You may have a friend or relative that you think is a hoarder, or who has hoarder tendencies. Some of us are just slobs. We clean up when things get so bad that we are embarrassed to have anyone see the mess, but we have no problem kicking the stuff to the curb when it has to go. Hoarders, on the other hand, compulsively acquire things that to others seem to be useless junk. To hoarders, everything they save has great value. True hoarders are not lazy; they just can’t bring themselves to part with their belongings. Hoarders suffer from a mental health disorder that almost always requires expert intervention.
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When the weather gets cool here in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, mice and certain outdoor insects move into buildings in an attempt to escape the cold (see Outdoor Insects Are Getting Ready to Move Inside!). Customers who are dealing with an influx of these pests for the first time are appalled, “I can’t understand how
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Most of us can tell one insect order from another. In other words, you can tell the difference between a beetle and a butterfly, two very different groups. There are two insect groups, however, that are often confused, flies (the order Diptera) and wasps, bees, and ants (the order Hymenoptera). Even if you can recognize a yellowjacket and you know what a house fly looks like, when it comes to the lesser flies and the less obvious wasps, you may not be able to tell which group the insect belongs to. Because insects are such a large and diverse group, there are always exceptions to the rules, but here are some ways to tell a wasp from a fly.
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We’ve been getting calls from customers about “creepy-looking” bugs on both the outside and inside of their homes. Of course that description could be anything, but we’ve found that in many of these cases folks are referring to the Western conifer seed bug. This bug rings alarm bells because for most of us in the
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Think about it. Offices pests find their way in, just as they would in any other building, or employees or visitors bring the pests in with their belongings. A floor in an office building is kind of like a tiny community, perhaps with neighboring communities above and below. A suite of offices offers many of
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This is the time of year when various outside insects try to get inside to spend the winter. One such invader is the cluster fly. Cluster flies look a lot like house flies, but they are slightly larger and slightly slower-moving than house flies. Other clues are that cluster flies’ wings overlap over their backs
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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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The cat flea which is the most common flea on both cats and dogs is not averse to biting people if there are no pets around. Fleas usually end up biting people on the lower legs and ankles and most people have some kind of a reaction to the bite, usually itching.
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