INDIANAPOLIS — Fall harvest is right around the corner in central Indiana. Soon, farmers will be taking to their fields to gather corn, soybeans and other crops.

As fields begin to be disturbed, so too will the habitats of insects, mice and other pests. According to Marc Potzler, a Board-Certified Entomologist and Technical Service Manager for Terminix, many pests that live in fields in the summer target residential houses when their homes are disturbed during fall harvest.

"I think the most likely things people are likely to see coming out of fields during harvest time would be rodents," Potzler said. "Mice and rats will burrow down into the soil around the plants. They'll eat the corn, the other grains and vegetables and whatnot that are growing out there.

"And when the tractors come

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