Category: Wood Destroying Insects
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Keep Termites Away With Help From A NJ Pest Control Pro
New Jersey pest control professionals are continuously on the hunt for eastern subterranean termites. Estimates are that one out of five homes or businesses in New Jersey have had, or will have, damage caused by termites as they devour common building timber. Termites are a serious economic problem throughout New Jersey, causing millions of dollars…
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Heavy NJ Rains Bring Ants Indoors
New Jersey pest control experts are fielding many calls from home and business owners about the influx of ants entering their structures since Hurricane Irene passed through the state of New Jersey. Ants and be a real nuisance as they march their way throughout cracks and crevices, inside walls, through electrical outlets, scurrying across floors,…
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Students Could Win $3,000 For Pest Public Service Announcement
Schools are now in full session, and everyone knows that school budgets are always in need of a financial boost. New Jersey pest control experts would like to inform New Jersey schools that they now have the opportunity to win $3,000 for their school thanks to the National Pest Management Association (NPMA). The NPMA is…
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Easy Ways to Help Prevent a Carpenter Ant Infestation
The size and color of carpenter ants vary considerably between species and with carpenter ants from the same colony. Look for the carpenter ant’s smooth rounded thorax and single node (the small triangular connection between the thorax and the abdomen; some ants have two nodes). A mature colony may contain as many as 10,000 carpenter…
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Carpenter Ants Are A Menacing Pest
New Jersey pest control experts warn residents to expect to see high numbers of carpenter ant infestations in the summer of 2011. Carpenter ants are easy to recognize as they are larger than other species of ants you will see. Their color varies depending on the species. You will find red, black or a combination of…
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Swarming Ants May Confuse You, But Not A New Jersey Pest Control Expert Part II Of II
Continuing from Monday… New Jersey pest control experts say that many NJ residents often confuse some types of ant invasions with subterranean termites. To the untrained eye, it can be difficult to distinguish the difference between some species of ants and the wood destroying termites. Flying ants have a three segmented body part which can…