Allison Pest Control

Category: Problem Insects

  • How to Identify Tick Borne Lyme Disease

    Lyme disease is no small problem. This condition can last a long time and have devastating effects on your well-being. Ticks bites cause Lyme disease and other conditions that need a physician’s care, so it’s important to know how to identify the symptoms. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most common…

  • Five Interesting Facts about Mud Dauber Wasps

    It’s not hard to figure out how mud dauber wasps got their name … they build their tube-shaped nests out of mud. What else should you know about this bug? They’re loners. Mud dauber wasps live a solitary life as opposed to other flying pests that build colonies in your home or yard. They’re active…

  • Five Quick Tips to Keep Mosquitoes Away From Your Evening Cookout

    Nothing ruins an evening cookout like a swarm of blood-thirsty mosquitoes. Follow these tips from our mosquito extermination experts to make your next cookout mosquito free: 1. Dress for success. Keep a layer of clothing between you and these blood-sucking pests by wearing long pants and long sleeves. 2. Destroy mosquito breeding grounds. Mosquitoes lay their…

  • Top Three Invasive Pests from Abroad

    Burmese pythons are slithering through the Everglades. Russian Zebra mussels are clogging water intake pipes in the Great Lakes. Asian longhorned beetles are killing trees in the Northeast. More than 50,000 alien plant and animal species are creeping and crawling across the U.S., competing against and too often overwhelming beneficial native species. Why Invasives Are…

  • Five Interesting Facts About Bed Bugs

    Interesting isn’t a word that comes to mind when someone mentions bed bugs. Disgusting maybe, definitely blood-sucking, but interesting? Not so much. Still, the more you know about bed bugs, the easier it will be to identify them by their characteristics and the tell-tale signs they leave. These five interesting facts might surprise you. 1. Bed bugs…

  • Top Summer Pests in NJ Homes

    Summer is bug weather. Numerous insects thrive in Monmouth County, New Jersey’s summertime heat and humidity. Ants, termites, fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, bed bugs, crickets, cockroaches, earwigs, millipedes, bees, wasps and a seemingly endless list of creepy crawlies explode in number during the summer months. Invasive Home Pests Most insects are content to stay outdoors where shelter…