The Orkin Blog

Check out these five tips to help keep pests from crawling around your property and disturbing tenants this winter.

Knowing the signs of bed bugs is the first step in finding and removing these pests.

Bed bugs are mostly found in bedding, mattresses, on headboards and in bed frames and box springs.

Everyone reacts differently to bed bug bites but the typical reaction is small, red, raised, itchy bumps.

Ticks are blood-sucking parasites commonly found throughout Canada. Peak tick season for nymphs usually occurs during the spring and summer months, while adults are a threat in the late fall.

Grey squirrels have two breeding periods per year, one in mid-summer and another in early spring.

Bed bugs are nocturnal and so small, detecting them can be very difficult. They are small, flat and have oval-shaped bodies. They have six legs and two antennae. Bed bugs cannot fly and have short, golden coloured body hair that can make their bodies appear to be striped

Most ant species found in Canada form new colonies by producing winged ants and swarming during the warmer weather of spring and early summer.

Black carpenter ants are common structure infesting ants found throughout Canada. The tiny insect primarily lives outdoors but gains access to homes when looking for food sources and sites to establish satellite nests.

To understand what an American Carpet Beetle looks like, review these images.