What NOT to do: We consult the internet a lot when comparing spider bites, but one of the things we shouldn’t do is compare insect or arachnid bites with other photos. Each person will react differently to spider bites, so photos are not a reliable source when trying to identify what kind of spider [...]
I caught myself a baby bumble bee…or not! What you are actually seeing out and about at your yard may be a carpenter bee. Carpenter bees are very physically similar to bumble bees. They are yellow and black, but have a shiny, black, hairless abdomen and are about 1 to 25 mm long. The [...]
It’s spring and Termites are back! Yeah, it’s been cold a bit, but the season is turning and termites are starting to swarm. You can protect and prevent by watching or checking for the tell tale signs that termites may have infested your home. Here are the top signs that your home may be infected. [...]
A roach is a roach and it’s good as dead. For the longest it didn’t matter what kind of roach it was, because it would soon be annihilated. But, in reality, having roaches in your home is not ok. You can’t just stomp or try to treat on your own. You have to arm yourself [...]
In just a few days, Bullfrog Pest Control will be among companies featured at The Long Island Spring Home Show March 27, 28 & 29, 2015. The event will be held at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead Tpke., Uniondale, NY 11553. The Long Island Spring Home Show will include kitchen and landscape showcases, outdoor living showcase, [...]
The deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, is in a completely different family than the house mouse, Mus musculus. The white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, is closely related to the deer mouse with similar appearance and habits. The deer mouse is found throughout most of Canada and the United States, with the exception of the southeastern U.S. Instead, [...]
Bullfrog has been receiving frantic calls these past few weeks about tiny red insects collecting in large numbers around windows, windowsills and on curtains. Callers are worried that their homes are being infested by bedbugs, or that the red stain the insects leave behind when crushed is blood. From the likes of it however, there [...]
Termite season in New York is in full-swing and Bullfrog is busy gobbling up a healthy dose of these wood destroying suckers! Homeowners should be aware of the small soil born insects that stealthily form colonies, enter homes most often through structural breaches and feast 24 hr/7 days a week on all forms of wood, [...]
Bullfrog came out in full force, talking shop with local facility directors and other exhibitors at the 2011 Long Island Building & Facility Maintenance Show hosted at Hofstra University in Long Island, NY. We proudly exhibited our IPM Institute of North America Green Shield Certified and National Pest Management Association certificates and emphasized the [...]
