Category: News

  • Wet Summer Brings Forth a Bumper Crop of Pests

    Summer weather creates the perfect conditions for several pest species to breed, such as gnats, black flies and mosquitoes. Each of these species experience a rapid population growth as the weather shifts back and forth between wet and hot/humid. Why should you be concerned about these pests? Annoying Pests Are Also Frightening Health Risks Gnats, black flies, mosquitoes…

  • Weird Science: Wasps Turn Cockroaches Into Zombies

    Recently, a lot of stories about a vicious and somewhat frightening species of wasp that has some beneficial pest control traits have been trending on social networks. The Ampulex dementor is a unique type of distinctively red-and-black wasp that was discovered in 2014 in the Greater Mekong River Subregion with 138 other new species of plants, animals…

  • Insects Move Inside During Our Wet and Cool Summer

    Summer has arrived, and this year’s rainy weather is keeping Freehold exterminators busy, driving ants and other unwanted pests inside. Rest assured, insects aren’t putting down roots in your home or business because it is dirty, they’re simply looking for higher ground. A pesky progression Coming from outdoors, through the walls, and into your home…

  • Does Our Wet Spring and Summer Mean Less Yellow Jackets?

    Tired of yellow jackets pestering your picnic? You’re not the only one enjoying the nice weather. Turns out, weather determines how bad yellow jackets will be in your area each year – and whether you’ll need Tom’s River pest control professionals to come to the rescue! What’s the best weather for waning wasps? Spring weather…

  • Fun Facts: What Animals Act as Weathermen?

    Tom’s River pest control professionals see a lot of interesting creatures. Some of them can even predict the weather! Is your local weatherman being put to shame by the prediction skills of these furry, feathered and funky forecasters? Cows, sheep, and horses… Turn their tails to rain, lying down as the pressure drops and huddling…

  • Winged Ants and Their Purpose Explained

    For humans, the idea of winged ants is like adding a nightmare on top of a bad dream. Thoughts of these pesky insects taking flight evoke all kinds of unsavory imaginings. But winged ants hold a very definite and important place in nature’s scheme of things. Ants develop wings when they are in the mating phase…