With the warmer, sunnier weather gladly upon us, now is the time for Paper Wasps, Hornets and Yellow Jackets to begin seeking out nesting sites along the eaves and gutterlines of your home.  At nearly every stop I make, a quick glance upwards and I am visually locating these stinging insects either already establishing their […]

Every Spring, the first big heat wave of the season (usually in May), triggers the annual swarms of Carpenter Ants that leave their nesting sites in search of a new home.  The 80 degree temperatures forecast for this Mother’s Day weekend in Snohomish County will most certainly start this process.  Should you notice concentrations of

The exceptionally cool and wet June that we experienced seemed to really put the annual development of the Yellow Jacket and Paper Wasp invasions on hold.  Once I began to again come across developing Yellow Jacket nests in early July, they appeared as the same size of nests that we would usually find in late

In the Pacific Northwest, mid-October brings with it the return of colder, wet weather.  With this also comes the annual influx of rodent infestations into the attic and crawlspace areas of your home.  From now, until next May or June, the rodents, i.e. rats and mice, that were once content to live outside in the

If you are beginning to find daily Yellow Jackets flying around inside your home, this is a clear indication that your home actually developed a full blown nest over the past season, most likely in your attic area.  As the life span of these insects begin to wind down, they abandon their nesting site and