Crickie's New Jersey Pest Control Tips

The first cool nights of late summer signal New Jersey insects that it’s time to seek shelter for the cold winter ahead. A number of insects — stink bugs, Asian lady bird beetles, native lady bugs, boxelder bugs and cluster flies — creep into northern New Jersey homes each fall to overwinter in wall voids [...]

Asian tiger mosquitoes pose a new threat to residents of northern New Jersey. A serious problem in nearby Mercer and Monmouth counties, the Asian tiger mosquito has become a public-health threat in recent years. This mosquito prefers human to animal blood. Its bite can transmit West Nile virus, Dengue Fever, Yellow Fever and Chikungunya virus.
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Most people describe them as tiny, gray armadillos. Called pillbugs but also known as wood lice, these small pests are not actually insects but tiny crustaceans like shrimp and crayfish. Pillbugs have seven pairs of legs attached like fringe to flat, oval bodies. Their bodies are covered with overlapping protective plates that give them their [...]

The dog days of summer may still be a month off, but the mercury is already climbing into the triple digits. If you have pets that are used to spending the day romping outdoors, they’ll be whining to come inside to escape the heat. Before letting pets inside your northern New Jersey home, you might want [...]

Relatively harmless but endlessly annoying, mayflies have started swarming in northern New Jersey. An annual June pest in areas near open water, hundreds of mayflies can be found hovering near ponds, streams, lakes, golf course water features and subdivision retention ponds. These spindly flying  insects can become an intolerable nuisance near restaurants and outdoor dining areas. [...]

Like mini bombardiers, they strafe your front porch light, buzzing noisily as they fly in erratic circles that often result in collisions with visitors trying to dodge their attacks as they attempt to enter your northern New Jersey home. Heavy-bodied, hard-shelled June bugs can turn the front porch of your northern New Jersey home into [...]

Most northern New Jersey pet owners breathed a sigh of relief and stopped worrying about fleas when monthly liquid flea products came on the market a number of years ago. These spot-on pesticide products for flea and tick control were considered safer to use for both pets and their owners. No more dusty, pesticide impregnated collars to [...]

Middle school students in Red Bank, New Jersey know their bugs. The northern New Jersey pest control professionals at Heritage Pest Control congratulate Red Bank Middle School students and their teachers, recent grand prize winners of a national science and technology competition sponsored by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA). Offered through NPMA’s  educational children’s website Pest World [...]

Stink bugs have begun to emerge from their indoor winter hiding places, creating an odiferous nuisance for northern New Jersey home and business owners. True to their name, stink bugs stink. These 3/4-inch long, dull brown or gray bugs secrete a foul-smelling liquid with an unpleasant rotten cheese odor. A defensive mechanism, it’s meant to [...]