Rats have been around for what seems like forever.  Where there is man, there are rats.  It’s as simple as that.

An interesting study on rats was conducted not long ago at the Tel Aviv University.   In the study, rats were found to have similar orientation strategies to humans when they are placed in an urban setting.  Tel Aviv University developed mini models of city layouts to see what type of city a rat could easily navigate its way through.  According to Professor Eilam at Tel Aviv University Department of Zoology, “We put rats in relatively large areas with objects and routes resembling those in Manhattan.  We’ve found that routes taken by rats and other members of the animal kingdom tend to converge at attractive landmarks, the same way people are attracted, for example, to the Arc de Triumph in Paris.”  His findings were that like humans, rats established a grid system to orient themselves.   The rats in the study preferred New York City over New Orleans and Jerusalem.

Although the study was made to help urban planners develop cities, you can’t help but wonder if this is why the rat population is so large in New York City.  It’s the perfect city.   It has been reported that rats in New York City now outnumber people in the city.  You can easily see them in the streets and dark alleys.  They have been spotted in restaurants, dumpsters, sewers, subways, homes, apartment buildings, and other places where food can easily be obtained.  These rats are living the good life, just like other city dwellers.

Shining a light on a rat used to scare them away.  Today’s rats are bold and fearless.  If you have rats in your home or business, it’s time to call a professional rat exterminator!

Most people living in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Manhattan are well aware that the odious bed bugs are lurking in NYC. It’s become common knowledge that bed bugs live in cracks and crevices in the walls, in furniture, window sills, drapes, floors and electronic items. Since NYC residents know where the little critters hide it would seem that they should be easy to get rid of. However, more and more bed bugs are resistant to pesticides and often treatments have to be done more than once. Those that survive make more babies and a NYC bed bug can lay up to 500 eggs!

In NJ, NYC apartment buildings they easily travel through unsealed portions of walls and electrical and heating conduits and plumbing. Often apartment buildings owners only treat the infested apartment units and sometimes the surrounding units. Typically the bed bugs have already spread to the other close by units with a devious intent of taking over the whole building. Well, actually they’re just looking for a close by blood meal.

Yes, do your bed bugs inspections but also seal off those cracks and crevices. If you have bed bugs be concerned about the lives of your neighbors and immediately tell your apartment manager. 

If you have bed bugs ask a NJ, NYC bed bugs expert to eliminate them.

During spring break and summer vacations it’s time to have fun but it’s also time to be cautious about attracting the odious little critters  known as bed bugs. They’re quite pleased to live in hotels, motels and fancy resorts and pounce, well actually crawl onto their human prey while they’re sleeping. Hotels offer bed bugs plenty of human victims. Low priced, high priced and even regal hotels can have bed bugs.

An opera singer named Alison Trainer was visited by bed bugs while staying in an upscale hotel in Phoenix in 2007. If they have the unmitigated gall to attack an opera singer, well I suppose the rest of us are also on their list.

Hotels can actually be void of bed bugs one day and the next day they can have a group of them brought in by tourists from Bulgaria or perhaps Chile. Bed bugs are living in all 50 states, so tourists have to be careful when staying in hotels while traveling in the U.S.A.

Stern Environmental has an excellent article on bed bugs tips for vacationers. The article has insightful tips for preventing bed bug attacks while staying at hotels. It also mentions actions to take after returning home, just in case you accidentally brought home some dreaded bed bugs.

We at Stern Environmental Group work hard to provide quality service to all of our customers.  It is always nice to hear back from our customers about their experience with Stern.  We recently received this email from one of our wonderful customers…

“I wanted to write and say thank you so much for the professional, discreet and accommodating way you have helped us with our bed bug problem. Our 5 month old baby was bitten and the next day you had the K-9 detective dog come to our home. We were horrified to find out that we had gotten bed bugs from someone who had visited us. As new parents, we couldn’t move fast enough to rid our home of these awful pests and protect our child from getting more bites. Within 3 days you shipped us our bed bug mattress and box spring covers (which are guaranteed bite proof or your money back and have the Good Housekeeping seal of approval), answered numerous questions and your team came to vacuum and spray. As a mother, your graciousness, your advice and the fast work of your entire team has made me extremely grateful. I would recommend your services to anyone who unfortunately has to deal with this horrific problem! You have given our new little family peace of mind and finally a good night’s sleep.”  C.W. – March 2009

I simply cannot imagine the horror of finding that my baby had been bitten by bed bugs, especially in my own home.  We are so pleased that we were able to provide the services needed to help our customers rid their home of bed bugs.

Stern has been a leader in residential and commercial bed bug prevention and bed bug control.  We offer services in New Jersey, New York, New York City and Connecticut.  We offer a variety of services and products that will help you eradicate bed bugs once and for all.  Our products include the amazing CDC 3000 Bed Bug Monitor, the incredible Packtite Portable Bed Bug Killing Heat Chamber, the ever popular non-chemical treatment of Cryonite, the fantastically accurate bed bug detection dogs, superior mattress encasements, and bed bug luggage and mattress spray for traveling.  With such a great arsenal of products and services available at Stern, it is no wonder why our success rate is so high.

We would love for you to leave your own testimonial or see what others have to say about Stern.

The New York Times recently published an article about NYC cockroaches and NYC mice thriving in a recession. No, they’re not running a Ponzi scheme, they are doing well because people are cutting costs due to the recession and pest control services for these particular critters have been eliminated or decreased by some residential and commercial customers. Apartment and office building owners are cutting back services. You probably won’t have a mouse doing the backstroke in your clam chowder in your favorite NYC restaurant due to restaurant owners being concerned about big fines.

One customer was quoted in the article saying “We’ll step on the bugs and kick the mice. The exterminating almost becomes a luxury item.” Stepping and shoving will probably work better than tickles and pinches.

Pest control experts suggest that cutting back on exterminating services will cost businesses and residence owners more money in the long run. Sure you can kick a mouse but after he stops being befuddled he will probably find a way to produce more mice and the problem gets bigger. He may produce more mice just to be spiteful. It’s obvious a stepped on NYC cockroach will be making babies a few hours later.

If you have cockroaches or mice call a NJ, NYC pest control expert to get rid of them.