Distinctive Wasp Characteristics: How To Identify Wasps The Mile High City is not only home to the Rocky Mountains, but many different types of wasps can be found here. Yellow jackets, which happens to be one of the more familiar species, are black and yellow with a distinctive pattern on their abdomen. Paper wasps, another prevalent species, have a slender bodies with long legs and a narrow waist, often featuring shades of brown or reddish-brown. Besides their physical traits, wasps are notorious for showing aggression when they believe their colonies are threatened. Unlike bees, which can on ..read more

One Mouse Usually Means Many More When a solitary mouse makes an appearance in your home, it often serves as an alarming indicator that many more are lurking in the shadows. Mice are social creatures, preferring to dwell in colonies rather than in isolation. Their ability to reproduce rapidly, with a gestation period of just a few weeks, contributes to sudden infestations. And while a lone mouse may seem like a fluke, it’s likely just the tip of the iceberg. Mice are adept at hiding in hard-to-reach areas, such as walls, attics, and crawl spaces, making their detection more complicated than a ..read more

Spider Behavior: How They Hunt, Feed, And Mate Spiders in Denver are meticulous in everything they do, and for proof of this, you need to look no further than how they hunt. Like the wolf spider, some actively stalk their prey, but others spin webs and wait for their prey to get trapped. Spiders will consume living or dead insects. Males seek out mates by following threads females leave behind. This special webbing includes pheromones that make identifying the female easy for the would-be mate. After mating, female spiders can lay hundreds of eggs. Feeding, mating, and seeking shelter are prim ..read more

The Top Pests That Affect Area Businesses There are many pests in the Nashville area, but the most prolific offenders aren't likely to surprise anyone. Spiders, ants, cockroaches, and mice are the most common pest infiltrating commercial buildings. And each one creates its own unique set of problems for you and your customers. It's important to remember that with pests, there's usually more than what you see. It's rarely just a single cockroach or mouse, for example. But even if it were one spotted by a customer is enough to threaten your company's reputation. Beeline Pest Control will protect ..read more

What Types of Flies Are Common In Nashville Homes? You may think that if you have seen one fly, you have seen them all. But actually, there are several different species of flies. In fact, a wide variety of flies are found in Nashville alone. Here is a look at some of the different types of flies in Nashville that you are most likely to see in and around your Nashville home: Fruit flies: These are tiny, usually only about an eighth of an inch long. They have a dark gray or black body and a tan thorax. True to their name, you can usually find these flies hanging around rotten or discarded frui ..read more

Mosquitoes: Habits And Behaviors Of The Little Fly This may surprise you, but mosquitoes are solitary animals. While commonly found swarming in large groups, they only get together whenever they are mating. Once the mosquitoes have reproduced, they will go their separate ways, unlikely ever to cross paths again.  When they are ready to mate, the female mosquitoes in Denver find a human or animal host to bite and feed off their blood. Anyone is at risk of being bitten by a mosquito, but research has shown that mosquitoes tend to be more attracted to people who are sweating or more active w ..read more

One Ant Usually Means More Ants are social insects that commonly live in large colonies. Within each nest are three different groups, or castes, which include the workers, the males, and the queens. Most types of ants only have one queen that lives in the nest. All of the males in the nest have one job, which is to mate with the queen. Once they mate, the male will usually die shortly after. The rest of the female ants in the colony are the worker ants. These ants do everything except reproduce. The worker ant's job is to remove garbage from the nest, feed the baby ants, take care of the queen ..read more

Distinctive Markings: How To Identify A Black Widow Spider Before we talk about how to get rid of black widow spiders, you should know what they look like and how to spot them. Fortunately, black widow spiders are among the easiest arachnids to identify due to their unique markings. Their bodies are a shiny black color, and they have two reddish triangles on the undersides of their abdomens. These triangles often join at their peaks to form an hourglass shape. Immature black widow spiders are orange and white with the same red markings underneath. Black widow spiders have eight legs and eight ..read more

Unveiling The Mystery Of Flies: How To Identify Different Fly Species First, let’s talk about how to identify flies in Denver. There are many types of flies found throughout the United States, but two of the most commonly found in Denver homes are the house fly and the fruit fly. The house fly is usually a dark gray color and measures between an eighth of an inch and a quarter of an inch long. They have six legs, two small antennae, and two transparent wings. Their bodies are slightly hairy, and they have red compound eyes with thousands of tiny lenses. Fruit flies, on the other hand, are typi ..read more

The Life Cycle Of Common Wasps In order to understand wasp removal, you should first know about the lifecycle of these pests. Wasps begin life as eggs laid by a female wasp after mating. These eggs are typically placed into the cells of a wasp nest to protect them. A food source, such as a dead caterpillar or another insect, is often put into the nest with the egg. Larvae usually hatch from the eggs within a few days and feed on the insect. As the larvae eat, they outgrow their skin, molting a total of five times before entering the pupal stage. The larval stage usually takes about two weeks ..read more