Pests Are Not Your Own In most apartments and condo units, pests such as cockroaches, ants, and mice can easily move from one unit to another. They utilize openings around pipes or other common lines to
VIEW MOREThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a summary report of West Nile virus and other arboviral diseases in the U.S. for 2012. Arboviruses are diseases that are transmitted to humans primarily through the bites of infected mosquitoes and ticks. In New England, we’re especially concerned about two mosquito-transmitted arboviruses: West Nile virus
VIEW MOREWhile the western U.S. is suffering yet another drought, many of us in the Northeast have the opposite problem. We have put up with an extended period of sogginess. Lots of rain in the last few weeks has delayed home improvement projects and turned gardens to mush. When it’s this wet outside, many outdoor pests
VIEW MOREQuestion Cleaning out my husband’s dresser yesterday, I found a wool sweater at the bottom of a drawer with a couple of holes, each about the size of a nickel. There were also some webs like spider webs on the sweater and some sort of web tubes. Is that damage from some kind of bug?
VIEW MOREIf you’re having a problem with indoor pests like cockroaches or ants, or if you want to make sure that you don’t have a problem with indoor pests, there are steps you can take to make your home less desirable to insects. Insects become “pests” when they invade our space and share our food. Pests
VIEW MOREQuestion Either I’m going crazy or we have something boring inside the walls of our family room. I found a hole right through the wallboard and I swear I can hear something chewing behind there! Do you think this is just an isolated incident or could we be facing some serious wood damage? Our home
VIEW MOREQuestion When I was moving a firewood pile in my yard, I almost grabbed a round, black spider that I figure must have been a black widow. It disappeared before I could see whether it had a red hourglass. I thought we didn’t have black widows in New Hampshire. Am I wrong? Answer It all depends
VIEW MORESome houseplant pests remain exclusively on the plant and will not be seen unless the plant (especially the underside of leaves) is examined. Below are pests associated with houseplants that can move off of the plant, causing concern for homeowners who can’t figure out where the pests are coming from. Fungus gnats These tiny, dark
VIEW MOREQuestion Help! Our house is full of fruit flies. It seems to be a chronic problem. I see probably 10 or 12 flies every day, mostly in my kitchen. But there isn’t any fruit sitting around, or even any fresh vegetables. I’ve started keeping everything in the refrigerator. Where could they be coming from? Answer
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