Pest infestations, at best, can prove a major inconvenience and possible health threat. However, sometimes, a bug swarm can snowball into what feels like a full-on plague, wreaking havoc on everything and everyone in its path. Here are 10 examples in history where...
Bed bugs aren’t fun, and just the sound of their name is cringeworthy. You don’t want bugs inside your house, let alone the bed where you sleep. These little creatures live off the blood of their host and are about the size of an apple seed. The females lay hundreds...
Think you’ve got termites? Dealing with termites is a pain that no one ever looks forward to. The insects have a long list of destructive behaviors and do their best to become a homeowner’s worst nightmare. With their massive appetite for the wood in your...
For anyone who thinks of scorpions as desert pests, they’re shocked to find one in the Carolinas. Even though it’s natural to assume this kind of threat is only found in places like Arizona, the fact is you might deal with a scorpion infestation in this portion of the...
A fairly common pest in the Carolinas, yellowjackets are notorious for being aggressive and stinging anyone they perceive as a threat. Understandably, nobody wants these on their property. If someone is allergic to yellowjackets, the sting is much more of a threat. By...
If you think termites and cockroaches have little to do with each other, you better reconsider. The taxonomy of termites has been recently updated by the Entomological Society of America (ESA). As a result, the termite order Isoptera has been merged with the cockroach...
