Summer’s Uninvited Guests: Yellow Jackets
Yellow jackets are like annoying houseguests that never want to leave. They want to move into your home, eat all your food, and then become [...]
Red Imported Fire Ant Season
You may be noticing a surge in red imported fire ants (RIFAs), Solenopsis invicta, around your property. This is because we are currently right in [...]
Protect Your Family, Pets, and Home from Fire Ants
Fire ants resemble ordinary ants. They are very small (average 1/8 to 1/4 inch in length) and have a dull red body coloration, which ranges [...]
Termite Swarm Season is Coming! Are You Prepared?
Warm, moist spring weather triggers termites to leave their mature colonies in search of food sources, mates, and new areas to colonize. They all emerge [...]
How Weather Affects Insect Problems
As cold-blooded creatures, insects are affected by temperature and moisture differently than warm-blooded humans and animals. A majority of insect will die when temperatures reach [...]
Winter Brings Cold Weather….and Ants!
Ant colonies may be located underground, in ground-level mounds, or in trees; but they usually do not build colonies inside your home. However, cold weather [...]
Bed Bugs
Appearance and Diet Bed bugs (also called mahogany flats, red coats, and chinches) are small, flat, oval, insects that grow up to 4-5 mm long [...]
Large Roaches Want to Winter in Your Warm Home
While roaches normally live in warm, damp outdoor areas (flowerbeds, in leaf litter and mulch, under vegetation, in sewer systems) they will enter homes to [...]
Unwanted Winter Houseguests: Prevent Pests from Overwintering in Your Home
Winter is right around the corner and your cozy home is looking very inviting to some very uninvited guests. A variety of pests are searching [...]
Save Yourself from Stings: Yellow Jackets and Wasps
Although some species of wasps may be very bothersome to people, the majority of the species are solitary and non-stinging. Several species of wasps are [...]