Anchor Pest Services

06/26/2025

Earlier this week was just the beginning of a prolific tick season.

As temperatures rise, ticks of several kinds are flourishing in ways that threaten people’s health.

05/21/2025

Having your home professionally monitored and maintained is becoming more and more critical in New England.

Researchers studied rodent behavior to understand the relationships between different populations and how their movements contribute to the spread of leptospirosis. Urban rats are on the move, and they may be carrying more than just a nuisance. According to a new six-year study led by Tufts Univers

05/04/2024

Lake season has arrived! We were out servicing boat houses for spiders, look at the size of them!🕷️ 🕸️

04/02/2024

We know there’s snow coming this week, but don’t let that fool you about the tick populations around here. 🦟🪲🐜 call today to start your month-to-month service protecting your home, pets, and family this spring!

Maine reported a record number of Lyme disease cases in 2023, and experts believe climate change is the culprit.

11/16/2023

People often mistakenly assume that ticks die off in the cold weather. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and the chance of encountering them later in the season is only increasing year over year. Keeping a Mosquito and tick control program into early winter can help keep you and your family (don't forget our pet family!) safe this year.

Officials with the CDC are warning of a new tick species that has been found in New England.

08/22/2023

Ticks can remain active year round, fall is one of the peak seasons for tick borne illnesses. We run our tick and mosquito abatement programs into October for maximum protection of our customers.

Though the disease is rare, officials are cautioning New Englanders to be vigilant about tick checks as there is no vaccine or treatment.

08/18/2023

We are proud to stand by our industry purpose of protecting home and health, which in this case that home and health happens to be that of our pollinating honeybees!

The yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, is a close cousin of the northern giant hornet, or "murder hornet." Both of them are very adept in the wholesale destruction of honey bees.

07/25/2023

This has been another unusual year (haven't they all seemed to have been as of late?) Be careful here in The Granite State as well, plenty reported run-ins with these nasty guys in abnormal locations (inside grills, patio umbrellas, etc.) as well as the usual suspects like under decks and play-sets.

A warning has been issued about large hornet and wasp nests being spotted around western Massachusetts.

06/30/2023

As the summer months are here and travel plans abound, be sure to take precautions to protect yourself and your family. This year has been especially wet recently so there is a rise in mosquito populations which leads to an increased risk of disease transmission. A mosquito and tick application can help protect from this and other vector borne diseases.

Malaria diagnosis and treatment and prevention, including transmission, antimalarial prophylaxis, malaria map, malaria hotline re: travelers and VFRs. Insecticide-treated bed nets, malaria in pregnancy prevention, ACTs, and other global malaria prevention and treatment are covered, along with CDC’...

06/27/2023

For the Big Jobs.

04/18/2023

Another reason why a multi-pronged approach by an experienced pest control operator is essential to controlling German Cockroach 🪳 populations!

The insects’ sweet tooth should have made them easy to kill. But they outsmarted us with warp-speed evolution.

03/18/2023

Carried by the same ticks that transmit Lymes disease, Babesiosis cases are on the rise in the Northeast. Be sure to clean leaf litter and keep your yard neatly trimmed to help reduce tick activity on your property. Also, getting your property professionally treated will help protect your family from many tick borne diseases.

This report describes an increase in babesiosis cases in the ..