Category: Biting Insects
-
Avoiding Bed Bugs
With the resurgence of bed bugs around the United States, it is important for people to safeguard their homes and families from encountering blood thirsty bed bugs whenever possible. There is much speculation as to why bed bugs have made such a tremendous comeback over the past 5 years…i.e. the lack of pesticides available to…
-
Prepare For The Spider Invasion In Your Home Part II Of II
Continuing from Monday… Outdoors you will find yellow sac spiders resting during the daytime under a silken sac that they create. The protective sac can be found under a leaf, under landscape timbers, stones, bark, or logs. Indoors, these spiders can easily be seen in the upper corners of rooms, ceilings, window molding, blinds, curtains,…
-
Prepare For The Spider Invasion In Your Home Part I Of II
I have a love hate relationship with spiders. For the most part, they are beneficial creatures. They happily spend the spring and summertime gobbling up unwanted insects that would otherwise be damaging my beautiful garden. Outside, they typically avoid humans at all costs for fear of being squished by our shoe or whacked with a…
-
Retail Stores Continue To Be Slammed By Bed Bugs Part II Of II
Continuing from Wednesday… Bloomingdale’s also confirmed this week information about their own bed bug encounter…slightly. In a statement released to the media they reported that they found “one bed bug”. They further reported the following information, “We identified it and removed it promptly. We conducted a thorough search of the area, including the use of…
-
Retail Stores Continue To Be Slammed By Bed Bugs Part I Of II
We should name this past season “the summer of discontent”…at least as far as bed bug infestations are concerned. Bed bug infestations continue to rise throughout the United States; despite the best efforts of pest control specialists. A huge Bed Bug Summit was held outside of Chicago last week to discuss bed bug issues. Entomologists,…
-
What Is That Weird Bug?
Many people are concerned when they begin to receive strange itchy welts on their skin these days; and for good reason since bed bug infestations are on the rise all across the United States. It should be noted that skin irritations can occur from many different types of insects. Sometimes those insects are seeking a…