A website called Wildlife Insights was launched by Google and allows its users to identify wildlife simply by uploading camera trap images.

The bubonic plague was a global pandemic that began in the mid 1300s in Europe and Asia. It was referred to at the time as the “Black Death” because of the number of fatalities it caused.

A nuisance animal is an animal that is causing problems on your property in Northern Virginia, whether they are causing destruction, making loud or annoying noises.

Green pest control is when a company utilizes green or natural pest products instead of chemical pesticide treatments. The insecticides are organic or botanically based and usually made up of essential oils and other ingredients derived from nature.

In Northern Virginia, some pests are more prevalent during certain seasons. In the fall time, as the temperature lowers, there will be different types of pests than during the summer time.

Fish-eating snakes also known as Northern Water Snakes can be found in Northern Virginia in lakes, streams, ponds and other freshwater sources.

Have you ever seen a wild animal acting strangely or is hurt or sick? The animal might have rabies, distemper or some other illness.

The amount of pests you see and the type or species vary from season to season and you might see more pests than usual in the summer time in comparison to the spring or even the winter or fall.

Lyme disease is a disease that affects the immune system of the infected individual. People contract Lyme disease when they are bitten by a tick that has the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi.

Crickets are insects often confused with grasshoppers but they are actually their own species that are related to grasshoppers. They are closely related to katydids.

Sociality is how members of the animal kingdom interact with one another and associate in social groups or cooperate with each other. Sociality is important and has become a response to evolutionary pressures in order for insects to survive.

The two types of roaches that are most commonly found in Virginia are the American and the German roaches. The American cockroach is the largest species of roach found in the United States and is about one to one and half inches long, sometimes longer.