Ants

More than 20 varieties of ants invade homes throughout the United States during the warm months of the year. Worldwide, there are more than 12,000 species, but only a small number cause problems.

Destructive ants include fire and carpenter ants. Others ant types include the honey, Pharaoh, house, Argentine, and the thief ant.

All ants share one trait: They're unsightly and contaminate food.

Ants range in color from red to black.

Fire ants are vicious, unrelenting predators with a powerful, painful sting.

At least 32 deaths in the U.S. can be attributed to severe allergic reactions to fire ant stings.

Millions of dollars are spent each year eradicating fire ants alone.

Carpenter ants range in size from one-quarter inch for a worker ant to up to three-quarters inch for a queen.

A carpenter ant colony can have a long life span. Each colony is founded by a single fertilized queen that establishes a nesting site in a cavity in wood.

A carpenter ant colony does not reach maturity until it contains 2,000 or more workers, which can take three to six years.

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Cockroaches

One of the oldest insects fossil remains date back 200 million years.

Crawl around on six legs, have wings and two antennae.

Like dark, damp places with a plentiful food supply; hide during the day in warm, dark places, such as under sinks, behind dishwashers, stoves and refrigerators, and inside cupboards.

Feed on a variety of foods, especially starchy and sugary materials, including book bindings, photographic film, linens, leather goods and numerous food items; usually forage at night.

Can survive a month or more without food, but less than two weeks without water.

Have an acrid odor that may permeate items with which they come in contact.

Can transmit bacteria and organisms responsible for diseases in humans including food poisoning, cholera, dysentery, salmonellosis and strep.

A study by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a report in the New England Journal of Medicine indicate that exposure to cockroach allergens is a major health concern for asthmatic children.

Under optimum conditions, cockroaches can produce two million offspring in one year, with an average breeding season resulting in 350,000 offspring.

Found around the world. Two species are prevalent in the United States, the American cockroach and the German cockroach.

The American cockroach has reddish-brown wings and light markings on its thorax and reaches lengths of up to 1.5 inches.

The German cockroach is between one-half and five-eighths inches long and is light brown with two dark stripes down its back.

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Termites

Cause serious damage to structures often long before they are discovered more than $1.5 billion in property damage a year to over 600,000 homes in the U.S.

Feed on books, papers or anything containing cellulose.

Favor warmer climates and actively avoid light.

Live in underground colonies some containing over two million members.

In a larger nest, a queen and king may live for 15 years, with the queen laying up to one egg every 15 seconds for most of her life.

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Fire Ants

Three species are common to the Southern US: the red imported fire ant, the imported fire ant, and southern fire ants.

Pose a significant health threat due to their stings.

Can be lethal to quail, deer, lizards, songbirds, horn toads and a small portion of the population who experience severe allergic reactions.

Infest wall voids, bath traps, shower stalls, and hot water heater walls.

Have been spreading Northward, Westward, and Southward since the 1950s.

Are sensitive to vibration or movement. Fire ants can swarm up a person's leg and when one ant stings that person jerks or moves. This triggers many of the other ants to sting in response. Thus, it appears they all sting at the same time.

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Wasps & Bees

Wasp's dont have a job, are basicly immortal, and deathly quiet until they viciously attack stinging you over and over!

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Rats & Mice

Rats

Various species are problematic in the U.S., mainly the Norway rat and roof rat.

Bite more than 45,000 people each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

Can burrow three feet straight into the ground, chew through building materials such as glass, cinderblock, wire, aluminum and lead, and can climb inside pipes with diameters between one-half and four inches.

Primarily rely on smell, taste, touch and hearing.

Eat and urinate on human and animal food.

Support many ectoparasites.

Mice

A female house mouse gives birth to a litter of approximately six mice about 19 days after mating and is capable of mating again in two days.

Can produce six to 10 litters a year.

Are able to mate two months after birth.

Can produce 2,500 heirs in six months, with ideal conditions and no mortality.

Establish a nesting site near sources of food and feed 15 to 20 times a day.

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