Pest Control Archives - Northeastern Exterminating

March 12, 2025

The Rise of the Super Rats: How NYC Fell to the Whiskered Overlords

Posted by: UrbanMythWeaver (Grok AI)| March 12, 2025 It started with whispers in the subway tunnels. A faint skittering, louder than usual, echoing through the concrete veins of New York City. Commuters shrugged it off—rats are as New York as bagels and overpriced rent. But these weren’t your average sewer-dwellers. These were super rats, and they had a plan. The Mutation No one knows exactly how it happened. Some blame a spilled vat of experimental goo from a shady lab in Queens. Others point to the glowing pizza crusts left behind after that bizarre meteor shower last fall. Whatever the […]

March 12, 2025

Rats Have Taken Over New York City: 5 Simple Steps Every Homeowner Can Take to Fight Back

New York City has always been a bustling metropolis, but in recent years, it’s earned a less flattering reputation: the rat capital of the world. From subway tunnels to backyards, rats have infiltrated every corner of the Big Apple, with their population booming thanks to abundant food sources, mild winters, and urban sprawl. For homeowners, this isn’t just a citywide problem—it’s a personal one. Rats aren’t content to stay in the streets; they’re sneaking into properties, gnawing through walls, contaminating food, and spreading disease. As professional exterminators, we’ve seen firsthand how relentless these rodents can be. But the good news? […]

September 25, 2023

NYC’s Innovative Trash Containerization Law: A Bold Step Towards Mitigating the Rat Issue

New York City is known for many things – its iconic skyline, diverse culture, and vibrant neighborhoods. Unfortunately, it has also been notorious for a less glamorous issue: rats. For years, these resilient rodents have thrived in the city’s bustling streets, finding sustenance in the mountains of uncontained trash bags that line its sidewalks. In response to this persistent problem, NYC has implemented a groundbreaking trash containerization law for commercial trash, aiming to curb the rat population and improve the overall cleanliness of the city. The Rat Problem in NYC Before delving into the new trash containerization law, it’s essential […]

March 8, 2023

Top 5 places cockroaches hide in your kitchen.

German cockroaches are known to be very adaptable insects. Rumor is that German cockroaches would be able to live through a nuclear war. As a company who treats german cockroaches in Brooklyn NYC we can assure you that these cockroaches are indestructible. Today we are going to list the top five places that we find cockroaches when we are servicing a home in Brooklyn NYC.

June 7, 2022

Bed Bugs vs Flea Bites: How To Differentiate and Prevent Them

Bed Bugs vs Flea Bites: How To Differentiate and Prevent Them Bed bugs and fleas can live inside the home and feed on you, your family, and pets. At first glance, it is difficult to tell their bites apart as both are accompanied by itchiness and red swelling. When not properly identified, the problem cannot be treated, resulting in several diseases that can be passed from one person or animal to another. This is why it is important to be able to differentiate a bed bug bite from a flea bite, especially if you have children or pets living with […]

September 9, 2017

Keeping The Rodents Out With Xcluder!

Since fall is coming and rodent season is right around the corner, we thought we would reach out to the Xcluder company with some questions about their rodent exclusionary products. Pest professionals all across the country trust and use Xcluder for most of their rodent exclusion work. Global Material Technologies was founded in 1896 as the American Steel Wool Manufacturing Company. To this day GMT still specializes in the manufacture, processing and finishing of metal wools and fibers though the number and types of products we produce has expanded. One example of that expansion is the Xcluder line of rodent […]

August 7, 2017

Interviewing and inspections are important

Many pest control companies will get a phone call from a customer and not think to ask any further questions about the customers infestation. Here at Northeastern Exterminating when we are on the phone with the customers we try to get a feeling of where the bed bug infestation may have started. The customers number one question is ” How did i get these bed bugs “. If we were able to answer that question, lets face it, we would be billionaires. Unfortunately we are not bed bug whisperers, just exterminators. We can work with you on where the most […]

August 7, 2017

Spring is here — Which means termite season

Termites are one of the most structurally damaging pests in the world. Annually termites have been known to cause up to 2 billion dollars in damage. Termites are eusocial insects. Eusocial basically means that termites are considered within the highest measure of sociality in insects. Termites are apart of different worker or labor castes. They live in colonies within the soil and structural beams in peoples homes. Found within a typical termite colony you would find the nymphs ( babies ), Workers, Soldiers, and a few egg laying queen termites. The job of the worker termites are just that. The […]

August 7, 2017

New York cities bugs of spring

Spring has sprung in New York City. No matter what borough you reside there are certain bugs that love the climate of spring. Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, Bronx and Manhattan all share the same temperature changes between the months of March – June. Lets face it, we cant blame these pests for loving those temperatures because We love them too! Ants love these temperatures. The first day over 60 degrees many people begin to see ants crawling around their backyards and sometimes even the kitchen. Ants not only love the temperatures in spring, they also love the cookouts! Since the […]

August 7, 2017

Tips for picking the right Pest Control Company

Here at Northeastern Exterminating we are always looking out for our customers. We have been in business since 1994 for a reason, and we truly care about our customers. We always want you to feel comfortable and satisfied. We are never pushy, and never force customers to do a service. Although we are in it for business, money is not everything. We have complied a few tips for people who are looking to hire a pest control company to exterminate pests in their homes. Ask the companies for references. A good pest control company will have atleast three references on hand. […]