Following the recent heatwave, meteorologists across the board are warning of extreme weather in the summer of 2024 across most of the continental USA. While natural events such as heatwaves, storms, floods, and tornadoes are some of the more devastating impacts of extreme weather, an often-overlooked consequence is the increase in bug activity. Although bugs generally don’t cause the same devastating impacts as extreme weather events, they can become a severe annoyance, and getting rid of them can become quite costly for homeowners.
The Pest Dude recently analyzed predicted summer 2024 temperatures and rainfall data from Climate. gov across each U.S. state to determine which pests are more likely to be a problem in each state.
Texas is predicted to have a much warmer summer than average with equal rainfall. This combination is likely to lead to an increase in activity of the following pests in the state: cockroaches, ants, spiders, houseflies, bed bugs, centipedes, crickets, silverfish and stink bugs.
