If you feed them, they will come. A tightly packed restaurant full of hungry customers is every restaurant owner's dream, but all that good food lying around is also an invitation for some unwelcomed guests.
Traveling comes with hotel rooms, fold-out couches, airport benches, extended family living quarters, or a friend of a friend's man cave, which may be some of the destinations travelers will experience.
The assumption one must be a poor housekeeper or have poor hygiene to have bed bugs is simply untrue. Bed bugs are good hitchhikers and can easily be transported from place to place as people travel.
Switching out your wardrobe soon? Keep an eye out for household pests that may be destroying your clothes. Even though these pests are not usually disease or germ carriers, their presence can be a nuisance and difficult to eliminate.
Several kinds of crickets are found in Arizona. Although they pose no immediate health risks (they do not bite or carry disease) they have been known to eat through everything from wallpaper glue to wool to silk. Most importantly, if you are seeing crickets inside your Arizona home then they will be sure to attract hungry spiders and scorpions.
Rodent identification: A glimpse at common rodents of the United States
Thinking about spring cleaning? Truly Nolen asks you to think like a rodent. Don’t be a pack rat. Rodents love your clutter and so do the feasting insects, like cockroaches that carry and spread disease and pathogens to you and your family when they infest your home.
The word rodent is derived from the Latin verb rodere, meaning to gnaw, and rats in particular are infamous for their ability to chew through insulation and wiring in your home.
When you're about to close on your dream home there is one question that will inevitably pop into your head: What if something is lurking below the surface that we didn't see?