My daughter just pointed out that we apparently have a chipmunk nesting underneath our front porch slab. There’s a hole under the edge of the slab and he runs out to help himself to birdseed. I wanted to put poison out but my wife won’t allow that because “he’s just soooo cute!” She’s put her
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Swimming pools and backyard ponds can be inundated by certain insects on occasion. Some of these are true aquatic insects that have a lifestyle associated with water while others are nuisance flying insects that are attracted by outdoor lights and accidentally end up in the water. Aquatic Insects Are Assets in Backyard Ponds By “aquatic
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In the last few days, I’ve found maybe 20 of those dark, worm things that coil up into a circle in our basement laundry room. I don’t know where they’re coming from but we have had a lot of rain here lately so I’m wondering if that has something to do with it. Any ideas
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My wife found some strange bugs in our basement. They were identified as booklice. Do these things suck blood like other lice? We use the basement mostly for storage but I’m worried because our dog spends the night down there. Is that why the booklice are there in the first place? Is he infested? B.
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We’re having a real problem with all kinds of bugs getting into our lower level family room. I’ve found millipedes and sowbugs and some other bugs that I don’t even recognize. I’ve tried spraying around doorways. What can we do to keep them out? L. Y., Amesbury, MA In homes, basement and lower levels are
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We have had an exterminator at our home twice to treat for Indianmeal moths. The second time, I threw out all of the boxed and bagged foods in my kitchen, but the moths are back again! How can we get rid of them for good? L. V., Meredith, NH Possible Reasons Why You Still Have
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My daughter was just stung by two yellowjackets in our yard! Isn’t it a little early for this? We normally don’t have yellowjacket problems until late in the summer. K. V., Lee, NH It’s not too early for yellowjackets to be out and about, but it is early for them to be interacting much with
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We just moved into a new house. Our old home always had all kinds of pests in the garage. We found mice, spiders, camel crickets, and even food moths, among other things. How can we keep the same thing from happening in this new place. I don’t know what it is about garages. N. L.,
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Just what we need, another tick that “vants to suck our blood!” The lone star tick is found mostly in the southeastern U.S. But as for many other pests, the range of this tick is gradually moving northward as winter temperatures moderate. The lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, had been known to occur in Massachusetts,
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