Crickie's New Jersey Pest Control Tips

Many insects that plague us during the hot summer months die back or go dormant during northern New Jersey’s cold winters. Unfortunately there is no respite from termites. These destructive wood-eating insects continue gnawing on the structural wood in New Jersey homes and commercial buildings year-round. Each year, termites attack one in four northern New [...]

If you see signs of termite activity at your northern New Jersey home, it is important to contact an experienced termite control expert to prevent additional damage from occurring. Termites invade 4 out of 5 homes in Bergen, Passaic, West Essex and Morris counties every year. Living in massive underground colonies that can number in [...]

Termites may be gnawing away on your northern New Jersey home. These usually unseen wood-destroying pests live in massive nests deep underground leaving little sign of their destruction until considerable damage has occurred. Termites will damage 1 in 5 homes in Bergen, Passaic, West Essex and Morris counties this year. Nationwide, these stealthy insect pests [...]

Northern New Jersey homeowners should be on the lookout for termite activity. Although termites are active all year long, termite activity is often discovered in the spring as northern New Jersey homeowners start on home maintenance and home improvement projects. The annual spring cleaning ritual and home spruce up projects that most New Jersey homeowners begin [...]

With swarming season about to begin, northern New Jersey home and business owners should be alert for signs of termite infestation. As noted in our previous post, swarming termites are a certain indication of an entrenched termite infestation in the immediate area. Termites swarm to expand their colonies but these inexpert fliers don’t always fly [...]

Termites are active year round; but as spring nears mature colonies expand their territories, sending specialized colony members called “winged reproducers” to establish new termite colonies. March is when termites start to swarm in northern New Jersey, and they continue swarming through May. As the ground warms, subterranean termite colonies send hundreds of winged reproducers climbing [...]

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 northern [...]

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.
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During the winter months before termites begin to swarm is the best time to have your northern New Jersey home inspected for possible termite infestation. Northern New Jersey is home to the Eastern subterranean termite which begins swarming as early as March with termite swarms continuing through April and May. Swarming is the behavior termites use [...]