When summer ends, many homeowners assume their ant problems should disappear. But if you’re still finding ants in your kitchen, bathroom, windowsills, or other areas of your home in October, you’re not necessarily imagining things. Ant activity can continue well into fall, particularly when ants find favorable conditions inside or around a home. And if …
Finding droppings in the garage, hearing scratching behind a wall, or discovering chewed food packaging can be unsettling. But there is another question that often comes immediately afterward: Do I have mice or rats? The distinction matters because mice and rats differ in size, behavior, nesting habits, and the ways they may enter and move …
Fall in Western Washington brings cooler temperatures, shorter days, and plenty of rain. It’s also a good time to take a closer look at your home for conditions that could invite unwanted pests indoors. You don’t need to wait until you see a mouse in the kitchen or discover a nest in the garage. A …
If you’ve started noticing more spiders inside your Western Washington home as summer winds down, you’re not imagining it. Spiders can become much more noticeable around homes during late summer and fall. You may find them in garages, basements, crawl spaces, windows, corners, or other relatively quiet areas of the house. That doesn’t necessarily mean …
As summer winds down and fall approaches, Western Washington homeowners may notice something they would rather not see: evidence of mice or rats around the house. A cooler evening, a little scratching in the crawl space, droppings in the garage, or chewed food packaging can be an early warning that rodents have found your home …