Tag: Insect Control

  • Drain Care Tips to Keep Out Drain Flies

    Drain flies are small, dark, fuzzy flies that breed in the stagnant organic slime that collects inside drains. A common pest in sewer treatment plants, drain flies can also be a problem around bathroom showers, household sinks and basement floor drains into which washing machines discharge. Drain flies have a short lifespan, about a month,…

  • Interesting Facts About Termites

    Termites are like a stealth wood shredder. These tiny insects attack your home from their underground nests, gnawing into soft, wet, damaged wood before chewing into healthy wood. A termite colony of 60,000 insects can munch through one lineal foot of pine 2×4 every 120 days. But termite colonies can include hundreds of thousands to…

  • Dont Let an Ant Infestation Ruin Your Summer Fun

    Ahhh. The joys of summer. Food, fun in the sun, and enough ants to film an independent horror movie. Don’t let ants crash summer fun outside or inside your home. Keep ants at bay with these simple tips: Inside your home: Immediately address crumbs and spills in your home. Don’t leave dirty dishes out. Place…

  • The Ant & Wasp Connection

    When you think of ants and wasps, like many people, you probably don’t see a connection. For years researchers didn’t see a connection either, until a study that was done in 2013 revealed that the two probably had more in common than anyone originally thought. DNA Testing Through a long series of DNA testing and genetic sequencing,…

  • Cave Crickets…What Are They?

    Unlike crickets that find themselves trapped inside of the wall of your home, keeping you up at night as they chirp away, the cave cricket is a strange type of cricket.  Cave crickets are also known as “spider crickets” and “camel crickets”.  All three of their names fit them perfectly because of their appearance as…