Q. My wife is scared to death of spiders. I keep telling her that spiders are beneficial, that they kill other bugs and that we should just leave them alone. She’s not buying it. She’s deathly afraid of getting bitten by a spider. I tell her the spiders are not really interested in biting her. Can you confirm that?
… VIEW MOREQ. About six months ago, we had a problem with sawtoothed beetles in our kitchen. We eventually tracked them down to an old box of pancake mix. We got rid of that, washed down the kitchen shelves, and I thought we were done. But now they’re back. What should I do now?
… VIEW MOREQ. My son said he was bitten by a cockroach while sitting at the kitchen table. He watched it crawl onto his hand and bite him! He doesn’t have a welt or anything. Do they spread diseases with their bite?
… VIEW MOREQ. For about the last year, I’ve been finding these very large reddish-brown cockroaches in my basement. Not a lot of them, just a few occasionally, Then I found out that two of my neighbors have the same problem. Do these roaches move from house to house? Are they coming in from outside or what?
… VIEW MOREIf you are sharing your home with bats, it’s important that they be removed in a humane manner. Bats are beneficial as insect predators and are protected by law. But bats or their droppings can carry a number of diseases, including rabies, that can affect humans.
… VIEW MORE32 Lake Ave.
Worcester, MA 01604
47 Thames Rd Ste 6&7
Hooksett, NH 03106