Category: Home Pest Control
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Five Interesting Facts about Mud Dauber Wasps
It’s not hard to figure out how mud dauber wasps got their name … they build their tube-shaped nests out of mud. What else should you know about this bug? They’re loners. Mud dauber wasps live a solitary life as opposed to other flying pests that build colonies in your home or yard. They’re active…
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Cave Crickets May Denote a Moisture Problem
Cave crickets go by many names, camel crickets, spider crickets, sprickets, and stone crickets. Resembling the mutant spawn of a spider and a cricket or grasshopper, they are really just a nuisance pest, harmless to humans (except for scaring the daylights out of you and your children) and feeding mainly on fabrics and houseplants. They…
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Five Interesting Facts About Ground Squirrels
While squirrels might be majestic to watch, ground squirrels can become a problem quickly. Today, we’d like to offer you five interesting facts about ground squirrels. Fact #1: They love to make your home their home – While you’re used to seeing them in the wild, it warm for long. That’s going to force them inside, and…
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Five Interesting Facts about Pharaoh Ants
With an impressive name like “Pharaoh” you know these ants have a reputation to live up to, and they do, as they are innovative and creative when it comes to finding suitable places to set up a colony. Also known as “sugar ants” these tiny pests eat a variety of items including other insects. They…
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Groundhogs, Gophers, Moles, Voles – How Do You Know If You Have Them?
Small, brown and furry rodents of the ground squirrel family, gophers can create extensive and destructive tunneling systems throughout your yard. A single gopher digging up your lawn can create a whopping 10-30 mounds per month displacing one glass to one gallon’s worth of dirt, up to 6 feet underground, and covering up to 2,000…