Various types of moths will eat different things. Zach Cyrus, Quality Manager with Colonial Pest Control, discusses pantry moths and clothes moths and how to get rid of them. Listen or read more to find out about getting rid of moths.
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Fortunately for pest control companies everywhere, there are a number of domestic household pests, including spiders, that know no season. Living in the controlled environment indoors, they can survive and reproduce year-round as long as food is available (see What Happens to Indoor Insects in Winter?) If you see spiders here and there but can’t
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Is there a carved pumpkin, or two, sitting on your front porch right now? Then you should be afraid…be very afraid! We’ve posted blogs before about household pests associated with Christmas and holiday decorations, such as bugs that hitchhike in on Christmas trees and greens, or wood-boring beetles and termites that hide in firewood. We
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At this time of year, we get more calls than usual about tiny little moths flitting around the house – presumably because people are taking winter clothes out of storage and are either seeing clothes moths or are worried about seeing clothes moths. Not all small moths are clothes moths. Food moths can be similar
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If so, it can almost certainly be traced back to the way your sweaters, suits, and blankets were stored away early in the summer… WHAT KIND OF SWEATER STORER ARE YOU? There seem to be two major strategies when it comes to storing unused winter clothes over the summer months: (1) DO YOU STORE THEM
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It’s late September and you figure summer is over. You’re unpacking sweaters and putting away the sunscreen and insect repellent. Not so fast! As far as mosquitoes are concerned, there’s plenty of biting time left. You’ve no doubt seen items in the news about outbreaks in various states, especially Massachusetts, of Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus
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Ack! The dreaded small fly questions. The trouble is that there are so many possibilities; your pests could be any one of several little annoying flies, or gnats if you prefer, that can breed indoors in moist, decaying materials. The options are fungus gnats, phorid or humpbacked flies, fruit flies, and moth or drain flies.
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Each life stage of a hard tick (our blacklegged or deer tick, for example) must have a blood meal in order to molt to the next stage in its life cycle or to lay eggs. Each life stage generally feeds on a different host animal suited to its habitat and size. For example, the very
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Many of you are aware that there are indoor cockroaches that can take over your kitchen and make your life miserable. Did you know that there are even bigger outdoor cockroaches as well? In fact, they may be living around your home’s foundation at this very minute, just waiting for an opportunity to move inside.
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