Allison Pest Control

Category: Insect Identification

  • Fire Ants Love to Build!

    If you’ve watched a child build, you’ll see someone who is focused on what they’re doing, who might have a plan, but most certainly loves to build. Fire ants are the same way. And if you’ve seen the place where an ant has built, you’ll see the work that goes into their creation. An article put…

  • Carpenter Ants: a Hidden Pest

    We see them all the time. The tiny bug with antenna busily working away making tunnels, gathering food, and just all around staying organized and on top of the situation. These tiny creatures are ants and  can carry the title of “busy bees” easily. The opposite in size of the tiny ants are the super-sized…

  • Three Facts About Carpenter Ants You May Not Know

    One of the most common ant species in New Jersey, carpenter ants can be found destroying wood and terrorizing local homeowners and businesses. Have you seen these large, red and black ants around your property? Learn about carpenter ants so you know what to look for, and when to call for professional ant control. Carpenter…

  • New Jersey Winters Do Not Stop Termites

    Subterranean termites, happily the only termites native to New Jersey, live below ground. Sadly, their dirty dens don’t prevent them from coming above ground, both to breed and also to snack on the structure of your home by entering through small cracks in the foundation. Hoping the cold winter weather will send these pests into…

  • Do Bed Bugs Become Less Active in the Winter?

    Though small, bedbugs are becoming a pest of gargantuan proportion, particularly in New York and surrounding areas. But don’t let the seeming winter decline of these pests put you at ease – a bedbug lull in winter weather does not mean these pests have gone packing… Bedbugs have a little something in common with bears……

  • Termites Know No Season – Chomping Year Round

    Living in cozy underground nests and traveling to their feeding sites through underground tunnels, NJ termites know no season. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will keep these hungry pests from attacking your Monmouth County, New Jersey home or business. Chomping Year Round Weather does not affect the Eastern subterranean termites…