Top 9 Most Common Summer Bugs
As spring turns into summer and temperatures rise, certain summer bugs thrive. Warmer weather means that pests can become more active–especially as your lawn grows and these summer pests are drawn to your grass and flowers. Increased moisture in the summer months, with summer showers and high humidity, allow pests to have more access to…
Tips for Protecting Your Home from Bed Bugs
Once your home is infested with bed bugs, getting rid of them seems downright impossible. You try a few over-the-counter kits and DIY hacks, but nothing seems to be completely effective for comprehensive bed bug removal. As many soon find out, bed bugs are one of the most difficult pests to remove. All they need…
Study Shows Dirty Laundry Attracts Bed Bugs
Leaving dirty clothing all over your room, whether at home or a hotel, could attract bed bugs. A recent study by entomologists at the University of Sheffield, published in Scientific Reports, tried to determine why bed bugs infest your mattress and where they could be hiding. The study shows that: “soiled clothing is significantly more…
Tips to Manage Bed Bugs in Schools
When most people think about bed bugs, they think about infestations in hotels or at home. However, schools are also at risk of bed bug infestations! While bed bug infestations are fairly uncommon, the environment is ripe for these pests. For example, bed bugs are attracted to the smell of humans and carbon dioxide. Interestingly,…
Factors that Increase Your Chances of Bed Bugs
No one likes finding out their home has bed bugs. But in recent years, cases have been on the rise. In the United States, bed bugs used to be fairly common until about World War II, when most were eradicated. The past few decades have seen a significant increase in case. And unfortunately, bed bugs’…
