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  • Wet Weather May Prolong Termite Season

    Rainy weather is more than just a nuisance in summer. It can also encourage termites to stick around longer and do more damage to homes. Wet weather makes it easier for termites to find their way inside homes, especially when walls, ceilings or other areas have suffered water damage. Termites are able to tunnel through…

  • Yellow Jackets, Paper Wasps and Nesting Behavior

    Yellow Jackets are the generic name for all types of yellow and black striped wasps. These include actual yellow jackets and common paper wasps. The main difference between the two in appearance is that a paper wasp has a much slender waist than the stocky waist of the yellow jacket. Nesting wise, yellow jackets nest…

  • Warm and Wet the Right Combination for a Plague of Fleas

    Feeling itchy? The problem might not be mosquitos, but rather a summer infestation of fleas. With warmth and humidity in the air, fleas become hyperactive. They reproduce more quickly, swarm yards and dog parks, and quickly create a filthy nuisance once they get inside your home. Summer calls for careful monitoring of pets that may…

  • 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…

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