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Bed Bugs Gradually Change Their Hiding Spots As Infestations Grow More Extensive
Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) belong to the Cimicidae family of small parasitic insects that suck blood from humans and other warm-blooded animals. It is often said that bed bugs are capable of surviving indoors for an entire year without collecting blood meals, but...
How Just One Cockroach Control Program Using Baits Can Significantly Improve The Health Of Children
Up until somewhat recently, there were very few reliable cockroach control methods available to both consumers and licensed pest control professionals. Insecticides have traditionally been the control method of choice for cockroach pests, but it did not take long...
The Little-Known Factors That Make German Cockroaches The Most Difficult Cockroach Pests To Control
The vast majority of the world’s documented cockroach species are non-pests that inhabit tropical regions of South America, Africa and southeastern Asia. These non-pest cockroach species provide an essential ecological service in rainforests and other vegetation-rich...
How Disease-Causing Microorganisms Multiply On The Body Of A Cockroach
While cockroaches will not bite or inflict structural damage within homes, they do produce allergens that sensitize people to asthma, and they carry numerous disease-causing microorganisms due to their habit of readily eating any form of pathogen-rich organic waste...
Researchers Have Created An Insecticide Dust That Kills Bed Bugs Without Harming Humans Or The Natural Environment
Bed bugs are one of the very few insect pests that dwell solely indoors, and along with ants, flies and cockroaches, bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are the most commonly controlled insect pests within homes and buildings. Surprisingly, the bed bug is the only insect...
Black Crazy Ants Tend To Remain Within Homes Year Round In The Northeast
Paratrechina longicornis, or the “black crazy ant,” as the species is more commonly known, can be found living in close association with humans in virtually every human-populated region in the world, and only the Pharaoh ant may be more widespread. Black crazy ants...
Have Bed Bugs Ever Been More Prevalent Than They Are Today?
Bed bugs are one of the most abundant and commonly encountered insect pests within homes in all US states, even Alaska. According to a 2018 nationwide survey carried out by officials with the National Pest Management Association, one in five individuals in the US have...
Housekeeping Practices That Will Prevent Infestations Of Drain Flies, Phorid Flies, Fruit Flies And House Flies
All flies, and most other two-winged insect species belong to the Diptera order of insects, more than 100,000 of which are fly species. Although many fly species are well known pests that live in close association with humans, flies contribute significantly to the...
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...
The Serious And Potentially Deadly Consequences Of Sustaining Repeated Bed Bug Bites
There are numerous small organisms that have evolved to feed on the blood of much larger organisms, as blood contains proteins, lipids and other valuable nutrients that small organisms cannot easily obtain elsewhere. All organisms that feed on the blood of particular...