How to Pest-Proof Your Holiday Decor
It’s the holiday season in New England, meaning people across Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut are adorning their homes with trees, wreaths, garlands, and other festive decorations. But ...
How Can You Tell if Your Pet Has Fleas?
Four Ways to Tell… Plus Prevention Tips Bruin is our beloved pup and resident expert in pet safety. The colder months have arrived in New England! While many pests have either died off or gone ...
What are Overwintering Pests?
How to Protect Your Home from Overwintering Pests The Western Conifer Seed Bug is the most common type of stink bug in Massachusetts Colder weather in New England means holidays, hot, chocolate, and ...
How to Prevent Fruit Flies
Have You Seen Fruit Flies in Your Kitchen? Keeping Fruit Flies out of the Kitchen Most of us in New England are no stranger to the occasional fruit fly in our kitchen, especially during the late ...
Don’t Overuse Pesticides
Chemicals Aren’t Always the Solution to Pest Problems When many people see an insect or other little critter invading their home, their first instinct is to spray, spray, spray. Who can blame them? ...
What Are Cicada Killer Wasps?
And, What You Should Do If You See One It’s bee and wasp season in Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut, and the buzzing insects are out in full force. Here at Graduate, we often get calls ...
Black Ground Beetles: What to Do
And, how to tell the difference between black ground beetles and cockroaches
Avoid Getting Stung During Bee Season
Bee on the Lookout Bee or wasp stings can be really painful! Heads up, it’s bee season! We are almost at the end of summer in Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut. This means bee ...
How to Properly Remove a Tick
Ticks are Out for Blood This Year! Ticks can spread serious illnesses! With tick-borne illnesses on the rise in 2018, it’s important that you and your family know how to protect yourselves. ...
Using Trail Cameras for Pest Control
Lights, Trail Camera, Action! Are pests ‘hanging out’ at your house? Do you ever hear a thudding sound in your attic? How about bumps in the basement, or a scratching noise coming from the walls? ...
