Allison Pest Control

Category: Household Insects

  • Interesting Cockroach Facts

    Cockroaches are considered one of the Earth’s most successful species. These insect scavengers have roamed the planet for more than 300 million years, well before the dinosaurs, and share ancient ancestry with termites and praying mantises. Today, there are more than 4,000 cockroach species. Happily, only three roach species are common household pests in Monmouth…

  • How to Avoid Bed Bugs During Spring Break

    This year’s brutal winter has many Monmouth County families planning spring break trips to warm, sunny vacation spots to escape New Jersey’s deep freeze, if only for one blissfully warm week! If you’re one of many Ocean County families planning to head south for the kids’ spring vacation, a word of warning. Bed bug infestations…

  • Do Cave Crickets Bite?

    Did you know that you could have a cave cricket infestation in your home without even knowing it? Cave crickets (also known as camel-back crickets) don’t make that annoying chirping sound that you hear from house crickets. They can get up to two inches long, but you’ll be happy to know that they don’t bite…

  • Termite Robots Build Houses Instead of Tearing Them Down!

    In New Jersey, termites pose a formidable threat to Monmouth County home owners. Attacking one out of every five New Jersey homes, Eastern subterranean termites cause millions of dollars of structural damage every year. Living in huge, complex underground colonies, these industrious wood-eating insects can eventually cause structural collapse if infestations go undetected. While known…

  • Swarmers Signal Pest Problem

    While gardening or mowing your Monmouth County, NJ lawn, have you ever stumbled across a “puddle” of what seem to be hundreds of winged ants milling around on the ground? If so, you have come across a group of swarmers, a sure signal that a massive termite or carpenter ant colony is located nearby and…

  • Interesting Facts about Cockroaches

    Cockroaches are resilient pests that have been around since dinosaurs walked the Earth. The most common cockroach species found in New Jersey are able to withstand temperatures between 32 and 150 degrees, making these pests highly adaptable and difficult to exterminate. Cockroaches spread harmful diseases and pose a serious human health threat when they invade…