A guide to summer spiders, by Allison Beach, BCE-Intern Why Am I Finding So Many Spider Webs Around My House This Summer? Every summer it seems to happen overnight. You head outside to grab the newspaper, let the dog out, or water the flowers, only to walk straight through a freshly spun spider web. If […]
Written by Franklin Pest Solutions’ Technical Specialist, Allison Beach, B.C.E.-Intern Cold weather makes most people think pest season is over. Once winter sets in, it feels like insects and rodents should disappear until spring. That is why discovering a stink bug crawling across the wall in February or noticing a slow moving fly near a […]
If you’ve found yourself here, chances are one of these situations sounds familiar: You or someone in your family has a mysterious bite, and you’ve started searching online for answers. You spotted a suspicious brown spider in the basement or laundry room, and your heart skipped a beat. Someone in the house yelled, “Is this […]
Fall is spider season in more ways than one! It’s common to see large decorative spiders, as well as real ones outside and inside our homes during this time of year. Opposed to their scary depictions in Halloween media, real spiders are nothing to fear! Below are some cool spider facts, some common species we […]
Top 5 creepiest critters we see around Halloween One thing we have definitely learned in all the years we’ve been in business is that every single person has their own tolerance level for certain types of pests. A pest sighting can trigger past memories or experiences that our whole body will respond to. We get […]
Weather is getting cooler. Leaves are falling. Critters are fattening up and scouting warm, dry spots to stow away over the long winter months ahead. The creepiest of crawlies (spiders) are making their presence very well known just in time for Halloween. Are All Spiders Dangerous? We get this question all the time. It’s not […]