Get Your Cracks Inspected and Repaired This Winter
Cracks in your home invite bugs. Repairing these cracks can both prevent and solve infestations of common winter pests. If you’re seeing an influx of bugs and don’t know where your home’s vulnerabilities lie – or how to fix them, you can have...
Prevent Rodent Infestations by Winterizing Your Home
As the temperatures plummet, the winds become harsher, and precipitation abounds, rodents make numerous attempts to gain entry into homes by climbing, clawing, and gnawing. As a result, many types of structural damage may be experienced. Examples include roof damage,...
6 Signs Bed Bugs Have Moved to Your House
The reminder that bed bugs are alive and well in your neck of the woods shows up when there’s more hours of darkness and the weather gets cooler. Humans tend to tuck into bed earlier from late fall through early spring. To bed bugs, that’s an invitation to a food fest...
Minute Pirate Bug Populations at An All Time High This Fall
Minute pirate bugs are exceptionally small – much smaller than mosquitoes – however, recent influxes in populations in Indiana are proving that the bite of this bug is just as painful and frustrating as the bite of the mosquito. These bugs belong to a group known as...
Entomologists Warn Indiana Residents of the Potential Arrival of the Asian Longhorned Beetle
In recent years, Indiana residents have seen an immense amount of damage to tree populations by the metallic green ash borer. Entomologists now warn that this damage could dramatically increase due to the potential arrival of the Asian longhorned beetle. Appleby J E,...
Keep Pests Away from Your Home This Winter
It’s natural to forget about pest control during the winter. It’s cold, snowy, rainy or foggy outside. What would encourage pests like mice, ants and spiders to drop by the house for a visit? Houses are generally warmer and drier than the outdoor homes where critters...