Not too early. A yellowjacket queen starts her nest in early spring and it grows in size and number of individuals throughout the summer. As the queen lays eggs, more workers are produced to search out insects and feed developing larvae. A successful late season yellowjacket nest can have up to 4,000 wasps. See How
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Domestic cockroaches are those that live and reproduce inside homes or other structures. The very common German cockroach is the best known, but American cockroaches and Oriental cockroaches will sometimes reproduce inside. One cockroach that is not a domestic cockroach but causes great alarm when it appears indoors is the wood cockroach. It doesn’t reproduce
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It could be true. Carpenter ants can do some serious damage to wood in your home but we can’t yet say for sure if that is what is happening in your case. First, you need to make sure the ants are really carpenter ants (we can identify them for you). Second, you need to determine
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We are approaching that time in spring when certain outdoor insects that have been spending the winter hiding in your house are waking up and looking for a way back outside. The brown marmorated stink bug is one of those insects that some of us in the Northeast see every fall and spring, but others
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Now that warmer weather is finally approaching, customers are asking about various strange insects that have started appearing inside their homes. In most cases, these are plant-feeding pests that have chosen to spend the winter in the shelter of an attic or tucked away in a wall void. In spring, insects like lady beetles, western
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There are a number of possibilities, especially in a room that is rarely disturbed. Given your description and the time of year and without an actual specimen, the best guess would be carpet beetles. In spring, carpet beetle adults emerge and head for light (the window) trying to find their way outside (see Carpet Beetles
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There are not many pests more disgusting than bed bugs given the fact that they literally feed on our life’s blood. Fortunately, bed bugs don’t spread any identifiable diseases with that feeding, but they can still make us sick. Turns out that bed bugs give off high levels of allergy-causing histamines in their droppings, or
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For decades, we have had safer, more effective, specialized pest control applications at our disposal. Even with offerings such as insect baits, crack and crevice treatments, and pheromone traps, folks still like to reach for what they know, the big guns, better known as “bug bombs.” You might call them bug bombs or “foggers” but
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It won’t be long. It might not feel like spring just yet, but admit it, you’re getting the urge to do some work outside. There are certain outside jobs you can do now that will make a difference in the number of pests that find their way into your home in the coming warmer weather.
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