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Bees, Wasps, and Hornets: this trio of flying insects can be some of the most troubling creatures to have flying around your home — or even sometimes inside of it. But with all of these insects flying around, sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference between the three,…

Here at City Wide Exterminating, we have a deep commitment to the customers we serve. As a part of that community commitment, we want people to get to know us a little bit better, and getting to know us means first and foremost getting to know the people who make…

Crickets are the type of insect that are sort of just a natural part of life. In a way they’re kind of background noise; you hear them but often don’t see them, and even when you do see them are you really even seeing them? Ok, enough with the cricket…

Spiders are kind of cool. Spider-Man is VERY cool. But a spider infestation crawling around your home? Not very cool, and sometimes even dangerous. Let’s take a look at some of the most dangerous spiders in the United States. What Makes a Spider Dangerous? For the purposes of this list,…

Winter is almost here, and in pest control terms that means a reprieve from many of the warm-weather insects that cause trouble, like mosquitoes, bees & wasps, and termites (for the most part). So with all of those annoying little buggers taking a winter nap, why would you need pest…

North Carolina is a place that has (relatively) moderate temperatures. Sure, it can get chilly, but we’re almost never experiencing the sorts of winters that our friends further North have to deal with. This is mostly great (yay, we aren’t freezing our butts off!), but it does come with one…

“Do mothballs repel chipmunks?” “Do mothballs keep skunks away?” “Do mothballs repel snakes?” This is just a small selection of many mothball-related questions that populate Google’s autofill when you type in, “do mothballs”. So what’s the deal with all this mothball talk? And is any of it actually true? We…