When you flip on the lights at night and catch a glimpse of something scurrying away, you're witnessing just a tiny fraction of the pest activity happening in your home. The reality is that most pests are masters of concealment, hiding in places you'd never think to look. Understanding where bugs hide in your home is essential for effective pest prevention and maintaining a healthy living environment.
Crickets are small, light to brown insects that look like their relative, the grasshoppers. They are serious lawn pests in the South, living in the ground during the day, tunneling beneath the turf, and eating roots.
They cause the grass to wilt and turn brown and come out at night to eat above-ground plant parts.
Bed bugs are small, oval, brownish insects that live on the blood of animals or humans. They do not fly, but they can move quickly over floors, walls, and ceilings. To the untrained eye, finding a bed bug infestation can prove difficult, and even if discovered, home remedies and over-the-counter deterrents are often ineffective.
If you can’t rid your home on your own, you may have to call in a professional exterminator. With years of experience, Rid-A-Bug is well-equipped to assess your bed bug problems and develop a strategic response to rid your home of the pest and provide maximum protection.
The process of exterminating a pest infestation in your home, whether it be cockroaches or termites, or fleas, can be time-consuming and costly. Depending on the type and severity of the infestation, it could take weeks for your home to return to normal.
One particular type of pest that is difficult and expensive to get rid of is bed bugs. If you have a bed bug infestation, you might wonder if your homeowners insurance can help you pay for the extermination. Though homeowners insurance covers a variety of devastating life events, bed bugs and other pest infestations are typically not one of them.
For many, the spring and summer months are the best time of year. People associate this season with sunshine and warm temperatures. The weather is perfect for cookouts and outdoor gatherings. The pools are open, and the water is comfortable. Here in the piedmont and foothills, we are not too far away from the beach for a day trip or weekend getaway. When the mercury climbs too high, we can go up to the higher elevations around Boone, Blowing Rock, and the Grayson Highlands to get a break from the humidity and explore the mountains.
While there is so much to love and enjoy about the summer, it is also the season for annoying pests and wildlife. We must diligently watch our homes and property for venomous snakes and spiders, termites, and carpenter ants. These types of insects and wildlife threaten our family or could damage our homes. But there is a certain pest that might be the most annoying of all.
While we don't associate mosquitoes with being directly harmful to our family members, they are prevalent in our area and can be incredibly aggravating. mosquitoes might be more of a threat than a mere aggravation.