Pest Control Community

The long-awaited, warm days of Spring mean open windows at my house, and that has led to a few unwelcome guests.  My daughter spotted one of these adult stink bugs (or pentatomids) in our bath tub, and judging from the phone calls I have been receiving at the office, we are not the only ones to find  one.  […]

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April showers bring May flowers, and swarming termites.  Winged termites, aka swarmers or alates, are mature adults leaving their parental nest to found new colonies.  Thousands of them may emerge at one time, and can be homeowners first clue that there are termites nearby.  The vast majority of termites in any given swarm will die.  […]

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Termites, ants, mice, and all the other pests that you would rather never have as a house guest are attracted to structures because they find food, moisture, or a place to hide or live. It can be one of these items or a combination of two or more that draws pests to your […]

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Clover Mites
Each spring in the DC/Maryland area clover mites appear on the exterior of structures. It is likely that these tiny red mites have over wintered in cracks and crevices of the building. They are usually most numerous on south to west faces of a structure and rarely numerous on the north […]

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We have been receiving a lot of bees and wasps calls lately and I wanted to touch on what is happening right now in stinging insect world. In the fall of last year, the wasps mated and the pregnant future queens abandoned their nests and found a nice warm spot to stay for the […]

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One pretty cool part of my job at American Pest Management allows me to travel around the world to do training at embassies for the Department of State. As a company we have made around 70 official visits to either Embassies or Consulates around the world.
Last week we visited Cairo, Egypt for our third time […]

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