It’s that time of year when, with kids back in school, life should be settling into a quieter routine, a time to enjoy the approach of delightful fall weather – except for the dreaded YELLOWJACKETS! YELLOWJACKETS HAVE DEVELOPED AN ATTITUDE! It’s probably no surprise to anyone that yellowjackets become more obnoxious and in-your-face in late
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We’re approaching that time of year when crickets move indoors to escape conditions outside. In Massachusetts and New Hampshire, we have three different types of crickets that can be found indoors. The two most common invaders are the rather strange camel cricket (see “Jumping Spiders” Are Really Camel Crickets) and the almost black field cricket.
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Not very common at all. In fact, brown recluse spiders do not occur in New Hampshire or in any states nearby (see Brown Recluse Spiders Do Not Occur in the Northeast: Q&A). The range of the brown recluse spider covers a few states in the south central and lower Midwestern U.S. That’s not to say
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First thing, you should collect and save a couple of the flies and some of the “shells.” Second thing, give Colonial Pest a call and ask for one of our technicians to come out for an inspection and pest identification. HAVE YOU NOTICED A BAD SMELL FROM A DEAD ANIMAL? The big flies you mention
VIEW MOREThere might be a single product that would kill all of the pests you mention but the problem is timing and application site. A pesticide applied to control springtime-invading pests like millipedes may not remain very effective when you need it to kill pests that appear months later in the fall. It’s a fact that
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If you spend a lot of time working or playing outside or if you live in an area with a lot of tick activity, maybe you’ve considered wearing permethrin-treated clothing to keep ticks from attaching and biting. While repellents containing DEET are still the main recommendation for use on exposed skin, the insecticide permethrin is
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Not too early. A yellowjacket queen starts her nest in early spring and it grows in size and number of individuals throughout the summer. As the queen lays eggs, more workers are produced to search out insects and feed developing larvae. A successful late season yellowjacket nest can have up to 4,000 wasps. See How
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Domestic cockroaches are those that live and reproduce inside homes or other structures. The very common German cockroach is the best known, but American cockroaches and Oriental cockroaches will sometimes reproduce inside. One cockroach that is not a domestic cockroach but causes great alarm when it appears indoors is the wood cockroach. It doesn’t reproduce
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It could be true. Carpenter ants can do some serious damage to wood in your home but we can’t yet say for sure if that is what is happening in your case. First, you need to make sure the ants are really carpenter ants (we can identify them for you). Second, you need to determine
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