Tag: household insects
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Who’s Winning The War…Humans Or Bed Bugs? Part 2 Of 2
Continuing from Monday… DDT was used for other types of annoying household pests such as cockroaches as well. The residual effect of DDT helped keep many types of pest populations down. It was not uncommon to find DDT in grocery stores, drug stores, and hardware stores. This common pesticide kept bed bug populations so low…
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Who’s Winning The War…Humans Or Bed Bugs? Part 1 Of 2
Bed bugs have been haunting humans since the beginning of recorded time. In fact, fossilized bed bugs have been found at archeological sites that date back more than 3,500 years. New Jersey pest control experts believe that these bloodsucking bugs originally fed upon bats and humans in caves in the Mediterranean. As civilization progressed out…
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Oh Those Annoying Flies
It’s unlikely that you would have a backyard barbeque without visits from annoying house flies buzzing around your dinner plates, barbeque grill, and soda cans, trying to take a sip of a tasty treat. These persistent pests won’t hesitate to make their way indoors through open doors, holes in window screens, or cracks or crevices,…
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Go Away Stink Bugs!
The damage they have caused is done and the population explosion has occurred. They are saying goodbye to your tomatoes, peppers, peaches, apples, and other delicious summertime fruits and vegetables. Now it’s time for the brown marmorated stink bug to find a warm spot to spend it’s time during the frigid months until they can once…
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Camel Back Crickets
New Jersey pest control experts find that some people are fascinated by the camel cricket and others are quite horrified by their existence in their basement. Camel back crickets, otherwise known as cave crickets, are considered a nuisance pest. They prefer to live outdoors, but will enter any structure searching for the perfect cave-like environment…