Black widows are some of the few truly dangerous spiders that occur in North America. The venom of a black widow is a powerful neurotoxin that can cause intense muscular ...
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Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis). Despite its name, this species is thought to have originated in North Africa and is now found worldwide. The adult males are about 1-inch long and ...
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American Cockroach: (Periplaneta americana) Wow! We have our very own red, white, and blue Yankee Doodle cockroach right? Well, not really because this non-native critter was introduced to North America during ...
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Yellow jackets (Vespula sp.) are yet another stinging member of the social wasp family (see hornets and paper wasps on our site) that causes headaches for homeowners. New England is ...
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All the social wasps (bald-faced hornets, yellowjackets, paper wasps, and true hornets) produce a papery material to construct their nests. Paper wasps are really distinguished from their cousins by the ...
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The European or giant hornet (Vespa crabro) is the largest species of social wasp found in North America. Workers are brown and yellow in color with most exceeding one inch ...
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Cicada killers (aka digger wasps) are very large (1 1/2in.) ground-nesting wasps with coloration and markings similar to yellowjackets. Appearance aside, these wasps are very different from yellowjackets, which are ...
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Carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) removal and extermination has increased in the Northeast as these pests have emerged in recent years as a significant problem. In appearance, they look similar to ...
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