Pest Insights from Orkin Canada

Both gophers and groundhogs can be found throughout Canada. Pocket gophers grow to about 15cm in length and are typically smaller than groundhogs, which can be as long as 63cm.

Without a clear view of their tails, it can be difficult to distinguish whether a pest is a groundhog or a beaver.

Depending on their numbers and location, earwigs can be helpful. However, large populations of adult and baby earwigs can be problematic.

The typical diets of wasps largely include other insects and arachnids. Wasps also feed on sweet liquids like nectars.

Mosquitoes and other biting and stinging insects know how to turn a lovely day outdoors into a pestering situation.

Bed bugs are blood-sucking insects that rely on humans for meals.

The Draculas of the insect world, bed bugs only feed on blood and make their move in the dead of night.