In Michigan, spring brings ants and the first mosquitoes. Summer is peak season for mosquitoes, ticks, and wasps. Fall pushes stink bugs, lady beetles, and rodents toward your home to overwinter.
Nearly any time of year in Michigan, you could be dealing with a pest problem. The specific nature of the problem just changes with the weather. Here’s what to watch for, and when, in Southwest Michigan.
As the ground thaws and temperatures climb into the 50s, overwintered mosquito adults emerge and ants become active, foraging into homes and yards. Carpenter ants and other ants get going, and the first mosquito generations start building off spring rains and snowmelt. This is around springtime.
Summer is when you’re most likely to be bitten. Blame mosquitoes for that, as summer is when they hit their stride. Ticks are also active in the grass and brush. The smaller nymphs are especially dangerous in late spring and early summer because they’re small and easy to miss in a tick check. Wasps and hornets also start becoming active around this time of year, with late summer being the time they are most aggressive.
When fall comes, bugs start pushing indoors. Stink bugs, boxelders, and Asian lady beetles all like to gather on warm, sunny walls and push indoors around this time. Rodents also look for ways inside ahead of the cold. And right around this time, wasps get really aggressive before they’re pushed out by the frost.
Winter is generally quiet outdoors. But indoors, insects and rodents that managed to get inside before the weather turned will continue to be active. And ticks can emerge outdoors again on any above-freezing winter day.
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