Category: Household Insects
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Cave Crickets…What Are They?
Unlike crickets that find themselves trapped inside of the wall of your home, keeping you up at night as they chirp away, the cave cricket is a strange type of cricket. Cave crickets are also known as “spider crickets” and “camel crickets”. All three of their names fit them perfectly because of their appearance as…
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Keep Bed Bugs Out Of Your Bed
It’s a well-known fact that bed bugs appear in beds, but did you know that bed bugs do not always LIVE in beds? Bed bugs are masters at keeping themselves hidden and in places such as hotels and motels, it is not uncommon for bed bugs to hide in other locations other than a bed…
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The Sounds Of Crickets…Not So Pleasant To Be Around!
The sounds of crickets chirping may sound like natures lullaby to some, but for others, the sounds emitted from crickets, resemble fingernails being dragged across a chalkboard. The incessant chirping from a cricket is not always considered to be good, especially when there are crickets, or even just one cricket that is chirping inside a…
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Pantry Pests Can Spoil Your Holiday Baking
The holiday season will soon be under way and people from coast to coast will dust off those favored family recipes that only tend to appear at this time of year. Sweets like cookies, cakes, chocolates, and pies are an essential part of decorating the holiday dessert table. Lurking in the confines of pantries near…
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Pantry Pests Can Spoil Your Holiday Baking
The holiday season will soon be under way and people from coast to coast will dust off those favored family recipes that only tend to appear at this time of year. Sweets like cookies, cakes, chocolates, and pies are an essential part of decorating the holiday dessert table. Lurking in the confines of pantries near…
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Bed Bugs Still Biting According To The NPMA
The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) and the University of Kentucky have three surveys of bed bugs for pest control professionals across the United States. According to more than 250 respondents, 99.6 percent have tackled the bloodsucking pests over the past year, which is an increase since the last time the survey was completed. According…