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Common Signs of Roaches in NYC

Common Signs of Roaches in NYC Noticing bugs crawling around your home or business is a sure sign of an infestation. But waiting until you see actual insects does not work when it comes to cockroach control. Roaches are great at hiding, preferring to live in dark areas and small gaps where people rarely

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Dangers of a Cockroach Infestation

Dangers of a Cockroach Infestation Cockroaches are a public health concern in NYC. They are a major source of food-borne illnesses, and potentially the spread of disease in the city. Part of this is due to the areas where roaches live - in trash, sewer pipes, and other spaces of decay. But roach biology

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A Step-By-Step Guide to Cockroach Control For Your NYC Townhouse, Apartment, Condo, or Airbnb

A Step-By-Step Guide to Cockroach Control For Your NYC Townhouse, Apartment, Condo, or AirbnbLiving in close proximity to your neighbors in NYC offers a specific set of challenges when it comes to cockroaches. Because you are sharing walls, pipes, vents, and trash receptacles, you will often end up sharing pest problems as well. This urban

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Quick and Easy Roach Prevention Tips

Quick and Easy Roach Prevention Tips Once roaches get inside your home or business, getting rid of them is a challenge. They multiply fast, stay well hidden most of the time, and are able to build up a resistance to some of the more common OTC cockroach treatments. To avoid having your property overrun

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Sealing Your Home to Prevent Cockroaches

Sealing Your Home to Prevent Cockroaches There are a few ways that roaches can get into homes in NYC. If they are German cockroaches – which almost exclusively live indoors - they usually get in by hitching rides on boxes, bags, and furniture, and cannot be easily prevented without examining every item you bring

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The Crazy Relationship Between the Jewel Wasp, Zombie Cockroaches, and Karate Kicks

The Crazy Relationship Between the Jewel Wasp, Zombie Cockroaches, and Karate Kicks “Zombie cockroach” sound like something out of a horror movie. But they are not fiction at all. It’s all due to the emerald cockroach wasp, also known as the “jewel wasp.” The wasps have a bluish-green metallic body. Yet what makes them

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Do Cockroaches Bite Humans?

Do Cockroaches Bite Humans? Roaches are already one of the most hated pests in NYC. They seem to be able to get in anywhere, they spread bacteria, they can cause breathing problems, and they are notoriously hard to get rid of. In fact, in terms of all the concerns you may have when cockroaches infest

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Pros and Cons to Using Spiders as Natural Pest Control

Pros and Cons to Using Spiders as Natural Pest Control One single spider in NYC can eat more than 2,000 insects in a year. And while almost no spiders in New York are poisonous to humans (the sac spider is the only exception), many of the insects they feed on are harmful. Local spiders eat

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Web Building Spiders vs Crawling Spiders: How We Treat Each Kind

Web Building Spiders vs Crawling Spiders: How We Treat Each Kind An intricate spider web stretched across your window can be a thing of beauty or terror depending on your feelings about spiders. But did you know that the majority of spider species in NYC do not build webs? They still produce spider silk and

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5 Reasons Your DIY Mouse Traps Might Not Be Working

5 Reasons Your DIY Mouse Traps Might Not Be Working There are dozens of products on the market to help homeowners get rid of mice, so it can be frustrating when mice continue to be a nuisance after you have placed traps around your home. Instead of continuing to spend money on alternative methods, first

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