Spiders are common household pests in Texas—but do you know what kind of spiders you might find? From the harmless to the deadly, let’s take a look at some of the most common spider species found around homes in Texas and why it is important to hire professional pest control
Whether you are in a house or an apartment, it is easy to run into unwanted pests in any part of your home. Bathrooms are meant to be an area where you can get clean so, seeing an unwanted visitor in this space can be off-putting at times. The most
Protection and prevention are key to avoiding encounters with dangerous pests. Enjoy a pest-free summer with these five tips: Look for Breeding Grounds: Eliminate areas of standing water around the yard, as mosquitoes only need half an inch of water to breed — that’s the size of a bottle cap!
Are Tenants Or Landlords Responsible For Pest Control? Who is responsible for dealing with pests in a rental property? The short answer – generally, the landlord. However, there are nuances to the law and financial responsibility might fall onto the tenant under certain conditions. When is the landlord financially responsible
Integrated pest management is a process you can use to eradicate pest issues while reducing risks to humans and the environment. You can use the technique to manage all types of pests anywhere. It is an ecosystem-based approach that emphasizes long-term pest prevention. It uses a combination of treatment methods
Blood-sucking pests like mosquitoes, ticks and bed bugs will continue to be a problem throughout most of the country come Halloween, and while bed bugs do not transmit diseases like mosquitoes and ticks do, they’re just as troublesome if found in the home and incredibly hard to get rid of.
In an effort to protect their queen and colony, social wasps frequently attack humans in response to nest disturbances. Solitary wasps, on the other hand, are not colony-dwellers, and therefore, they are not defensive, and they rarely sting humans. However, it is easy to confuse solitary wasps with social wasps
The insect pests most frequently found in single-family homes differ somewhat from those found in apartment complexes and urban buildings. For example, the few, but common insect pest species that dwell primarily indoors, such as German cockroaches and bed bugs, tend to be most problematic in apartments and commercial buildings.
Terrestrial arthropods include all species of insects, arachnids, centipedes, millipedes, and more, making the Arthropoda phylum by far the largest phylum in the animal kingdom. Well over one million living insect species have been documented worldwide, and experts state that an additional four to five million have yet to be
Kissing bugs are insect pests that belong to the Reduviidae family of true bugs, and several species in the southern states regularly invade homes where they inflict bites on humans. These insects generally invade homes in large numbers during the nighttime hours where they suck blood from sleeping humans, and
Nysius raphanus, also known as the false chinch bug and grass bug, is an insect species that feeds on grass and other forms of vegetation throughout the United States, but they are most abundant in the warmer southern half of the country. False chinch bugs are widely known to be
Yesterday, massive amounts of crickets descended upon urban and residential areas of San Antonio, causing fear and disgust among many residents who literally could not help but notice the insects piling up on sidewalks, streets, lawns and large parking lots around well lit shopping centers and grocery stores. Molly Keck,
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