Finding mice in your pantry is common in the winter. The weather turns colder. Mice, rats and other pests look for warm places to live where they can find food. Your pantry and kitchen might be the perfect place to live when the temperatures drop. Not only do mice and rats contaminate your food, but … Continue reading Waterloo Pest Removal: Preventing Rodents In Your Pantry
Winters in the Waterloo area can get pretty cold. During this time, many of us want to stay indoors in the warmth as much as possible. Of course, this is true for insects and other pests too. During the winter, you need to continue to take pest control seriously, even if you see fewer insects … Continue reading Waterloo Commercial Pest Control: Stay Proactive During Winter
Many pests die off or spend the winter months huddled together, waiting for the cold to pass. The way that pests withstand freezing temperatures varies. However, it is safe to say that your house presents an attractive option for both food and shelter all winter long. Learn more about which pests are inactive during the … Continue reading What Pests Are Not Active During Winter in Waterloo?
You may have performed a thorough cleaning before Christmas and purchased extra airtight containers in which to store those cookies for Santa to decrease the chance that mice will appear seemingly out of nowhere as they often do. Mice can live in your walls, under your floorboards, and practically anywhere else in your home that … Continue reading Waterloo Pest Control: 4 Things Attracting Mice This Christmas
Myrmecophobia is the phobia of ants. It is important to remember that although ants seem small and relatively harmless, phobias do not operate on rational foundations but rather the opposite. Phobias are built on the pretense that as long as the person who has the phobia believes there is a real and present danger, the … Continue reading Waterloo Ant Removal: What is Myrmecophobia?
Indoor spider activity increases after a rainstorm. Both webbed and non-web spiders seek shelter and prey from the rain. Most spiders are following a target into the warm and dry environments of human homeowners. Find out what you can do to avoid an excess of insect visitors during the rain, how to prevent a spider … Continue reading Waterloo Pest Control: Spider Activity After The Rain
Carpenter ants use their strong front jaws to chew tunnels through wood to make their nests. In the wild, this helps the decaying stumps of fallen trees to break down more quickly. Therefore, as long as carpenter ants stay outside where they belong, they are actually beneficial. However, if they start building their tunnels in … Continue reading Carpenter Ant Prevention This Fall
It may seem difficult to keep pests away from your home during a storm, but there are some simple steps that you can follow to achieve this. Contacting pest control services in Waterloo can help identify entry points and prevent any pests from entering your property in the future. Install Window Screens Just like you … Continue reading How To Keep Pests Away During a Storm
Owning a Waterloo business is a major responsibility and likely a major source of income for you, so when you realize your building has a rodent problem, this can be a major cause for concern. Not only can rodents seriously damage your property and nest and breed out of sight, but there are also a … Continue reading Do Rodents Chew Through Electrical Wiring?
Homeowners who are used to fighting off lines of tiny black ants moving across their countertops may be shocked to see a new specimen invading their privacy: The carpenter ant. Though these big ants are common in North America, their presence inside a home in Canada can be alarming due to the fact that they … Continue reading When Should You Expect to See Carpenter Ants?