Tag: NJ Pest Control
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What You Need to Know About Head Lice Before School Starts
Every parent dreads it: your child comes home with a note from school saying they have head lice. While you may think that head lice only manifests itself when children live in dirty conditions, they can latch onto anybody’s hair. Head lice generally do not thrive in dirty environments, though other pests certainly can. Lice…
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Need Some Help with Ants? Top Tips on Controlling Ants
Ants are a common problem in and around NJ homes, especially during the summer months. These pests keep pest control companies in Freehold busy all summer long. While some ants can contaminate food supplies, others can cause fire hazards by chewing on wires or structural damage by chewing through wood. You can reduce your risk…
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What’s Ant Budding? How to Stop It
Ant species that multiply through a process called budding can be notoriously difficult to get rid of. Knowing more about how this works and which species use budding can help you determine just how serious your ant problem is. Budding vs. Swarming Many ant species swarm in order to breed. This means that winged males…
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Feds Consider Declaring This Bee Endangered
Bothersome invading insects can have you calling pest control companies in Freehold for help, but there are some insects that require help and not elimination. Bee colonies in general are declining rapidly and the Federal Government is considering declaring the rusty-patched bumblebee endangered. As this type of bumblebee has vanished from 87% of its historic…
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Budding and the Growth of Ant Colonies
Their methods of swarming, moving and budding make ants highly successful, colonizing pests that require elimination via one of the top pest control companies in Freehold. Winged swarming When reproductive ants mature, they fly from existing colonies to start new colonies. The male and female winged ants mate and then the queen sheds her wings…
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Everything You Wanted to Know About the New Jersey Paper Wasp
Have you noticed a grayish papery-looking mass on the side of your house? If so, you might have a paper wasp infestation which should be removed by your best Monmouth County pest control company, Allison Pest Control. Paper Wasps Paper wasps, also known as umbrella wasps, range in size from 0.7 to 1 inch long…