Category: Termites
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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…
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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…
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What Happens to Termite Colonies in the Winter in New Jersey?
Many insects die or hibernate during the cold winter months, but the Eastern subterranean termites that plague Monmouth County, New Jersey homes and businesses are a year-round problem, warn NJ pest control experts. If these wood-eating insects invade your home or business, they will be munching on your foundation 24/7/365! Underground Protection Subterranean termites build their…
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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…
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What Is ‘Frass’?
Dictionary.com defines ‘frass’ as “the refuse and excrement of boring or leaf-eating insects.” More commonly, many home and organic gardeners refer to frass as “insect poop.” While the excrement of plant-eating insect larvae such as caterpillars is called frass and sold as a natural garden fertilizer; to New Jersey pest extermination professionals, frass is an…
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Strange and Interesting Termite Facts
Did you know the fastest animal strike on land is the snapping jaw of a Panamanian termite which has been clocked at 150 mph? Termites put their powerful jaws to good use. These wood-eating insects eat non-stop, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! A colony of just 60,000 termites can devour two lineal…