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San Diego is home to 10+ ant species. Here's how to identify the most common ants, where they nest, and when to call pest control. Key Takeaways Pest Report · San DiegoSan Diego antsSan Diego supports more ant species than most U.S. cities, and a...
If you live in Southern California, you have likely seen ants disappear one day and return the next. Argentine ants in homes cause constant frustration, making ant control in Southern California especially challenging. You clean the counter, block...
If you notice flying insects gathering near a window or light, it often causes concern right away. That reaction is normal. Across Southern California, these sudden swarms leave homeowners wondering what entered their homes. The challenge starts...
The first time you notice ants in the kitchen, the problem feels small. You may see one or two ants near the sink or a short line along the counter. The next morning, you often see more ants. Soon, they spread and make the kitchen hard to use. Ants...
Rain often feels refreshing. The air smells cleaner, plants look healthier, and everything feels calm. Then you walk into the kitchen and see ants crawling along the countertops toward the sink. Ants in the house after rain are one of the most...
Anaheim homeowners live with warm weather all year. This climate creates ideal conditions for active ant colonies. When temperatures stay mild, ants stay busy and often move into kitchens, bathrooms, and wall voids to find a steady supply of food...
Irvine residents know how fast a quiet morning can turn stressful when ants show up along baseboards or kitchen counters. The warm climate and long growing seasons in this part of Southern California give many ant species a perfect place to feed...
While you’re enjoying summer sunshine, many common pests are already preparing for their next move—indoors. As early as midsummer, insects and rodents begin scouting for safe, sheltered places to ride out the cooler months ahead. And if your home...
Ants are a fascinating group of insects capable of achieving so many great things. Today ants are the most numerous living creatures on the planet with the largest biomass of any other animal. For comparison, the combined weight of all ants on...
Every spring as the weather begins to warm, termites surface in search of new structures to infest. The first termite explorers to show up are the swarmers. These winged invaders look for the most appetizing structures in which to set up new...
Scientists have recently discovered a mysterious, 100-million-year-old insect trapped in amber — and as far as anyone knows, it is unlike any other insect that has ever lived on Earth. This strangely pieced together bug, looks like a composite of...
Whether it’s people, living in jam-packed cities or groups of social insects, ants to be exact, living in teaming colonies, disease can spread quickly among these severely dense populations. Fighting disease seems to require the same efforts no...
Vehicles, cars, camper-vans, buses, and trucks, provide many pests with a warm dry environment that often contains food. Vehicles can also provide these pests with transport, spreading the pests to wherever the vehicle travels. Most Common Pests...
We have a lot to be thankful for this year. But did you know that there are a lot of reasons to be thankful for insects, our co-inhabitants of this planet? Besides being a nutritious food source for millions of people, they provide their own form...
An ant species which is found in the rainforests of South America, Lemon ants (Myrmelachista schumanni), live in and around Duroia Hirstula, a species of tree that provides them with protected nesting areas and offers nutrition in the form of extra...
There's nothing like the smell of an evergreen tree and a cozy wood fire, to get you in the holiday spirit. But when you bring a live or cut Christmas tree indoors, along with the necessary firewood, some of the insects that have called your...
It is said that when man learned to farm, modern civilization began. We humans credit ourselves as being very intelligent creatures capable of learning to grow crops and keep cattle, but we are hardly the first species to acquire the skill....
Ants, labor endlessly to support their colonies, each member having a specific job to perform, from the pampered Queens to the multi-tasking female workers to the short lived males, every member of the colony is continually in motion. So, with all...
