There’s no one answer to what happens to insects in the winter. In more temperate parts of the country, like Florida, insects remain mostly active year round. As long as they still have food and warmth, they keep on keeping on. 1) Some Pass the Torch to the Next Generation For many adult insects, fall
VIEW MOREQuestion I thought bug season was finally over, but we’re finding these black and red bugs all over the south side of our house and some of them are getting inside. What are they and why are they active now? Answer Sounds like you have boxelder bugs. Although it’s late fall, this is a prime
VIEW MOREQuestion I’d like to build a small log cabin that will be used mostly as a weekend retreat and hunting cabin. In my research, I keep reading horror stories about log cabins infested with wood borers. Is that really a concern? Should I treat the wood with something first? Answer Most log home pests infest
VIEW MORENot everything that feels like a bug bite is a bug bite. Sometimes you feel like you’re being bitten, yet a pest control company cannot find live insects or mites that bite. There are only two possibilities: The biting pests are present and more investigative work has to be done to find them. Something else
VIEW MOREQuestion We recently had a terrible infestation of carpet beetles in our home, but they weren’t infesting the carpets or any woolens that we could find. We never did find where they were coming from. I’d like to find the source so we could prevent a reoccurrence. Any ideas? Answer Tiny carpet beetles (dermestids) feed
VIEW MOREQuestion How come my dog has fleas even in the dead of winter? Aren’t all of the insects outside dead, so where is he picking up the fleas? Answer You won’t like this answer. Your dog is almost certainly getting his winter fleas from your own home. Our biggest problem in flea control is getting
VIEW MOREAt this time every year, we witness a cricket migration – from outside to inside. The cooler weather of fall sends crickets looking for places to spend the winter. They say that the worst cricket years occur when hot, dry weather is followed by late season rainfall. But of course, whether or not you consider
VIEW MOREWe’re right in the middle of the time of year when stink bugs try to move into our homes to spend the winter. In New England, so far, we have been lucky. While the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) has been detected in every state in New England, it remains primarily a nuisance pest in
VIEW MOREDid you know that spiders can fly? Spider flight is actually called “ballooning” and, for spiders, it’s more like traveling by parachute. The spider climbs to a high spot, lifts its butt to the air while releasing silk strands, and waits to be lifted off of its “feet” by a passing breeze. If all goes
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