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Is Your Home Attracting Insects

How is Your Home Attracting Insects

You wake for a glass of milk at 3:00 a.m. As you groggily flick on the kitchen light, you see something move out of the corner of your eye and then it quickly disappears. Bugs can crawl around your floor, walk over your countertops, vanish under your

Do Different Smells Attract Insects

During the spring and summer, and on into the fall, you see insects flying, buzzing, and scampering about. They all seem to have a destination in mind. Where are they going? We hurry about our day with tasks to perform and obligations to meet, but so

Why Are Bugs Attracted to My Bathroom?

A minute frog perched on the top of the doorknob I had just reached for outside my suite. For a brief moment, I wondered, "Was it real?" Standing there, as stock-still as a statue, I was truly dumbfounded. While the tiny frog looked very life-like, i

Does Mold Attract Bugs?

The presence of mold in the domestic environment often raises concerns about its connection to insect infestations. While the relationship between mold and bugs is not as simple as a direct attraction, understanding the underlying factors is crucial

How to Get Rid of Bugs in Your House

Within a home, there could be as many as 100 species of insects, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The study also reveals that many of these insects are filtered from the outdoors, and surprisingly, factors like house tidiness and