Tag: Termite Control
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New Jersey Termite Facts – What You May Not Have Known
The subject of termites comes up anytime someone buys or sells a home. It is important for any home buyer to obtain an inspection by a professional pest control expert with a detailed report. Unfortunately, many people do not think about termites much more after that inspection, allowing the wood eaters to cause costly damage…
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Termites! What Are the Warning Signs They’ve Moved In to Your NJ Home?
Termites. Just one word can make any homeowner shudder with fear and anxiety over the thought that they might be invading his home. After a season of lying low, the warm weather always coaxes termites out of hiding, and you’ll have a better chance of getting rid of them if you know the signs to…
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Termites Know No Season – Chomping Year Round
Living in cozy underground nests and traveling to their feeding sites through underground tunnels, NJ termites know no season. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will keep these hungry pests from attacking your Monmouth County, New Jersey home or business. Chomping Year Round Weather does not affect the Eastern subterranean termites…
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What Happens to Termite Colonies in the Winter in New Jersey?
Many insects die or hibernate during the cold winter months, but the Eastern subterranean termites that plague Monmouth County, New Jersey homes and businesses are a year-round problem, warn NJ pest control experts. If these wood-eating insects invade your home or business, they will be munching on your foundation 24/7/365! Underground Protection Subterranean termites build their…
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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…
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What Is ‘Frass’?
Dictionary.com defines ‘frass’ as “the refuse and excrement of boring or leaf-eating insects.” More commonly, many home and organic gardeners refer to frass as “insect poop.” While the excrement of plant-eating insect larvae such as caterpillars is called frass and sold as a natural garden fertilizer; to New Jersey pest extermination professionals, frass is an…