Notes from the Green Truck

The extreme heat has taken a toll on northern New Jersey wildlife. New Jersey state conservationists have reported a noticeable increase in bird and wildlife deaths and larger than normal numbers of roadkill on Bergen County streets and highways. It’s all part of the cycle of life. The old, sick, young and infirm are easy targets for the [...]

Some New Jersey pests like ants and cockroaches can be a constant problem for Bergen County home owners. Other pests are a seasonal nuisance, invading northern New Jersey homes primarily in spring, summer or fall. Progressive Bergen County pest control firms offer both one-time and year-round services to meet the needs of all their customers, but year-round [...]

When cockroaches invade your Bergen County home, they carry and spread disease and other pathogens. Cockroaches in your kitchen contaminate food supplies and create an unhealthy food preparation environment. Their decomposing carapaces and feces are the No. 1 cause of children’s asthma in America and aggravate respiratory illnesses, especially in children and seniors. In northern New Jersey restaurants, [...]

A cockroach scurrying across the kitchen floor of your Bergen County home is cause for concern and an immediate call to an experienced northern New Jersey pest control firm. There is no such thing as one cockroach. Roaches live in large nests that may house hundreds of individuals. They are attracted to garbage, food, yard debris and [...]

Stinging insects can put the bite on outdoor summer fun in Bergen, Morris, Passaic and Hudson counties in northern New Jersey and create havoc if these pests gain entrance to your home. Flies, ticks, bees, wasps and mosquitoes can make spending time in your Bergen County backyard more of a trial than a joy. Burning [...]

The loud buzzing first alerts Bergen County homeowners to their presence, but it is the perfectly round, 1/2-inch diameter holes that warn northern New Jersey homeowners that carpenter bees have begun a construction project on their property. Carpenter bees are named for the perfectly round holes they drill into wood, holes so precise they look [...]

If you’re traveling away from your Bergen County home in northern New Jersey this summer for a graduation, wedding, family reunion or vacation, don’t let bed bugs ruin your trip. Bed bug infestations have been reported in all 50 states and are as likely to be a problem in 5-star resorts as economy motels. Savvy [...]

Bed bugs have already ruined at least one family’s graduation celebration and will probably ruin many more before the last New Jersey graduate walks across their university’s stage this June. A family that traveled to Colorado Springs to celebrate their daughter’s graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy was appalled to find their hotel room [...]

Particularly if you have white siding or white painted exterior woodwork on your northern New Jersey home, you may have noticed thousands of tiny red dots swarming over sunny exposures. Barely the size of a pencil point, clover mites are brightly-colored orange-red insects that live in sod feeding on grass and herbaceous plants. They climb up warm [...]

Choosing a reliable and effective pest control company you can trust can seem like a daunting task. The Internet and Yellow Pages offer many options, but no guarantee that one company is better than another. So what criteria can home and business owners in Bergen, Morris, Passaic and Hudson counties, New Jersey use to select a [...]