Once summer time approaches, bugs start making an appearance in homes across the U.S. From ants to wasps to millipedes, our first instinct is to spray them down with as much poison as it takes to make them stop. We have been conditioned to think that the only way to rid our homes of insects, ...
I’ve met the enemy. It’s called ghost ant. It’s driving me crazy. I’ve been a homeowner for almost 30 years. In that time, I’ve encountered and conquered carpenter ants, bees, wasps, hornets, aphids, spiders, and various other bugs and insects. I never met anything as persistent and annoying as these tiny ghost ants. I’ve tried ...
When we moved to a place in the country, my then 6-year-old son was in charge of packing his toy box. One day he came to me and said something was biting him at night. I went into his room and found fire ants everywhere, which seemed to be emanating from the toybox. A look ...
Many bugs you see crawling around your home can be nasty. Roaches, ants and spiders are just to name a few. However, these bugs do not do any real damage to your home other than not paying rent. There are however, three wicked bugs that can literally destroy your home. Boring insects can ruin nearly ...
If you find ants on your magnolia tree, should you be concerned? Yes. Ants do not eat wood, even magnolia tree wood, but there are other features magnolia trees have that can attract ants. Any species of ant can be found on magnolia trees. But the most commonly seen species are the carpenter ants, which ...
According to Donald Lewis, an extension entomologist at Iowa State University, although there are other types of big black ants, when you refer to these types of ants you are usually referring to carpenter ants. Carpenter ants burrow into the wood in your home and in trees and can cause a lot of damage. Knowing ...
You have decided to sell your house. That is am important decision. It can be a stressful time; you’ll have to have strangers walking through your house, you’ll have to negotiate the price, you’ll have to pack up all of your belongings and move. So, why not take some time before you’ve got an offer ...
