About Dr. Mohammed El Damir, BCE

Often viewed by homeowners as mere storage spaces, attics are highly attractive harborage sites for a wide range of pests. Their warm, quiet, and undisturbed nature provides the ideal conditions......

Birds and bats in attics are high-liability pests. Not only can they cause significant structural damage and create hazardous messes, but they are also vectors for a host of associated......

Rodents and wildlife are among the most destructive and high-stakes pests that can infest an attic. Unlike insects, these animals can cause significant, rapid structural damage, create fire hazards by......

Attics are a primary harborage for pests seeking shelter from the elements. This is especially true for stinging insects building a nest and for occasional invaders seeking an overwintering site......

While wood-destroying insects are a major structural threat, they are far from the only pests that PMPs will encounter in an attic. This top-floor space is also an ideal harborage......

Attics are a high-stakes zone for PMPs. This ultimate guide covers the essential safety, inspection, and management protocols for top-floor pests....

Of all the pests that can inhabit an attic, wood-destroying insects (WDI) pose the most direct threat to a home’s structural integrity. While out of sight, a WDI infestation in......

Effective control of stinging insects requires expertise, caution and detailed knowledge of their nesting behaviors. Aerial Social Wasps For aerial social wasps like yellowjackets and bald-faced hornets, locating the nest......

Social wasps, including paper wasps (Polistes spp.), yellowjackets (Vespidae) and bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata), play vital ecological roles as pollinators and natural predators of pests such as flies, caterpillars and......

Social Wasps Yellowjackets (Vespula spp. and Dolichovespula spp.) Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) Paper wasps (Polistes spp.) Solitary Wasps Wasps / Thread-waisted wasps (Sphecidae) Cicada killers (Sphecius speciosus) Sand wasps (Bembix......