When Fall starts we have cooler nighttime temperatures and the rodents become active. Rodents like to get into our homes in the attic and crawl space.

People often ask me what pests to expect when moving to Cottonwood, Arizona. The two inquired about the most are scorpions and the black widow spider.

The thing that really makes this spider interesting is the zig zag pattern it makes in its web (please see picture).

A few weeks ago I posted a blog with this katydid’s vibrant green leaf mimic cousin. I wanted to post the picture of this Shieldback…

We have been seeing fleas in Prescott and Prescott Valley. Fleas are a parasite that are attracted to body heat and carbon dioxide much like the bed bug.

The Walkingstick is a slow-moving, plant-eating insect that spends most of its days hiding in the very plant that it eats.

Groundsnakes are colorful little snakes I get a lot of calls about when the baby snakes get into the house.

The Gopher Snake is the largest snake in Arizona – it can reach lengths up to about eight feet long.

The cicadas buzzing in the trees started life underground. When conditions are right, they crawl out of the ground and shed their exoskeleton.

Count the number of chirps you hear from this cricket at night in thirteen seconds, then add forty to get a pretty close estimate of the temperature.