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Pests in Las Vegas as well as the rest of the world survive the winter by taking on the temperature of the air around them. This is called overwinter mode – insects manipulate their metabolism and biochemistry to avoid freezing to death.

Having a real Christmas tree in your home is a wonderful thing – there is nothing like the smell of a real tree over an artificial tree. This can be a big decision for many people - fears of introducing unwanted and potentially harmful pests into the home via the tree are unwarranted.

HOLIDAY TIME CAN MEAN A LOT OF TRAVELING AND MANY BED BUGS December is the time of year families get together to enjoy the holidays with one another. If you are travelling out of Las Vegas or family members are coming to visit you – Beware of Bed Bugs.

Recently creepy clowns are getting all the attention; however Science of Us is investigating the psychology behind some of the most common fears – bugs!

This is the time of year when the temperatures fall to the 40’s and 50’s and bugs and pests look for somewhere warm to overwinter like your home. The pests looking for shelter during winter months include rats, mice, stink bugs, cockroaches, Asian lady beetles, boxelder bugs and some spiders. These pests can be harmful to both people and homes

Recently there has been a new finding that suggests no amount of housecleaning will turn your home into a bug-free zone. There are over 600 types of insects, spiders and centipedes that live in most American homes.

Centipedes and Millipedes that live in the Las Vegas area are for the most part not poisonous and they also do not cause damage to homes. An infestation can cause anxiety for a lot of people when they come across these crawlers

Cockroaches cause us both fear and revulsion and are certainly unwanted in our homes- with good reason. Cockroaches are pests simply because they introduce bacteria and allergens into our homes and are difficult to get rid of. Nothing unnerves us so much as a threat we cannot see. We might catch sight of the cockroach scurrying away, but what it contaminated is impossible to know for sure.

As the temperatures starts getting a bit cooler in late October many pests will try to found shelter from the outside. Here are a few tips to keep your home in the Las Vegas Valley from becoming a haunted house this Halloween.

Mites are very small – most of them are microscopic - and invasions of mites in the home go unnoticed. There are all types of species of mites now exceeding 48,000 and one of the most common pests on earth.

The fall season in Las Vegas is here and not too far way are the winter months when we spend more time indoors. From Summerlin to Henderson we are feeling the comfort of our homes….until a mouse or a cockroach scurries across the floor.

The Las Vegas Valley is home to many different types of spiders. The brown recluse spider is one of the spiders that reside in southern parts of the country and is one of two spiders with significant venom in North America.