Middlesex, NJ Pest Control & Exterminators

While treating this home in Middlesex, NJ we found a stick bug crawling on the side of the property. Also known as the Walking Leaf, the stick bug is a bug that looks like a stick (clever name) and appears to resemble a twig. It has unique camouflage qualities to protect itself from its predators, even swaying like a twig in the wind! They are herbivorous and don't bite or sting humans or other insects, nor are they poisonous.  They're actually good for the environment and feed on foliage, which may benefit new plant growth.

We very carefully relocated this beneficial pest to the homeowner's shrubbery and continued with our treatment of the home.

We were sent out to a new customers home in Middlesex, NJ to treat and remove a large bald-faced hornets nest in a tree in the backyard. Bald-faced hornets are social stinging insects that are a close relative to yellow jackets. The surface of their upper midsection almost looks triangular from the side, and they have white markings on their face. They are EXTREMELY aggressive and will not hesitate to sting anything that invades their space. What makes them even scarier is they have smooth stingers, which means they can sting over and over again, can actually sense vibrations in the air, and remember their invader's face!

First, we treated the nest with a knockdown liquid application. Shortly after, we treated the nest with a knockdown aerosol application. These treatments will quickly neutralize that bald-faced hornets. Lastly, we removed the nest (and the branch it was attached to) and disposed of them properly.

During a scheduled summer treatment of a Home Protection Plan customers home in Middlesex, NJ, we noticed something interesting high up in one of the trees in the backyard - an active, basketball-sized bald-faced hornets nest! When we informed the homeowner, she had no idea that it was even there. Good thing we found it because both her and her husband are highly allergic to bee stings!

Bald-faced hornets are social stinging insects that are a close relative to yellow jackets. They are EXTREMELY aggressive and will not hesitate to sting anything that invades their space. What makes them even scarier is they have smooth stingers, which means they can sting over and over again, can actually sense vibrations in the air, and remember their invader's face!

We grabbed out extendable pole, attached a knockdown aerosol application to it, and then injected it into the nest. A few moments later, we also treated the nest with a knockdown liquid product. Both treatments exterminate the bald-faced hornets almost immediately. A short while later, we removed the nest, and the branch it was attached to, and properly disposed of them.

This summer, I had numerous calls for stinging insect infestations, especially wasps. Social wasps like paper wasps, baldfaced hornets, and yellowjackets are highly aggressive and very territorial. Accidentally encroaching on a nest can trigger an attack by a swarm of angry wasps, each one capable of stinging multiple times.

I’ve dealt with the treatment and removal of both paper wasp nests and baldfaced hornets nests. Paper wasps can build their nests almost anywhere around a home. Here, I treated a pair of nests that were built in a window frame. I also treated a pair of baldfaced hornets nests in a tree and under a soffit.

No worries, after our treatment in Middlesex, NJ, I completely bagged and removed all of the nests from the property.