Heritage Pest Control

In northern New Jersey ants aren’t usually a problem until spring. Most ants live outdoors and are fairly inactive during the winter. However, the Pharaoh ant is a tropical transport to our state. Unable to tolerate cold northern New Jersey winters, Pharaoh ants live exclusively indoors in huge multiple colonies that may have as many [...]

Bed bugs were once nearly annihilated in the U.S. and most industrialized countries. During World War II, DDT was found to be a potent insect killer. After the war, farmers, homeowners and pesticide companies regularly used DDT to eliminate bed bugs and other noxious insect pests. But DDT was found to cause harmful side effects [...]

A state battle over bed bugs and pesticide use just went national and could affect the way New Jersey pest control professionals treat bed bugs in your home. The Cincinnati, Ohio area is second only to the New York City-northern New Jersey area in the number and severity of bed bug infestations. Complicating the bed bug [...]

Termites may be gnawing on your northern New Jersey home for several years before they are discovered. By then termites are usually well established with large and extensive underground colonies. Termite extermination is not a do-it-yourself job. Amateur efforts will only cause the colony to relocate, making extermination more difficult and time consuming. For termite [...]

Termites will invade one in five northern New Jersey homes this year, according to the New Jersey Pest Management Association. Termites damage more than 600,000 U.S. homes and cost homeowners more than $1.5 billon every year. About the size of a grain of rice, termites live in huge social colonies and can do considerable damage to your [...]

If you live in northern New Jersey, now is the time to schedule a termite inspection of your home. Termites are active year-round, but large colonies tend to split and expand by swarming from March through May. Inspection is advised before termite swarms develop to minimize potential spread to other portions of your property. When [...]

Bed bugs may not spread disease but they certainly spread more than their share of misery. People who have had bed bugs in their home say it can be a life-altering experience. Just the thought of little bugs creeping into your bed at night and feeding on your body is disturbing; the reality, victims say, [...]

Northern New Jersey and New York City are Ground Zero is the U.S. bed war. In the past five years, bed bug infestations have exploded across America infecting every one of our 50 states; but the northern New Jersey/New York City corridor has been particularly hard hit. To help our customers learn more about bed bugs, [...]

Some people become so paranoid when they discover they are sharing their bed with bed bugs that they take extreme  measures to try to rid their bed of these blood-sucking pests. In the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York, firefighters have been called to several apartment fires started when residents poured gasoline onto their [...]

As you might expect, here at Heritage Pest Control we find bugs endlessly fascinating. If you have kids, you’ve probably hosted a jarred menagerie of our six-legged friends during the summer months and may have kept one yourself during your formative years. Most children haven’t developed the insect phobia that sends many adults hunting for [...]