Crickie's New Jersey Pest Control Tips

Insect and animal pests not only present a health risk to you and your family, they can cause hundreds, even thousands of dollars in damage to your northern New Jersey home. Professional pest control companies can get rid of invasive pests, but what about the damage to your property? It may be weeks before you [...]

When you see a cockroach skitter across your kitchen floor or find ants crawling on the counter, you need a northern New Jersey pest control company — fast! But how do you choose?
Here’s what to look for when selecting a New Jersey pest control firm:

Longevity of service. You can count on a northern New Jersey [...]

Desperation is driving some people in northern New Jersey and other parts of the country to take drastic steps to try to rid their homes of blood-sucking bed bugs. In their rush to rid their homes of bed bugs and other pests, homeowners who fail to investigate the credentials of the pest control company they [...]

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 [...]

Modern pest control treatments have come a long way from the noxious, foul-smelling poisons that you may remember from your childhood.  Today, progressive northern New Jersey pest control companies like Heritage Pest Control are able to offer their customers “green” pest control options that use minimally invasive eco-friendly treatment procedures to safeguard your family’s health [...]

What do you do if the worst happens and despite your most careful precautions your college student brings home bed bugs and they start to infest your northern New Jersey house? With bed bugs rampant at college campuses across the country, it’s every New Jersey parent’s nightmare scenario. As soon as there is even the [...]

If bed bugs have been a problem at your college student’s campus, take precautions when he comes home. To avoid contaminating your home, unpack suitcases, laundry baskets, boxes and back packs in the garage or in a cleared portion of your laundry room.
Carefully inspect items for signs of bed bugs. Look for live bugs, molt [...]

Your family is precious to you. As a parent you strive every day to protect your children from danger so that they’ll grow up strong and healthy. So why would you risk exposing them to powerful commercial chemicals when you have a pest control problem in your home?
While there are times when certain chemicals may [...]

You can’t rid your home of bed bugs with a can of Raid. Even the most powerful pesticide available from your local hardware or home store won’t touch these nocturnal vampire bugs. Bed bugs have a hard cuticle that is difficult to penetrate. Coupled with genetic immunity built up over generations of exposure to lethal [...]

Morristown, NJ, the latest ground zero in the bed bug wars, is in the news again. Senior citizens living in an apartment complex and the Morristown Housing Authority that manages the building are understandably frustrated by their inability to bring the months-long bed bug nightmare to an end. Morristown Mayor Donald Cresitello is now considering [...]