Indiantown

Home Call Now House Rats The most common home lizard is the Common House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus), a small, nocturnal reptile found worldwide in warm climates. While often seen as a nuisance, these lizards are generally non-poisonous and beneficial for natural pest control Key Characteristics Diet: They are insectivores, feeding on mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, and spiders. Behavior: Known for their ability to drop […]

Hobe Sound

Home Call Now House Rats An earwig is a small, nocturnal insect belonging to the order Dermaptera, characterized by a pair of pincers (cerci) protruding from the end of its abdomen. Despite their intimidating appearance and the persistent myth that they crawl into human ears to lay eggs in brains, they are generally harmless to people. Key Characteristics Appearance: […]

North River Shores

Home Call Now House Rats Common Signs of an Infestation Droppings: Small, dark, spindle-shaped pellets about the size of a raisin. Noises: Scurrying or scratching sounds, especially at night, coming from walls or ceilings. Gnaw Marks: Damage on wooden structures, plastic pipes, and electrical wiring. Grease Marks: Dark, oily smears along walls and baseboards left […]

River Park

Home Call Now Mosquito The slender elongated body of the adult is covered with scales, as are the veins of the wings. Mosquitoes are also characterized by long fragile-looking legs and elongated piercing mouthparts. The feathery antennae of the male are generally bushier than those of the female. The males, and sometimes the females, feed […]

White City

Home Call Now Bed Bugs Bedbugs are small, reddish-brown insects that feed on the blood of people and animals. They don’t have wings and are about the size of an apple seed. Their bodies are flat and oval-shaped. Young bedbugs, called nymphs, are smaller and look translucent or pale yellow. If they haven’t fed recently, […]

Tradition

Home Call Now Cockroach Physical description As in other insects, the body of a cockroach consists of a head, a thorax, and an abdomen. The head has long threadlike antennae and is bent downward; the mouthparts point backward instead of forward or downward, as is the case in most other insects. The compound eyes are well-developed in most […]

Jensen Beach

Home Call Now Spiders Spiders are arachnids, a class of arthropods that also includes scorpions, mites, and ticks. There are more than 45,000 known species of spiders, found in habitats all over the world. There’s a spider with a cartoonish butt, spiders that can jump on demand, and cannibal spiders that look like pelicans. Spiders range in size […]

Palm City

Home Call Now Cuckoo Bee cuckoo bee, any of more than 3,000 species of solitary bees that engage in brood parasitism, a form of kleptoparasitism in which the bees deposit their eggs in the food-provisioned nests of other bees. Cuckoo bees are found on every continent except Antarctica and occupy a range of habitats. The […]

Stuart

Home Call Now Carpenter Ants Carpenter ants are very common in Minnesota. They can potentially damage homes and other wooden structures. The best method for controlling carpenter ants is to deliver insecticide into their nest. Because controlling carpenter ants is complex, it’s best to hire a pest management professional (pest control technician) to eliminate nests. […]

Fort Pierce

Home Call Now Cockroach Cockroaches are found all over the world. There are more than 3,500 species of cockroach. The most common varieties in Australia include the German, American and Oriental cockroaches. American cockroaches are large and black. German cockroaches are smaller and brown. Oriental cockroaches are medium sized and dark brown to black in […]