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Chickweed (Stellaria Media) Chickweed is a cool season annual. This is a low-growing plant with very small broad oval leaves. The…

Spotted Spurge (Euphorbia Maculata) Spotted Spurge is a warm season annual that is found in compacted or disturbed soils such as…

Knotweed (Polygonum Arenastrum) Knotweed is an annual plant commonly found in infertile compacted soil. You'll notice this plant along driveways, sidewalks…

Crabgrass (Digitaria Sanguinalis) Crabgrass is an annual weed that grows from seeds produced the previous year. The most effective way to…

Fleas Fleas are an external parasite of mammals and birds. They live by consuming the blood of their hosts. Flat bodies…

Mosquitos Mosquitos, like all flies, go through a four stage life cycle: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Adult females are able…

Get Household Insects Under Control The Spring Touch Perimeter Insect Control program will apply a protective barrier to effectively get rid…

Ants (House, Garden, Carpenter) Ants are a social insect related to wasps and bees. However, they are easy to tell apart…

Wasps (Paper, Mud, Hornets, & Yellow Jackets) There are over one hundred thousand species of wasps all around the world. They…

Asian Lady Beetles (Harmonia Axyridis) The Asian lady beetle resembles a North American ladybug. It gets its name because it is…

Spiders (Arthropods) Spiders have eight legs and fangs that inject venom into their prey, or they can also use their fangs…

House Centipede(Scutigera Coleoptrata) House Centipedes are typically a yellowish-grey centipede with up to 15 pairs of legs. Centipedes like dark corners,…

Earwigs (Dermaptera) Most earwigs are nocturnal and inhabit small cracks and crevices, living in rubbish, piles of debris, or fallen logs.…

Boxelder Bugs (Seed Bugs and True Bugs) Boxelder bugs almost entirely feed on the developing seeds of boxelder, maple, and ash…

Silverfish (Lepsima Saccharina) A silverfish is a small grey wingless insect, it gets its name because its movements resemble a swimming…

Pill Bugs (aka Sow Bugs & Rolly Pollies) The diet of these bugs is largely made up of decomposing plant matter…