Notes from the Green Truck

Although mice and rats are active year-round, spring and fall are when rodents cause the most trouble for New Jersey home and business owners. Their narrow skulls and flexible bodies allow rodents to squirm through small cracks and holes to get inside buildings. A mouse can wriggle through a space no bigger than a dime; [...]

The first sign of trouble was a little mound of what looked like sawdust on the raised concrete ledge in the laundry room. My neighbor has a raised ranch. In the unfinished basement area there is a narrow half-inch gap between the wallboard and the concrete foundation. Between every set of studs we could see [...]

Carpenter bees are also known as “wood boring bees”. While they can assist pollination in gardens, they are considered a pest because of the damage they can cause to wood structures. These bees have the ability to bore through wood, and they build their nests in wood structures around homes. They are considered one of [...]

Pigeons were first introduced to the US as pets several centuries ago, but as they learned how to adapt to the environment, their numbers grew rapidly. Today, feral pigeons are the number one pest birds in the country, and they can be found in just about any place where food and shelter are available.
Pigeon droppings [...]

Do you hear a rustling sound, something akin to crinkling cellophane when standing near a wall in your home? Do you find that you keep killing ants, only to have them return again and again? If so, you may have carpenter ants. These industrious insects hollow out walls and can cause structural damage to your [...]

Other diseases that mice transmit include:
7) Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease that is transmitted when a person is bitten by ticks that are found on mice. It is characterized by the initial occurrence of a type of skin lesion called erythema migrans as well as fever, fatigue, and chills. If the infected person is [...]

Mice are known to carry bacteria and parasites that can cause serious health problems. Here is a list of diseases that are commonly transmitted by mice:
1) Salmonellosis is a form of food poisoning that occurs when a person is infected with the Salmonella bacteria. This usually happens when food is contaminated with the feces of an [...]

Cockroaches are one of the most feared insects on the planet.  Nobody wants them, nobody ever wants to admit that they have them, and they are very hardy little buggers.  Cockroaches are so hardly that try as you may by using store bought sprays, traps, or bug bombs, and you will likely not kill them [...]

I was surprised today when someone said “bed bugs are just an old wives tale, they are not real.”  Ask any of the residents of the 308 unit North Bergen senior housing building their opinion of that statement, and I am certain it will differ.  Bed bugs have been plaguing the residents of the building [...]

So there he was, alone in his private bathroom, minding his own businesses, when he suddenly had specks of the ceiling come tumbling down upon him.  At first he looked up and did not see anything out of the norm.  After a few minutes, it happened again.  White ceiling material came raining down on his [...]