bugs

It is that time of year ... "Tick Season" and this year officials are warning it could be a big year for the bugs! As I mentioned in  my latest blog "Hiking New Jersey" we did encounter ticks so now is a good time to pick hiking and outdoor play areas that have less vegetation so to avoid ticks. ...

It's Summertime here at the Jersey Shore and we want to know what "annoys" you most during summer? In a recent survey of "Air BnB's" the #1 summer complaint is "noise" and "trash" was #2 .... so we wanna see what YOU think? What is YOUR summer pet-peeve? ...

I'm following up yesterday's blog post about how to keep bugs away when we're outside in the summer.  I mentioned some of the sprays and citronella products I was aware of. Well, as luck would have it, I attended a gathering last night where there were way more mosquitoes than people...

It's the perfect time of year to go to the beach and/or dine al fresco, but those pesky bugs can ruin an otherwise perfect day.  I'm talking about those Jersey Shore greenhead flies and those omnipresent mosquitoes. I've heard people recommend bug sprays with DEET...

This married couple that I know are having a bit of a conflict over bugs.  They have a bunch of carpenter bees buzzing around their doorway.  They're seeing dead bees on the ground (apparently the bees are territorial, having a bit of a turf war...

Pests are a fact of life, and most of us just deal with the occasional spider crawling across a wall at home. But over the past few months, I feel like I've seen more "spider crickets" in my house than ever before. It turns out I'm not the only one.

So I just had a bit of a jarring experience that a co-worker pointed out - apparently Facebook thinks that I've passed away.

This summer has been hot, muggy, and stormy so far, and now it's getting noisy as well.

I drove past this a couple of times, turned around and drove past it again, and finally figured out what it was.

It is a sound I've never heard in my life.  What is that sound?  I took a video of my back yard last night, sorry the lights were off..but check this out?