by John Bozarjian | Jul 16, 2019 | Blog, Pest Control
Recent research has the oldest common ancestor of mites (arachnids) and insects as emerging on earth around 570 million years ago. The earliest insect and arachnid species that existed on earth are long gone, but numerous common and similar looking insect and arachnid...
by John Bozarjian | Jul 15, 2019 | Blog, Pest Control
The northeast is home to numerous airborne insect species that inflict painful, and medically significant stings to humans. Some of the most well known venomous airborne insect species in the region include European honey bees, baldfaced hornets, eastern...
by John Bozarjian | Jul 12, 2019 | Blog, Pest Control
The southern United States is home to the greatest diversity of insect pest species in the country, but surprisingly, researchers have concluded that residents of Massachusetts struggle with insect pest problems more often than residents of most other states. After...
by John Bozarjian | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog, Pest Control
Nobody likes sustaining a painful arthropod bite or sting, but some people are willing to go to extremes to bypass this pain. In addition to the pain caused by venomous bites and stings, some arachnids, such as the brown recluse, can inflict venomous bites that leave...
by John Bozarjian | Jul 4, 2019 | Blog, Pest Control
Of all Diptera fly species in the world, fruit flies infest homes and buildings most often. Fruit flies belong to the Drosophila genus which includes at least 4,500 documented species. Of these species, D. melanogaster and D. repleta are the two species most commonly...
by John Bozarjian | Jul 4, 2019 | Blog, Pest Control
Sac spiders from the genus Chicaricanthium are among the most commonly sighted, and dangerous, spider species in the United States. The two most commonly spotted sac spider species in the US, Cheiracanthium inclusum and Cheiracanthium mildei, do not inflict bites that...
