It’s not your imagination. Fall can be a bad time for fruit fly infestations and it can be explained in two words, “harvest season.” At the end of the summer, growers and gardeners are picking and processing the last of their fruits and vegetables. Farmers’ markets are overflowing with produce and most of us are…
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Like cockroaches, silverfish are omnivores, meaning that they will feed on a variety of things, but they particularly like foods that are high in protein or starch. This appetite for starchy things means they can be found feeding on starched fabrics or fabrics that are stained with perspiration, urine, or food stains, and on glazed papers or onionskin. They may nibble on paper items with paste or glue backings such as postage stamps, old photos, gummed labels, book bindings, wallpaper, or drywall. Silverfish also feed on carbohydrates like flour, cereals, oatmeal, and on proteins such as dead insects, dried meat, even leather.…
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If you don’t mind looking at them, leaving the nests in place won’t hurt anything. They will eventually be torn apart or knocked down by weather or animals. But be forewarned that the queens from those nests might end up building their new nests in the same general area. The spot obviously has all the right stuff -- the shady, protected location that the wasps look for when siting a nest.…
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If the opossum is regularly visiting your yard, there must be a food source that is attracting it. Make sure you keep your garbage in a heavy duty, tightly-sealed garbage can, clean up birdseed under feeders, pick up fallen fruit or rotting produce in the garden, and don’t leave pet food (or pet poop) outside.…
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Yes, squirrels certainly could be the culprits, especially flying squirrels. When flying squirrels move into an attic, they tend to pick one spot that members of the same squirrel family use as a communal bathroom. That spot is often in a dark corner of the attic in the soffit area. When they fill up one spot, they move over a little bit and establish a new latrine. Because the latrine is in the overhang area of the roof, fecal matter and urine tends to drip down the siding outside.…
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