Are you receiving unwanted visitors to your bedroom? Have mice been keeping you up at night? An infestation in the bedroom can be especially unsettling because this should be a place for restful sleep. Any mice that you are seeing in the bedroom must be removed immediately, not only for your mental health but for …
While they may appear to be cute, furry little mammals that can do no wrong, mice spread infectious diseases and can cost you a considerable amount in house repairs. These critters are a serious problem to homeowners across Canada because they hide very effectively and reproduce at an alarming rate. They must be removed from …
Mice have been a bother to humans for thousands of years. They disease-ridden pests are exceptionally quiet and highly capable of sneaking into our buildings for food and shelter. As a result, mice are an unfortunately very common problem for Canadian businesses. They must be controlled with proper sanitation, management, and professional treatment to keep …
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Having mice in the garage is unfortunately very common. People often leave the garage door open for hours at a time and they’re full of little dark spaces for the critters to hide. Garages are warm in the winter and sometimes store foods like bird seed, pet food, and garbage. Mice should however be removed …
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Mice and other rodents are prolific chewers. These animals can chew their way into our homes, getting into our food and risking fire by chewing on electrical wires. Their chewing is especially a problem because mice carry several diseases in their saliva, like Salmonellosis and Hantavirus, which can make us very sick. If you think …
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Trapping mice is much easier said than done. These are skittish little animals that are weary of any changes made to their environments. Thus, traps must be set up properly for them to work. The baits you use, the placement of the traps, and the condition of the home all play a part in the …
Yellowjacket is a serious threat to private and public property. A nest in a park is a danger to both dogs and joggers, and don’t forget cyclists who have to swerve off to the side when someone passes, they could easily ride straight over a wasp nest and cause a torent of yellowjackets to attack …
Carpenter bees are “real” bees in the biological sense. They are very helpful pollinators and even pollinate plants that no other insect can pollinate. They are not a great threat as they build their nests usually high up or low to the ground and only the females can sting. The males will just buzz around …
Wasps are all a threat but some are more of a threat than others. There is a broad range of species in North America, about 18. we will focus on the most common. The mud dauber, the paper and bald-faced wasp and the yellow jacket. These wasps are the most common to infest a residential …
Paper wasps come from Europe. They evolved to use wood and paper, two very common things in Europe throughout the past few thousand years, to make their nests. The process involves constructing a bowl-shaped form on a stem that connects it to a wall or other surface. The nest is very much open and looks …
