Mice in CT and around the world are an enormous problem. Millions of homes and businesses every have issues with mice. They can get into the smallest cracks and once inside they can chew wires, dirty cabinets, contaminate food storage areas with their droppings and leave behind unsanitary counter tops when they walk across them. […]
Pest control in CT is unlike exterminating services offered in other parts of the country. The reason is that pest control in CT is somewhat seasonal in nature. Let’s face it, if you live in CT and you have a pest problem more often than not the only time you’ll need an exterminator is in […]
A carpenter ant problem in your home is the most common pest issue you’ll likely face during the months of April through August. This will be especially true if you had a problem with carpenter ants in your home last year. The fact is that until you get rid of the nest that likely resides […]
Over the years I’ve found many carpenter ant colonies and seen a lot of carpenter ant damage. Most people outside of the pest control industry confuse carpenter ant damage with termite damage, water damage and wood boring beetle damage. However, the distinction between them all is easy to recognize if you know what you’re looking […]
It’s a well known fact that carpenter ants nest in walls. When this happens more often than not there’ll be some type of water or water damage to the area within the wall or to an area just outside it. The most likely area where carpenter ants nest in walls are as follows: Window frames […]
Bats, while good for the environment can be dangerous to human health. The main reason is that bats can carry rabies. Bat and rabies go hand in hand and while there’s less than a 1% chance that a bat will have rabies; it’s best to treat every bat as if they’re infected. What is rabies? […]
Many people mistakenly believe that wasps die during the winter, but this is only half the truth. In fact, what actually happens is that during the late fall the drones in a colony die off, but fertilized females actually survive the harsh winter temperatures. The next question people ask about wasps in winter is; how […]
Scratching in walls is a common complaint that makes our phones ring off the hook every fall and winter. Inevitability, every one of the callers will think that their problem is unique and that there must be some large animal making all that noise. However, quite the opposite is normally true and its usually a […]
