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 [...]

There’s nothing more pleasant on a New Jersey summer night than being lulled to sleep by nature’s summer symphony. Outside your window, the cricket’s piercing fiddle provides a pleasing counterpoint to the soft drone of other nocturnal insects. But when an errant fiddler takes up residence in your basement, disrupting your peaceful slumber with his [...]

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 [...]

Who doesn’t look forward to summer vacation? Idle days, pleasant evenings, new places, no chores, no demands, total relaxation — at least that’s how most of us envision our vacations before we leave home. Even if your summer vacation doesn’t turn out to be quite as idyllic as you had hoped, the change of pace and [...]

The hot, damp weather has spawned a surge in millipede and centipede populations in northern New Jersey. Some residents in Bergen, Morris, Passaic and Hudson counties have found their homes overrun by these many-legged insects that can scurry across floors or up walls in a flash.
Centipedes and millipedes have segmented, worm-like bodies with two pairs of short, fringe-like [...]

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 [...]

In Florida people kid themselves by calling them Palmetto Bugs, but no matter what you call it the American cockroach is a dangerous, disease-carrying problem pest in northern New Jersey. The largest cockroach species found in Bergen, Morris, Passaic and Hudson counties, the American cockroach is 1 1/2 inches long and reddish-brown in color with [...]

What’s black and yellow and goes buzz? Most Bergen County residents would probably answer, “a bumble bee”; but many stinging insects look amazing alike to the untrained eye. Honey bees, bumble-bees, carpenter bees, European hornets and yellowjacket wasps all have distinctive black and yellow markings but very different behaviors.
They may look alike, but bees and [...]

In northern New Jersey, Fourth of July celebrations mean backyard barbecues, outdoor picnics and plenty of al fresco snacking and chatting with friends and family. At Independence Day gatherings, Bergen County homeowners often welcome drop-by visits from neighbors and friends. But one frequent drop-by visitor that won’t be welcome at Bergen, Morris, Passaic and Hudson [...]

When hot summer weather comes to northern New Jersey, dog owners know it’s time to start checking Rover for fleas. Flea season in New Jersey begins in early spring when winter snows start to melt in March and continues through November’s hard frosts. If your dog or cat brings fleas into your Bergen County home, [...]