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  • Got Ants? Don’t Spray Them; Call an Exterminator

    It’s human nature. You see a column of ants marching across your kitchen floor and you reach for the spray. Problem solved! Well, not really. You might not see any ants for a few days, but they’ll be back. The Problem with Insect Sprays Monmouth County homeowners can spend the spring and summer in a…

  • How to Avoid Bed Bugs During Spring Break

    This year’s brutal winter has many Monmouth County families planning spring break trips to warm, sunny vacation spots to escape New Jersey’s deep freeze, if only for one blissfully warm week! If you’re one of many Ocean County families planning to head south for the kids’ spring vacation, a word of warning. Bed bug infestations…

  • Pigeons Present Serious Health Hazards

    Year-round pests in Monmouth County, NJ towns, feral pigeons are serious vectors for disease. Pigeons harbor more than 40 parasites on their bodies, including disease-transmitting ticks, fleas and mites. Their droppings contain hundreds of dangerous bacterial pathogens and viruses, including salmonella, encephalitis and meningitis. Airborne spores from dried droppings can cause serious lung infections and…

  • Rat Bite Fever from Pet Kills Boy

    Monmouth and Ocean County, NJ parents should be aware of a tragic event that recently occurred in San Diego. A 10-year-old boy died from rat bite fever contracted from his pet rat which was purchased at Petco. The boy died just hours after being rushed to the hospital with severe abdominal pains. Associated with rat…

  • Swarmers Signal Pest Problem

    While gardening or mowing your Monmouth County, NJ lawn, have you ever stumbled across a “puddle” of what seem to be hundreds of winged ants milling around on the ground? If so, you have come across a group of swarmers, a sure signal that a massive termite or carpenter ant colony is located nearby and…

  • Russians Making Pets of Pesky Squirrels

    In Moscow, police are stepping up patrols of city parks, hoping to catch a new breed of criminal in the act: squirrel trappers. Keeping squirrels as pets is a popular new fad in winter-weary Moscow where folks who find these furry rodents charming are enticing park squirrels into homemade traps and taking them home. The…