Allison Pest Control

Category: Insects

  • A View Inside an Ant Colony

    As the weather gets warmer, there will be an increase of pests in and out of your home. Some of the pests you may see are ants. Ants seemingly come in packs – when you see one, there’s usually more to follow, and they aren’t something you want in your home. If you take a better look at these tiny…

  • The Low-Down on Spring Ants in New Jersey – Here They Come!

    While spring brings warmer weather and sunshine, it can also herald the arrival of unwanted guests. Sugar ants typically make their presence known to homeowners in New Jersey during this time of year when they emerge from their indoor nests and go searching for sweet foods. What Are Sugar Ants? Sugar ants, also called pharaoh…

  • Bed Bugs May Carry Fatal Disease

    As if the red, itchy bites weren’t bad enough, now there’s another reason to turn to NJ bed bug control professionals right away when dealing with an infestation. Penn Medicine researchers found that bed bugs might transmit a parasite that carries a potentially deadly infectious disease. Chagas disease is mainly found in Latin America, but…

  • 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…