As the holiday season approaches, you likely have a lot of things on your plate. Family and work responsibilities continue and can make the logistics of traveling for the holidays difficult to manage. If you have travel plans for Thanksgiving your main concerns are likely related to nailing down your itinerary, navigating the crowds of people, and enjoying the short time you have with loved ones. Unfortunately, there is another potential concern that you should pay attention to during your travels and that is bed bugs. It is important to keep an eye out for signs of bed bugs during your Thanksgiving travels so you can avoid bringing them back to your home.

Do you want to have a pest infestation in your home? Of course not. But your actions may be saying something else entirely to the pests that are trying to find their way inside. You may be inadvertently inviting pests into your home by neglecting the exterior maintenance of your home, ignoring necessary repairs on the inside, and by making food easily accessible to pests.

If you are like most people, your first response to seeing a pest inside your home is to find a way to get it out – for good. All pests are unwanted and some are even dangerous to the health of your family or the condition of your home. Unfortunately, some of the most harmful pests are also the most difficult to eradicate completely from your property. Three of the pests that are notoriously difficult to eradicate include termites, bed bugs, and cockroaches. 

There is never a good time to discover that your home has a pest infestation. But, making that discovery when you have a house full of guests for Thanksgiving will feel a lot worse than making it at a time when you are home alone. You can avoid an embarrassing moment like that by taking a few proactive steps before your guests arrive. Get pests out of your home – and keep them out – before your Thanksgiving guests arrive with the help of a pest inspection, professional treatment, and a few habit changes.

As the weather cools and moves toward the wintertime there are a number of elements in nature that start to change. The trees, grass, and other plants as well as many types of animals respond to the changes in the weather. If you have been fighting pests in and around your home throughout the spring and fall you are likely hoping that the pests will respond to the changes in the weather and simply go away. There is good news and bad news when it comes to pest behavior in the winter – some respond by dying off or going away but there are others that do not change their behavior at all. Keep reading to learn about the wintertime behavior of five common pests.