ALLIANCE PEST SERVICES BLOG
Using Heat to Treat For Bed Bugs
Bed bugs can be extremely frustrating and difficult to eliminate. Once one item gets infested, your entire house is at risk. Killing the adult bed bugs isn’t enough to guarantee that your house is bed bug free. You will also need to destroy any eggs laid by the bed bugs. The problem can become so severe that you will need a professional exterminator. If you notice the first bed bugs soon enough, though, you may be able to eliminate the infestation by yourself.
The Eternal Pest: Bed Bugs
Although many people have experienced Bed Bugs at hotels or other temporary accommodation, Bed Bug infestations in the home are becoming more and more common. Bed Bugs, tiny oval-shaped insects that live on blood sucked from people or pets, can be found anywhere in the home, not just beds; they can be found in furniture, rugs or curtains as well.
Ticks
Most ticks belong to the Ixodidae family, but they vary in color and size by species. Adult ticks range in size from smaller than a sunflower seed to over one centimeter long when engorged with blood. The larvae of a tick can be less than one millimeter in length. Ticks are often found in highly vegetated or wooded areas. Some species require moisture to survive. Males and females of most tick species feed on the blood of birds, mammals, and reptiles.
Some Information about Little Brown Bats.
What little brown bats look like is they have a dark color, almost black on their backs and upper half of their bodies. They have small ears, their weight isn’t very heavy. They are estimated at no more than half ounces which is pretty light. The little brown bats are able to live up to seven years. The things that eat them and they have to watch out for are birds and snakes. Young bats if they fall to the ground are caught by these predators. The way they’ve been dying off lately is purely accidental. Mostly they are killed off by flooding during the time they hibernate, causing them to drown.
The Cockroach
One of the most common of indoor pests is the cockroach. There are several different species of cockroaches, including the American Cockroach (Periplaneta Americana), the Brown-Banded cockroach (Supella Longipalpa), the German cockroach (Blattella Germanica), and the Oriental Cockroach (Blatta Orientalis).
How Bad Ticks & Lyme Disease Are Going To Be This Season
You should also be cautious in knowing that Lyme disease isn’t the only sickness transmitted through the bite of a tick. Ticks also carry other bacteria. Because of the tick’s capability to transmit Lyme Disease, you need to be careful with outdoor activities, as summer is approaching and is the perfect temperature for insects of all sorts to come out, especially for those living on farms, where you’re taking care of livestock and trudging about in pastures.
About Mosquitoes
Mosquito adults, both male, and female feed primarily on flower nectar. The adult mosquito is mostly nocturnal but will become active in shady, dark areas, or during days with significant cloud cover. Sunshine can cause the mosquito to become desiccated and perish, which is why mosquitoes are not active during sunny periods of the day.
Types of Ant That Can Invade Your Home
If you want to know how Odorous House Ants earned their unfortunate name, simply crush a few and your nose will provide the answer. This type of ant comes in various shades of brown, with worker ants of this type reaching approximately one-tenth of an inch in length. The odorous ant is particularly fond of sweets, especially honeydew melon. They also will dine on other insects. If it cannot satisfy its sweet tooth outdoors, the Odorous House Ant will move indoors in search of sweets, meats, and other foods.
How Bad Are Mosquitoes Going To Be This Season & What You Can Do About It
It seems as if the sunny season has just begun, however, like many people, you have likely encountered one of the most frequent and devastating scourges of summer. Specifically, the mosquito is coming.
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