Category: Household Insects
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Are You Ready for Fall Invaders?
Every fall, Monmouth County, New Jersey home and business owners brace for the onslaught of three invasive insect pests looking for a warm place to spend the winter. Stink bugs, box elder bugs and Asian ladybird beetles overwinter in building soffits, attics, wall and ceiling voids. In the fall, these insects may gather by the…
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Top Pests New Jersey Fall Pests
As the weather changes in the fall, New Jersey homeowners face different pests that are more likely to intrude in colder weather. Fall pests in the Monmouth and Ocean County area include a variety of crawling and flying bugs and vermin—some which you can try to control on your own, and some presenting infestations that…
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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 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…