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Indoor Cockroach Pests Cause Allergic Symptoms And Asthma
Cockroaches are among the most ancient and successful insects known to science, and many of the seemingly dubious claims concerning their resilience and durability are true, or nearly true. For example, it happens to be true that cockroaches are capable of living for...
Three Simple Ways To Make Your Home Unattractive To Cockroaches
Historically, indoor cockroaches have been considered nuisance or aesthetic insect pests due to their ability to rapidly proliferate within homes and gross people out. However, as a result of numerous medical, entomological, and public health studies carried out...
Why Homeowners Should Practice Integrated Pest Management Rather Than Purchase Over-The-Counter Insecticides For Addressing Insect Pest Issues
Numerous over-the-counter insecticides and insecticide-based bait products are available to consumers for use within homes and on landscapes. Some of these over-the-counter insecticides may be useful for eliminating some types of insect pests during the early stages...
The Medical Threat Posed By Both Indoor And Outdoor Fly Pests
The common house fly (Musca domestica), the common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) blowflies (Calliphoridae sp.), and other airborne insect species that are commonly referred to as “flies” belong to the order Diptera, which is one of the most species-rich insect...
Is It Necessary To Exterminate Each Individual German Cockroach And Every One Of Their Eggs Within Homes And Buildings In Order To Fully Eradicate Infestations?
The American cockroach is well known for being the largest cockroach pest species in the US in terms of body size, as both male and female adults of this species are between 1 ¼ and 2 or more inches in length. While the American cockroach is widely considered to be...
Do House Spiders And Other Commonly Encountered Spider Species Enter Homes Deliberately Or Inadvertently?
Several spider species are commonly spotted within and around Massachusetts homes, including species that build webs to capture prey, as well as solitary hunting spiders that rely on quick movements or ambush attacks to capture prey. With the exception of the rarely...
Why Are Hordes Of Cat-Sized Rats Invading Boston, And At What Time Of Year Are Rats Most Abundant In The City?
Every year starting in May, residential complaints concerning rat pests increase dramatically in Boston and other cities throughout Massachusetts. The annual rat scourge in urban areas of Massachusetts lasts until September before leveling out around winter. Boston...
How And When Did Each Of The Four Primary Cockroach Pest Species Arrive In The US
Cockroaches are not parasitic bloodsuckers like bed bugs, and they are not disease vectors like mosquitoes, and unlike their termite descendents, cockroaches do not inflict structural damage to homes and buildings. However, cockroaches are often referred to as...
Which Ant Pest Species In The Northeast Are Most Destructive, Dangerous, And Hardest To Control?
Just like termites, and a minority of bee and wasp species, ants are social insects that live in colonies composed of numerous individuals that carry out a variety of duties. More than 14,000 ant species have been documented worldwide, and only 40 to 50 are...
Leave Bed Bug Control To The Professionals
Ants, cockroaches and flies tend to be the most common indoor insect pests in all regions of the United States, and all three of these insect groups are particularly hard to eradicate from infested homes. This is certainly the case in the northeast, where insect pests...