Spider, Bee, or Scorpion: Identifying Serious Bug Bites & Stings
It’s happened to all of us. You feel a sudden pinch or sting, and you look down to find that you’ve become the latest victim of a hit-and-run bug bite. Since some bites can be serious, not knowing what attacked you is frightening. Here are…
Do Pest Control Home Remedies Work?
5 Tips for Preventing Pests from Taking Up Residence in Your Home Make no mistake about it: Pests love to invade homes whether they’re clean or not. Pests, insects, and rodents may belong outside, but they often venture inside of residential homes and commercial buildings…
Not Every Insect in Your Home Is a Pest
When most people see a small creature with an exoskeleton and too many legs, their immediate reaction is to squish it. After all, bugs are pests, and pests have no place in the home, right? The truth, however, is a little more complicated. Some of…
Are You Rolling Out the Welcome Mat for Termites?
The things you’re doing to attract unwanted pests Have you ever wondered why termites love wood? It’s because they eat the cellulose, so to them, anything wooden is like a buffet just waiting to be enjoyed. Unfortunately, the source of that buffet could be the…
What’s the Difference Between Native and Introduced Termites?
The Facts about These Phoenix and Tucson Area Pests Termites are often categorized together as “home-damaging pests,” but the differences between native and introduced species may impact the amount of damage they can do to your home within a certain time frame. What Do the…
Termite Trouble: Keeping Invaders at Bay During Winter
Protect Your Home Throughout the Cool Season In our beautiful part of the world, summer is a time to hunker down and rediscover the joys of air conditioning. Meanwhile, the rains of late summer serve as the starting gun for termites keen on causing damage to our…
What to Do About Bee Hives – Remove or Preserve?
Learn to coexist with the swarms and hives near you. Before taking any action against bees, wasps or other social insects, you need to know exactly what you’re dealing with. Identifying the species in question is always the first step. To get started, talk to…
In Arizona, Where Are Termites Most Likely to Live (and Hide)?
Finding termites before they find you With densely forested mountains, deep canyons and arid expanses of desert, Arizona is a biologically diverse state. In each part of our beautiful region, you’re apt to encounter termites in one form or another. However, not all of these…
Reclaim Your Porch from Industrious Spiders
When spiders and their webs are making your porch look like a Halloween haunted house, it’s time to take action In the warm Arizona climate, spiders are a fact of life, and that’s not such a bad thing. While they might give us humans the creeps, our…
Good News! Recent Surge Seen in Bee Population
In 2006, beekeepers collectively hit the panic button. Seemingly normal, healthy honey bees began leaving their hives for no apparent reason. Experts believed that about one-third of the American honey bee population was affected by the mysterious and alarming problem, which was dubbed colony collapse disorder….
The Annoying Cricket Choir
Discouraging house crickets from making themselves at home House crickets are considered good pets in some countries, but for most people, these relatives of grasshoppers and locusts are just plain annoying. They may be less than an inch long and sport an unassuming gray or…
Bed Bug Woes: Four Ways to Combat the Itch in the Night
And Avoid Getting Eaten Alive While You Sleep Bed bug infestations are on the rise, and you can run into these bugs anywhere, especially while traveling. They like to hop on you and your belongings and go home with you. Once settled in, they’re notoriously…
