First thing I would like to make clear is snails are not slugs. They are often mistaken to be so. Snails have shell which covers them and slugs do not. It is not at all difficult to find snails especially during warm and rainy day. You may find them at the base of your house [...]
Tiny and slim creatures are always problematic for us. They are always disgusting. They can irritate you to the core. Thus it is necessary to get rid of them. Below are some ways to get rid of them. Diatomaceous earth: people know this as DE. It looks like white flour but on close observation you [...]
Heartworms are the worms which stick to the heart of animals or mammals specially cats and dogs. As humans have got heart attacks, similarly this worms cause heart strikes to animals. These parasites derived their names from their feature of sticking to hearts of mammals. They may survive there for years and years especially if [...]
Also known as hop-along or no-see-um, the sand fleas are the most dangerous out of all the fleas. When these fleas bite you they cause you severe health hazards. As they are in large number, they sting you and make you suffer a lot by giving unbearable pain. Not all sand fleas are dangerous but [...]
Everyone loves to keep a pet at their home and the most common ones are either a dog or a cat. Cats are so pretty to look like. Also they are very intelligent and their maintenance cost is relatively less. They tend to keep your home surrounding peaceful and quiet. But it’s not that easy [...]
Water bugs belong to the family of hemiptera. They are very well known by the name toe biters or giant water bugs. They reside in ponds, lakes and freshwater streams. They are mostly found in north and South America and also in East Asia. They grow more than 12 cms in length, although their average [...]
Carpet beetles are the beetles which are found on your house carpets. They eat almost everything including your carpet fiber, hair, blankets, animal nests, furniture, garments, lint, dead insects, animal carcasses, leather and pollen from flower in your house. They eat what is organic. They destroy your carpets and furniture. They may even bring about [...]
Boxelder bug basically derived its name from the boxelder tree. They love the juice that comes out of that tree. They get themselves feed on the sap of this tree only. Thus they are also known as Boxelder beetles. These bugs basically don’t harm anyone rather they can cause you headaches if they fall from [...]
The name Black Widow Spider was derived as they are black in color with red or orange hourglass shape on its back. They are not very famous and are also very shy in nature. Black Widow Spiders are nocturnal in nature so you will usually find them coming out in dark and that’s were they [...]
Beetles have got the largest number of species. They are part of the order named coleoptera which means sheathed wing. Beetles can be both harmful and harmless. Some of them act as pests like red flour beetle or Colorado potato beetle while some others like effective pesticides like ladybugs. Most of the beetles are useful [...]