Posts with the tag: "centipedes"

The Trick To Effective Centipede Control For Worcester Properties

DATE POSTED: October 27, 2020

As a property owner in Worcester, you already know there are plenty of pests in the area. One pest that is relatively misunderstood is the centipede. Often confused with the millipede, this pest is actually quite different.

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Are Centipedes Dangerous To Have In My Connecticut Home?

DATE POSTED: August 18, 2020

The ideal environment for a centipede is a dark and moist place. Given this, they’ll hang out in laundry rooms, bathrooms, and kitchens to be near tubs, sinks, and drains.

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Centipedes Or Millipedes: Which Is Worse To Have In Your Rhode Island Home? 

DATE POSTED: December 20, 2019

While not necessarily dangerous to human health, both centipedes and millipedes are obnoxious pests that can be difficult to remove from the home. And these arthropods can signify the presence of predator pests within the home, prompting the need for an immediate inspection.

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How House Centipedes Get Into New England Homes

DATE POSTED: June 14, 2019

You stop dead in your tracks. On your wall (probably staring back at you but you don't know because you can't see any eyes) is a big centipede. How do you respond? With fear? With revulsion? Do you get someone to kill it or do you dispose of it yourself with a wad of toilet paper or paper towel? We all respond differently to the presence of gross bugs. But once the threat has been eliminated, a…

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Keeping Millipedes And Centipedes Out Of Your New England Home

DATE POSTED: January 17, 2019

Are you familiar with the children's rhyme “I know an old lady…”? It goes something like, I know an old lady who swallowed a fly, then she swallowed a spider to catch the fly, then swallowed a bird to catch the spider, and on and on. You might wonder what that has to do with keeping millipedes and centipedes out of your New England home… bear with us.

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Scary Centipedes

DATE POSTED: April 10, 2017

Okay. Let's be honest. We're okay with anything that has two legs--for the most part. Four legs is fine too. In fact, some of us probably prefer things with four legs, especially if it is domesticated and sleeps at the foot of our bed. Six legs, yeah, not so much. Definitely not if those six legs allow the critter to climb the wall and run across the ceiling at full speed--that's right cockroaches…

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