Category: Biting Insects
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Five Fun Facts About Clover Mites
As tiny as the period at the end of this sentence, clover mites are not insects, but arachnids, like spiders. Bright red and oval in shape, clover mites are herbivores. These mites suck the sap from plants and will feed on all kinds of plants but prefer grass, particularly lush Monmouth County, New Jersey lawns!…
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Zombie Ants? Really?
A staple of horror films, zombies have never been so popular. Hollywood seems fascinated by a zombie apocalypse while AMC’s The Walking Dead brings the flesh-eating undead into our living rooms. Of course, in the human world zombies don’t actually exist. But in the animal world it’s a different story. Evil Fungi In Thailand’s rainforest…
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What’s Bugging You? No Need to Go It Alone with Our Free Pest ID
When bed bugs first reappeared in the U.S. people started panicking. Any stray bug found in a bedroom provoked fear of a bed bug attack. Frightened home owners started sending captured or smashed insects to college entomology departments asking if they had bed bugs. What’s Bugging You? Because most insects are small and quick, one bug can…
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Are You Sitting on an Ant Super Colony?
If you are having problems controlling ants in your Monmouth or Ocean County home, you may be plagued by an ant super colony. What is an ant super colony? Typically, ants form colonies with only one nest and one queen. However in some species such as Argentine ants and odorous house ants, when nests fill,…
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How NOT To Control Ants In Your House
It’s spring… The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, and despite hoping this year’s brutal winter would mean less pests, the ants are still marching one-by-one through your home and taking over your life. What’s a frustrated homeowner to do for ant control? Eliminate ants by avoiding these common ant control mistakes: Providing an…