August 1, 2013 to August 31, 2013

3 Cockroaches Found In Massachusetts Homes

DATE POSTED: August 23, 2013

Seeing a cockroach inside your home can really make you jump! Imagine enjoying breakfast at your kitchen table when you see one dart across the floor, or putting your hand in a bag of potato chips and having a cockroach come running out; both of these experiences might send shivers up your back! Besides the ‘ick’ factor, cockroaches in Massachusetts as well as throughout the world carry…

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How Do I Know If I Have Carpenter Ants?

DATE POSTED: August 15, 2013

The summer is halfway over; have you gotten everything you wanted done this summer, especially as far as home improvement projects go? If you were planning on repainting your home this summer, that’s definitely not something you want to hold off on, because not only will newly repainted siding make your house look good, the paint can help protect the wood of your home from water and weather…

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Millipedes vs. Centipedes: Which Arthropod Is Invading Your Home?

DATE POSTED: August 7, 2013

It’s been raining.  In Massachusetts,   Rhode Island and throughout our service area, we’ve had an exceptionally rainy summer. In June, rainfall amounts in Providence were in the top 5 rainiest Junes on record! Besides keeping you indoors and helping your garden grow, an especially rainy summer can bring about a different type of pest into your RI, MA, or CT home: millipedes and…

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