Allison Pest Control

Category: Insect Identification

  • Signs Your Monmouth County Home Has a Carpenter Ant Problem

    The largest ant species in the U.S. is the wood destroying carpenter ant. Easy to spot, carpenter ants are big and black, ranging in size from 1/4 inch to a formidable 1/2 inch long. Using their powerful jaws to tunnel through soft and water-damaged wood, carpenter ants carve large, open galleries into wood beams and…

  • How Do I Know If I Have Cockroaches?

    Nothing gives you a case of the “creepy-crawlies” like suspecting that you might have a cockroach infestation. With the warmer weather approaching, all kinds of pests are going to begin making an appearance after a long winter. Cockroaches are just one type of household pest that you might have to deal with this year. Most…

  • How to Exterminate NJ Termites – Part 2

    Exterminating termites is not a do-it-yourself job. It takes professional knowledge of termite biology and behavior, specialized equipment and insecticides, and considerable experience to eliminate these wood-devouring pests. As noted in our previous post, the Eastern subterranean termites that infest 1 in 5 Monmouth and Ocean County homes live in inaccessible underground nests which complicates…

  • How to Exterminate NJ Termites – Part 1

    Termite extermination is a job for experienced professionals for three main reasons: 1. The Eastern subterranean termites that chew on the foundation timbers of Monmouth and Ocean County homes live in massive nests deep underground. The termites that exterminators find munching on the support beams of your New Jersey home are workers foraging for food…

  • Termites vs. Carpenter Ants: What’s Destroying Your House

    Both termites and carpenter ants are wood destroying pests that can cause expensive damage to Monmouth County, NJ homes. Both insect species live in huge social colonies governed by caste systems that dictate each individual’s role in the colony. And both termites and carpenter ants expand their colonies by swarming. However, these two insect species…

  • 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…