Insects with wings like mosquitoes and Palmetto Bugs
The yellow jacket is a type of flying insect that has a stinger. The sting is very painful. It is classified as a wasp. The yellow jacket is considered aggressive. Usually if you see one yellow jacket there are many more in the area. They tend to stay pretty close to their nest. The yellow […]
The Murder Hornet (aka Asian Giant Hornet) gets its nickname from the fact that it literally kills people. Originating in Japan, the hornet is large and dangerous. It was responsible for 50 deaths in Japan last year alone. The hornet (Vespa mandarinia) has a quarter inch stinger than can be used repeatedly. This is unlike […]
Any insect that has the word “carpenter” in the name is not going to be a good thing. Because as the name implies, it will devour or destroy wood. Most every home is at least partially made of wood. Damaged wood can cause a weaker structure of your home and decrease the value and living […]
Here in Florida, we have a long and terrible relationship with mosquitoes. With some pests, we can say that they may have some redeeming qualities like they eat other pests or that they are food for animals we enjoy, such as birds. But, mosquitoes have no such redeeming quality. They simply exist to feed off […]
If you have bees inside your home, you will find that a lot of different tactics might not work to remove them. They continue to thrive inside the walls or other cracks that you find, causing them to fly around the inside and not the outside of the house. You may also find that you’re […]
Wasps are probably one of the most despised of all the insects out there. When you think about a wasp, there doesn’t even seem to be a benefit to them. They burrow into our homes and sting us; that’s about it. So, you are going to want to make sure there are no wasps around […]