No household pest is welcome, but there’s something particularly unnerving about the presence of small biting insects like bed bugs and fleas. Both of these small, brown, vampire-like insects are so small you often don’t know they’re there, and they are masters at...
Does the sight of a centipede get you shivering, or do you step closer to take a closer look? Centipedes are fascinating creatures, and ones most of us won’t run from in fear. While spotting the odd centipede while moving logs in your yard probably won’t concern you,...
Watch out! There’s something eight-legged and dark crawling up the wall of your Arizona home. There are more than a handful of arachnids that call Arizona home(that includes scorpions, by the way), but how concerned do you need to be?From little jumping spiders to...
We’ve fielded a lot of questions about bed bugs over the years, from what attracts them, to how to identify their bites, and whether or not their bites are dangerous. While bed bugs aren’t dangerous in the sense that they won’t cause you any real harm (just some minor...
Fall is here and it brings with it cooler weather, autumn leaves, and a reprieve from the relentless onslaught of flies and bugs that annoy us all summer long. Or does it?While you can certainly head outside without worrying about getting bitten by a mosquito as we...
Bed bugs aren’t welcome in anyone’s home, but are much more common than most of us think. They’re present in huge numbers in cities all over the world and are experiencing a boom as we all travel more after the pandemic. No creature is more adept at hitching lifts and...
If there’s one thing Arizona is not short of, it’s pests. The climate we love is what also draws rats, mice, cockroaches, ants, termites, bees, and wasps, we can also have problems with spiders and scorpions. That’s quite a list, and there’s not a single pest on that...
Bed bug bites and mosquito bites look very similar, like little red bumps. To make sure that you are not mistaking one for the other, it’s important that you know how to tell the difference. If it is bed bugs, you need to get those pests dealt with right away! As well...
Bedbugs are a continuing menace and not going away anytime soon. Once hoped to be a thing of the past, bed bugs have come back with a vengeance and now take every opportunity to hitch a ride with their traveling hosts – that’s you and me. There are outbreaks across...
It’s not just about the bites; having an infestation of bed bugs can be soul-destroying, demoralizing, and cause high levels of anxiety. Bed bugs are a continuing, even growing problem in the United States but there is still a stigma attached to having them in your...
