Guard Your Home Against These 5 Fall New Jersey Pests
Guard Your Home Against These 5 Fall New Jersey Pests By Horizon Pest Control As the leaves change color and the weather starts to cool down, New Jersey homeowners must shift their focus to pests that become a problem during this time of year. Many people think that pests only become an issue during spring […]
How to Trap and Release a Spider Without Killing It
How to Trap and Release a Spider Without Killing It By Horizon Pest Control Spiders: they’re creepy, they’re crawly, but they can actually benefit your home and garden as a form of natural pest control. By building webs and hunting, they can help reduce populations of flies, moths, mosquitoes, and more. Even so, it’s understandable […]
What is the Best Way to Kill a Spider?
What is the Best Way to Kill a Spider? By Horizon Pest Control What is the Most Humane Way to Kill a Spider? How do you deal with a spider in your home? We all know that if the world was a perfect place, we wouldn’t kill the spider invader at all, but instead, help […]
Venomous Chilean Spider Infestation
Venomous Chilean Spider Infestation By Horizon Pest Control The Massive Venomous Chilean Spider Infestation That Was Mysteriously Found In A Popular Museum 60 Years Ago Cannot Be Eradicated Spider infestations can take form within any type of structure, including immaculate museums located within the Arctic circle where venomous spiders are not supposed to exist. As […]
Scientists Are Baffled by Newly Discovered “Silkhenge” Spider
Scientists Are Baffled by Newly Discovered “Silkhenge” Spider By Horizon Pest Control In 2013 scientists doing research in Peru came across a strange structure made of spider silk never before seen. The structure, referred to as “Silkhenges” due to its mysterious origins and resemblance to the famous Stonehenge, is comprised of a single silky tower-like structure surrounded […]
The Pikachu Pokemon Spider!
The Pikachu Pokemon Spider! By Horizon Pest Control The love of the show/game Pokemon has literally become a global phenomenon, as was demonstrated when the Pokemon game for smart phones came out and so many people were obsessed with it that some actually died in their relentless pursuit to “catch em all.” I’ll admit, I […]
How Salt Benefits Some Spiders
How Salt Benefits Some Spiders By Horizon Pest Control Humans can survive brutally cold winters with much greater success than every kind of bug species. Even if a grasshopper could throw on a parka and muffs it would still die from the extreme cold since spiders cannot regulate their internal temperatures, in other words, spiders […]
Giant Funnel-Web Spiders Fangs
Giant Funnel-Web Spiders Fangs By Horizon Pest Control Giant Funnel-Web Spiders Have Fangs Big Enough to Bite Through Your Shoe As long as I can remember spiders have been scary, sure, but experts were always claiming that while some spiders can bite through human skin and harm us, they can’t bite through clothes or shoes. […]
DIY Pest Control Tips for 8 Common Pests
DIY Pest Control Tips for 8 Common Pests By Horizon Pest Control There are numerous reasons why it is smart to learn do-it-yourself pest control methods even if you have an account with a professional. You never know when some of the pests featured here might bother you. Here are some simple ways to handle […]
What Is the Difference Between an Arachnid and a Spider?
What Is the Difference Between an Arachnid and a Spider? By Horizon Pest Control Many people use the term “spider” and “arachnid” interchangeably, but do these words mean the same thing as everyone assumes? I personally have always assumed that an arachnid and a spider were one and the same thing. Actually, arachnids include a […]
