Rats. At a glimpse, they have a terrible reputation as filthy and disease-ridden creatures that invade households, businesses and city streets in search of food, water, and shelter. While this tends to be true about rats, we overlook a rat’s best survivalist tool’s social behavior and intelligence. We assume tool…
A Roach Poem Little roach out on the floor Just a nymph not quite full grown Out of darkness to explore the great wide open, alone It is meal time for this roach Avoids the stomp of a shoe Where crumbs fall it will approach even if its out in…
It’s winter time and we are all excited for the holidays, or at least we normally are. We typically gather with family and eat delicious food, but will we be doing so this year? I’m sure some of us will, and some of us won’t. Either way, we end up…
When my 9 year old daughter mentioned that her mosquito bite was itching quite a bit, I was immediately intrigued (and admittedly slightly concerned). A mosquito bite is not inherently concerning in Detroit, but a mosquito bite in November…with a foot of snow on the ground, now that is something…
Mouse droppings in the cupboard. How did they get there? In the world of pests, we see loads of droppings in odd places. People want to know how the rodent got in there. The answer is simple: they jumped. Inevitably, they ask in astonishment, how high can mice jump? Just…
What’s the difference between a wasp and a hornet? Because wasps and hornets are one and the same, it may be hard to tell which flying insect is swarming, but these small details can be used to differentiate one from the other. Here is what you need to know regarding…
