With the change of seasons, comes the changing casts of pests. For information on these pests check under insects and articles.
There are some of the main culprits on the 'pest parade' for this season
Which over winter in your attics, walls & soffits become active again with the first warm days of March and activity continues throughout the summer into late fall. European paper wasps have become the most common paper wasp that we encounter.
Become active in the early spring inside homes and may continue well into the summer. Watch for activity on the exterior of your home as these ants forage on trees and shrubs for their food sources.
Are one of the most common problems that we encounter. These ants often originate from outside around the house.
Become active in the spring and activity continues into the summer. A problem that can be associated with carpenter bee infestations is woodpecker damage as the woodpeckers will peck holes into the wood while trying to reach the larvae. The damage from the woodpeckers will be much more serious than that from the bees.
Which can be black or metallic blue, build mud tubes or a small mound of mud on the sides of walls & under soffits and are active over the entire summer. They will often congregate where there is water and forage on shrubs, bushes and flowers for caterpillars and spiders which they place in the mud tubes. These wasps are not aggressive but can occur in large numbers around homes especially on hot summer days.
Begin in the spring. They are easy to treat early, but by late summer and into the fall they can become the size of a soccer ball and are much more difficult to deal with.
Can be a problem even in the summer often gaining access through garages and attics.
Come in waves. First the spring mosquitoes and then the summer mosquitoes. Population numbers are influenced by temperature and rainfall amounts and frequency.
