Spring certainly seems to be taking its time reaching the Northeast. The colder than usual weather has slightly delayed a spring phenomenon—the march of the hibernating bugs! Yours may be one of those unfortunate households that has served as winter headquarters for outdoor pests. This is the time of year when those insects that have
VIEW MOREYou’ve probably seen news reports about bed bugs infesting library books. The bed bugs come from books that have been in bed bug-infested homes. The bugs are simply hiding in the books as they would hide in any crack or crevice. There are, however, pests who actually feed on books. Some pests just graze on
VIEW MOREAll my life, I’ve been a weather watcher, but perhaps now much more so since I’ve become a homeowner and a very serious gardener. I’m also a winter sports enthusiast too and this winter so far has been a disappointment. There is lots of cold, dry, bare ground outside right now. It may change soon
VIEW MOREThink a few fleas on your dog or cat are no big deal? Think again. While fleabites to sensitized dogs and cats can make their lives miserable, (a condition known as flea allergic dermatitis) fleas can be very efficient transmitters of disease causing organisms and also intestinal parasites (tapeworm, and roundworm) to your pets and
VIEW MOREQuestion I’m a supervisor in a large data processing office. Several of my employees have complained about getting bitten at work although we can never find the bugs. We had a pest control company inspect the office. They said they couldn’t find anything but they sprayed the carpet. A week later, the biting has started
VIEW MOREQuestion I have an old cutting board that belonged to my grandmother that I keep in my kitchen just as decoration. I recently noticed some small holes on one edge of the cutting board and a little bit of sawdust below. I put the board in a plastic bag and some tiny insects emerged. An
VIEW MOREQuestion We’ve been rearranging our living room and found a couple of small piles of sawdust in a corner where a large china cabinet used to be. How can we tell what caused the sawdust? I’m worried that the cabinet is infested. Answer Probably the first step is to make sure that the sawdust is
VIEW MOREQuestion We’ve had an ongoing problem with little flies that we’re told are phorid flies. A pest control company has sprayed our house twice and it seemed to help for a couple of weeks, but the flies always came back. I’ve looked them up on the Internet and it seems they are often associated with
VIEW MOREQuestion We have a vacation cabin near Wachusett Mountain that we visit a few times a year. The cabin was built just five years ago. Last week when we were there, I noticed piles of sawdust on the floor in one corner of the main room and a couple of holes in the logs directly
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