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Any home in Gainesville or other areas of Northern Virginia could be at risk for a flea or tick infestation. But it is often true that you are at greater risk if your family includes dogs or outdoor cats who may provide a convenient ride from the outdoors into your home for pests.

Now that April is here, mosquitoes will start emerging in Gainesville, Bristow, Haymarket, and other cities in Northern Virginia. Their numbers - and subsequent potential for bites and mosquito borne illness - are likely to increase rapidly over the next few months as temperatures rise.

Termites are far from the only pest in Virginia that can cause wood damage to local homes. These are all of the wood destroying insects present in our area and what to expect if you have an infestation of them inside the walls of your property.

In Virginia, termites, and occasionally carpenter ants, are most often the pests blamed for wood damage on local properties. But local homeowners also need to be aware of the powderpost beetle. Like termites and carpenter ants, the powderpost beetle bores into wood around your home, creating tunnels that weaken wood from the inside.

The small moths and beetles that infest kitchens, also called stored food pests, are one of the pests that can cause issues at any property. They are not necessarily a sign of unclean conditions, but rather a pest that is often introduced to your property by chance.