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Yes, and the best time to start is before they arrive. Preventing a home invasion comes down to sealing the gaps they squeeze through and treating the exterior ahead of the fall migration.
You’re most likely seeing Asian lady beetles, which look a lot like ladybugs. They like to overwinter in homes and get inside through various entry points like the cracks along window trim, siding seams and junctions, and unsealed vents.
Most mosquito species are most active during the hours around dawn and dusk, roughly from an hour before sunset through the first few hours of darkness, and again just before and after sunrise.
Mosquitoes are drawn to yards that provide what they need to breed, rest, and feed. They prefer properties where there is standing water, shaded vegetation, and access to warm-blooded hosts.
Mosquitoes breed in standing water. And they need surprisingly little of it, sometimes as little as a tablespoon held in a forgotten container or a clogged gutter.
A typical barrier treatment works for about 21 days at a time. The product bonds to vegetation and surfaces when it dries and continues to knock down mosquitoes on contact throughout that period. But treatments break down in the sun and rain over time, so they need to be regularly reapplied to keep working.
Yes, and wall voids are one of their favorite spots. The space between your interior and exterior walls provides warmth, darkness, protection from predators, and easy access to the rest of your home through gaps around pipes and wiring.
Mice look for food, shelter, and warmth—and your home provides all three, all year-round.
They definitely can, and ticks don't need forests or hiking trails to live. Any backyard with shade, leaf litter, ground cover, or wildlife passing through can support an active tick population.
Tick populations have grown for a number of reasons including milder winters, expanding herds of deer, and suburban development that is pushing deeper into the woods. Awareness is now more important than ever, and more people are checking for ticks and finding them where they wouldn’t have before.
It depends on the species, but most hornets nest in sheltered locations. Bald-faced hornets build large, visible nests on tree branches and building exteriors. European hornets prefer enclosed spaces like attics, wall voids, and hollow trees.
Wasps and hornets need protection from rain and wind, which is why they like to build under eaves and soffits, inside attics and wall voids, behind shutters, under decks and porch roofs, in gutters, and around door and window frames. Ground-nesting yellow jackets also build near the foundation.
Yes, and the best time to start is before they arrive. Preventing a home invasion comes down to sealing the gaps they squeeze through and treating the exterior ahead of the fall migration.
You’re most likely seeing Asian lady beetles, which look a lot like ladybugs. They like to overwinter in homes and get inside through various entry points like the cracks along window trim, siding seams and junctions, and unsealed vents.
