The short answer is yes! Although pest activity peaks in the summer months, winter brings rise to other bugs Florida homeowners need to look out for. While some insects die off in the winter months, others hibernate in the soil, some convert their body fluids into glycerol that keeps them warm during the cooler months, […]

As fall turns into winter, days grow shorter, temperatures drop, and there don’t seem to be as many pests bothering people and causing trouble in homes, as well as outdoors. Where do bugs go in the winter? In most US states with colder temperatures during the winter, bugs have adapted ways to survive the colder […]

While spiders, generally speaking, are pretty interesting with their abilities to spin webs, creating their own homes as well as a lair for their unsuspecting prey, humans, on the whole, perceive these eight-legged animals as creepy and something to fear. Sure, if a tarantula appears in your kitchen, just as you are hauling an armful […]

In South Florida, bugs are never in short supply and the occasional pest that ventures into your home from outdoors should be no cause for alarm. Tiny black bugs in your kitchen are often brought into your home in cardboard boxes or paper bags, along with your groceries. One or two bugs in your home can […]

It’s close to Halloween And something evil’s lurking in the dark You turn on the light You see a sight that almost stops your heart Scarier than zombies, roaches rule the night It will be a different Halloween this year, so if you’re sticking close to home don’t panic when the roaches come out. And […]

The dictionary defines an infestation as “the presence of an unusually large number of insects or animals in a place, typically to cause damage or disease.” However, most health departments, especially when it comes to public schools, healthcare facilities, and foodservice businesses consider one or more roaches a call to action, as just one roach […]