Up until the latter half of the 19th century, termites were not a common problem within structures located in Massachusetts, as termites are generally more abundant in humid, hot and tropical to subtropical environments. Today, the eastern subterranean termite has...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year 30,000 people contract lyme disease in the United States, and this amount continues to increase with each passing year. Although this is certainly a whole lot of new lyme disease cases for one...
The black widow spider is well known for being the most venomous spider species to inhabit North America. Unfortunately, researchers have shown that black widows are moving farther north into regions of North America where they were once non-existent. While black...
Witnessing massive fly swarms is not necessarily unusual in the northeast region of the United States. Flies like black flies, greenheads, and fruit flies can be a nuisance to both urban and rural dwellers, but coastal areas tend to see the largest and most frequent...
Carpenter bees belong to the genus known as Xylocopa, which is comprised of around 500 carpenter bee species that are distributed all over the world. Carpenter bees can be found in the southern and eastern states of the US, and they are the largest bees in the country...
