Carpenter ants – What are Carpenters doing in my garden? By Gregory Covello, A.C.E. While tending your garden you notice large black ants. You tell yourself that these ants can’t be Carpenter Ants, because Carpenter Ants eat wood, not my […]
When you look outside at a bare winter landscape, you may be tempted to think that all animals hibernate or go south for the winter. Many animals do become less active or seek warmer climates when temperatures drop. For example, […]
By Gregory Covello, A.C.E. (Associate Certified Entomologist) Winter is normally a time when our focus on pests in the garden is at its least. The majority of the insect world is taking a break from visiting our gardens, orchards, and […]
In the winter holiday season, which lasts from the weekend before Thanksgiving until the weekend after New Year’s day, millions of Americans spend their time traveling to see family and friends, or simply taking vacation opportunities while children are off […]
April is “National Pest Management Month” – Pest Controllers offer tips Disseminated by The Caruba Organization Alan Caruba April is National Pest Management Month and with the advent of spring, Leonard Douglen, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Pest […]
Bedbugs “Attend” Princeton University No Place is immune from infestation Say Pest Controllers In early October, students in a Princeton University dormitory discovered a bedbug infestation in Rockefeller College’s Holder Hall and had to be relocated while a pest control […]
Event Sponsored by: New Jersey Pest Management Association Annual Clinic Brings Pest Controllers Together New Brunswick, NJ (8/15/13) – A giant Madagascar Hissing Cockroach designated to represent Gov. Chris Christie handily sped past another designated as Barbara Buono who is […]
Defendants Must Have Appropriate Scientific Support for Pesticide and Drug Claims Two marketers of unproven cedar oil-based remedies for bed bugs and head lice have agreed to enter into settlements with the Federal Trade Commission that prohibit the allegedly deceptive […]
What You Should Know About Bed Bugs Bed Bug Tips from Viking Pest Control “The return of bed bugs, formerly a rare pest problem,” says Leonard Douglen, Executive Director of the New Jersey Pest Management Association, “has people asking all […]
Spiders! Eeeeeck! There’s Less to Fear than You Think By Alan Caruba “If there is one genus—arachnids—of insect pests that people fear, it is spiders,” says Leonard Douglen, Executive Director of the New Jersey Pest Management Association. “With the exception […]
