During the warm summer months, ants are one of the most common household pests. As the weather heats up, ants begin to enter homes in an attempt to find water and food. Luckily, there are several things that homeowners can do to prevent an ant infestation in their home. Use the following tips to combat ants this summer:
Seal Cracks and Holes
Since ants are so small, they can get into a home through small cracks and holes, even very tiny ones. Read More»
Having a pest problem, such as an infestation of mice, bedbugs, or spiders, would be a major problem for any business. It’s an even more serious issue when you own an apartment building because new tenants can so easily bring in pests from their previous apartments. One relatively minor pest problem can quickly translate to financial loss if your tenants post negative reviews and discourage prospective tenants from renting an apartment. Read More»
Whether it’s insects, rodents, or other critters, many people have a line where they feel bad calling an exterminator to get pests out of their home. While respecting living creatures is a good thing, you don’t have to feel bad about using pest control services. Here’s why.
Pests Cause Property Damage and Health Problems
Whether it’s ants eating your food, termites destroying your walls, or rodents chewing your insulation, pests cause real property damage. Read More»
Whenever you see a mouse trap on TV, there’s a good chance it’ll have a big sliver of cheese set on top of the trigger as bait. The popular image of mice and cheese is so strong that it’s hard to imagine them being attracted to anything else. As it turns out, however, cheese is nowhere near the top of a mouse’s personal list of favorite foods.
The following offers three reasons why the oft-described love of cheese among mice is largely bunk. Read More»
All it takes is a single bedbug to make just about anyone’s skin crawl. Finding one usually means there are more hidden in places that are hard or even impossible to check. With bodies roughly the size of an apple seed, bedbugs can easily squeeze through mattress fabric and hide within the mattress and box spring itself.
Mattress encasements are designed to trap bedbugs that are hunkered down inside your mattress. Read More»
