During the winter months in the coastal Carolinas, temperatures often fluctuate between what I consider flip flop and duck boot weather. Yet even on our colder days, ticks can still be found actively searching for hosts (that’s us)! In fact the Lyme… Continue Reading “it’s winter but Don’t Let those “Tick checks” slide!”
Beware the velvet ant which we have been seeing many of in recent weeks here on the Crystal Coast of North Carolina! Velvet ants, despite their title, aren’t actually ants at all but solitary wasps in the family Mutillidae. These wasps are covered with… Continue Reading “Beware the Velvet Ant!!”