Heritage Pest Control

There’s nothing more revolting than an ant invasion to spoil an otherwise delightful Memorial Day barbecue at your northern New Jersey home. Ants crawling across your kitchen floor or along your picnic table can be more than an upsetting nuisance; they can be a health hazard. Some ants like pharaoh ants carry and spread bacteria [...]

Carpenter bees are starting to lay their eggs in northern New Jersey, creating problems for home and business owners, schools and park districts in Bergen, Passaic, West Essex and Morris counties. Among the largest bee species, 1 to 1 1/2 inch carpenter bees are often confused with bumble bees and have the same yellow and [...]

If you are waking up with itchy, red bumps or welts on your body, it’s likely that you have a bed bug infestation. These hardy insects have come back from extinction in the US, likely due to increased international travel and the US ban of the toxic DDT pesticide. Areas like New York City and [...]

If you’re a home buyer which home would you prefer? A home with no pest control record that could be harboring unseen termites or nesting mice or some other unhealthy and potentially dangerous pest? Or a home that has been continuously protected against invading insect and animal pests and carries a pest control warranty from [...]

Most states, including New Jersey, have tough laws regarding the use of pesticides on school and day care properties. Some states now prevent the use of toxic pesticides not only in schools but on athletic playing fields frequented by children. Concern about the potential long-range effects exposure to chemical pesticides may have on children has more people, from northern [...]

To northern New Jersey homeowners, all ants look alike. When Bergen, Passaic, West Essex or Morris County homeowners call a northern New Jersey pest control firm, they’re likely to describe an ant problem by the size or color of the ants that have invaded their kitchen or sometimes by what the ants appear to be [...]

Rats have invaded the Gowanus section of New York City, drawn by the savory smells and garbage from the food vending trucks. Rats have become so prolific that residents say they play like puppies in the streets and are invading homes. Rats also caused the health department to close down a KFC/Taco Bell restaurant. Here [...]

Spring brings out the bugs in northern New Jersey. As you walk around your Bergen, Passaic, West Essex or Morris County home, you’re likely to notice increased insect activity. House spiders weave silky egg pouches along ceilings. Little black ants trail across kitchen floors foraging for crumbs. Pavement ants spill over patio stones. Big black carpenter [...]

Computers have become such a normal part of American life that people in northern New Jersey no longer think twice about snacking while they check their email or update their Facebook page. Office lunches are often eaten while at the keyboard, busy New Jersey workers munching as they type. While there’s nothing wrong with multi-tasking, eating [...]

We won’t kid you. If bed bugs invade your northern New Jersey home, it’s going to be traumatic. Bed bugs are tenacious and difficult to kill. Their bodies are covered with a hard outer cuticle. They hide deep in tiny crevices where they are hard to access, and they spread easily from one room to [...]