Health workers and researchers in the Northeast are becoming increasingly concerned about the increase in tick-transmitted diseases. It’s not just the increase in the incidence of any one disease but also the increase in the variety of tick-transmitted diseases out there. Used to be Lyme disease was the only real concern. Now other diseases, some
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Sure, you can still burn insect-infested firewood, assuming that it hasn’t been sprayed with any pesticide (see What Can You Do With Insect-Infested Firewood?). Insects are just protein after all and grilling them won’t hurt you, but you need to decide if it’s worth it. IS THAT WOOD EVEN WORTH THE EFFORT? Whether the
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Fortunately for pest control companies everywhere, there are a number of domestic household pests, including spiders, that know no season. Living in the controlled environment indoors, they can survive and reproduce year-round as long as food is available (see What Happens to Indoor Insects in Winter?) If you see spiders here and there but can’t
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Is there a carved pumpkin, or two, sitting on your front porch right now? Then you should be afraid…be very afraid! We’ve posted blogs before about household pests associated with Christmas and holiday decorations, such as bugs that hitchhike in on Christmas trees and greens, or wood-boring beetles and termites that hide in firewood. We
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At this time of year, we get more calls than usual about tiny little moths flitting around the house – presumably because people are taking winter clothes out of storage and are either seeing clothes moths or are worried about seeing clothes moths. Not all small moths are clothes moths. Food moths can be similar
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Could that little mouse have known he was about to make the national news? There was a bit of excitement in the White House press rooms last week when a mouse fell from the ceiling in the middle of the morning and directly into the lap of NBC White House Correspondent Peter Alexander. Faint-hearted reporters
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If so, it can almost certainly be traced back to the way your sweaters, suits, and blankets were stored away early in the summer… WHAT KIND OF SWEATER STORER ARE YOU? There seem to be two major strategies when it comes to storing unused winter clothes over the summer months: (1) DO YOU STORE THEM
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New research evidence suggests that when trying to control ticks around your property, it’s even more important than we thought to pay attention to mice nesting on your property at the same time. We know that the blacklegged tick that transmits Lyme disease has several different animal hosts at different stages of its lifecycle. While
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It’s late September and you figure summer is over. You’re unpacking sweaters and putting away the sunscreen and insect repellent. Not so fast! As far as mosquitoes are concerned, there’s plenty of biting time left. You’ve no doubt seen items in the news about outbreaks in various states, especially Massachusetts, of Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus
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