How To Avoid Bed Bugs
Termites and other wood-boring bugs like carpenter ants do their dirty work behind the walls of our homes. Although we might see the swarmers, or reproductive termites, flying around during mating season, we rarely see the workers chomping away 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Normally, we only know we have a termite problem when we see hollows or small, black holes in sheetrock or buckling wood in window or door frames. Aside from some preventative measures we can take to make our houses less appealing to them, there’s nothing we can do to get rid of termites in our San Antonio, TX homes without the help of pest control specialists.
Bed bugs are notoriously hard to find and if we can’t find them, we can’t kill them. Bed bugs are tiny
and flat. They travel easily in suitcases and backpacks and hide in mattress seams and behind moulding and electrical plates. And they only come out in the wee hours of the morning to consume human or animal blood before disappearing into their hiding places. Even if they’re deprived of their blood meals, bed bugs can still live for several months and are hardy enough to survive temperatures that range from freezing cold to extreme heat. Bed bugs are so insidious that the National Pest Management Association has declared them THE most difficult pests to treat.
Bees and wasps that make their homes in and on our structures are best left to people trained to deal with them. Many stinging insects can sting en masse if their hives or nests are threatened or even if they perceive a possible threat. More than a half million people a year are treated in emergency rooms for bee and wasp stings. Fire ants are easier to avoid and they won’t chase us if we run from them; but they do still present a stinging threat, which is a danger for people who are allergic to their venom. A San Antonio, TX pest control expert can help to eliminate the fire ant danger in our yards and can safely remove beehives and wasp nests that are a threat.
Bed bugs are notoriously hard to find and if we can’t find them, we can’t kill them. Bed bugs are tiny
and flat. They travel easily in suitcases and backpacks and hide in mattress seams and behind moulding and electrical plates. And they only come out in the wee hours of the morning to consume human or animal blood before disappearing into their hiding places. Even if they’re deprived of their blood meals, bed bugs can still live for several months and are hardy enough to survive temperatures that range from freezing cold to extreme heat. Bed bugs are so insidious that the National Pest Management Association has declared them THE most difficult pests to treat.
Bees and wasps that make their homes in and on our structures are best left to people trained to deal with them. Many stinging insects can sting en masse if their hives or nests are threatened or even if they perceive a possible threat. More than a half million people a year are treated in emergency rooms for bee and wasp stings. Fire ants are easier to avoid and they won’t chase us if we run from them; but they do still present a stinging threat, which is a danger for people who are allergic to their venom. A San Antonio, TX pest control expert can help to eliminate the fire ant danger in our yards and can safely remove beehives and wasp nests that are a threat.