Insect and Rodent Pests

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Carpenter ants can damage a home

SAN DIEGO COUNTY Carpenter ants can be a nuisance to many people and can cause thousands of dollars worth of damage to homes. Identifying and treating carpenter ants can prevent financial consequences from this invading pest.Many times carpenter ant damage is mistaken for damage caused by termites. While the two insects can both wreak havoc to the structures of a home, identifying the difference ...

Don’t let the bed bugs bite

Searching the seams of mattresses, behind headboards and under dust ruffles once was considered odd behavior. But peering into such spaces in houses and other buildings is becoming more common since a pest, thought to have been eradicated decades ago, has returned.

Understanding micro-inequities is huge

Even if the term “micro-inequity” is unfamiliar, it’s something everyone has experienced in the workplace: feeling blown off, dismissed, ignored, slighted, subjected to different standards or inferior treatment, treated as “less than” for no good reason.

Minehan on real estate: Pests come in many forms

Hardwired into our Capital Region Multiple Listing Service Inc. contracts are a series of inspection contingencies. The inspections for structure, pests (or wood destroying organisms), wells, water flow and quality, the septic system and radon are parts of this section of the contract. The inspection for “wood destroying organisms,” or the pest and termite inspection, states that it’s “a ...

Exterminators: Shore bedbug reports rise

SALISBURY -- The old children's rhyme about biting bedbugs is no myth. Exterminators and health departments say the insects, which feed on people's blood while they sleep, are increasingly infesting bedrooms across the Lower Shore.