If you are setting goals for the new year, consider adding pest proofing to your list. While it’s impossible to make your home completely pest-proof, there are a lot of simple changes you can make to drastically decrease the chances of pests making their way into your...
Overwintering is the term we use to describe what happens when pests enter your home and spend the winter months keeping warm and hibernating within the walls and dark spaces of your home. In the fall, when temperatures start to get below 35 degrees Fahrenheit and...
When it Comes To Pest Control, Prevention is Best It’s easy to think that you’ll save money by just calling a pest control company when you start to see pests appear. But, as experts, we know that it’s much easier to prevent an infestation than to eliminate one. When...
Centipedes are the ultimate creepy crawly that everyone loves to hate. Few things create more fright than insects with a multitude of legs. So, it stands to reason that the centipede, while mostly harmless to humans, is regarded as one of the more disgusting household...
What You Need To Know About the Brown Recluse Spider The brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa) is well-known throughout the tri-state (Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky) area. While most people have heard at least one story of someone who had a traumatizing experience, most...
Summer is for camping, picnics, and playing outside. However, spending time in the great outdoors comes with certain risks, even in your own back yard. It’s tick season, and these pesky parasites are everywhere. We are getting lots of calls on these lately, and it’s...
In case you’re not tired of hearing about ants yet, we’re back with another article on the most destructive ant we see, carpenter ants. These little pests are close to being as destructive as termites, especially if not taken care of in a timely manner. We’re seeing a...
Unlike their striped counterparts, the chances of being stung by a carpenter bee are slim. Females can sting but will only do so if directly threatened. Males appear aggressive as they loudly fly around people and pets, but they are not harmful since males do not have...
Like many other pests, ants love springtime. Once the weather starts to warm up, they emerge to look for food, seek out new places to live or sometimes create a new colony. Almost like clockwork, ants will start to show up in homes as soon as spring begins. They can...
It’s that time of year. We’re already getting calls about termites in the area. Both flying ants and termites are swarming now that the weather has warmed up. But, how can you know if what you are seeing is a flying ant colony or termites? The best thing to do if you...
