Go to Top

Blog Archives

Tag Archives: Spiders

7 Pest Predictions for 2013

Posted in [Misc] By Venus Pest Last year we made 6 predictions for pest activity we thought would happen during 2012.  While we got most right in last year’s outlook, we missed on a couple…but not by much!  As always, there will be some pest or pests that erupt this year as the worst thing we’ve ever seen.  Here’s our educated guesses for what we think will be the worst of pests in 2013. …Read More

Who Needs Mayans? Venus Pest Predicts Pestocalypse 2013

Have you ever heard something like this?  “With all this (insert some severe weather element) bugs are going to be a huge problem this year.”  Well, they’re not too far off, depending on what they’re talking about of course.  We have learned that all drastic weather change leads to more suitable conditions for one insect species or another, depending on the conditions.  That means there will always be some sort …Read More

6 Pest Predictions for 2012

Every year we experience some sort of a pest scourge. From scorpions to lovebugs, they all get their time to shine and appear at different intervals. This year, we decided to use our experience, education, and wild guesses to make predictions about what pests will do in the year to come. Centipedes, millipedes, earwigs, and pillbugs There should be no problems until late July to mid-August. Irrigated areas will probably …Read More

5 More Spider Myths

Last week, we wrote about four ridiculous pest myths that we wanted to debunk, one of them was about spiders. Well, today we’re devoting the entire post to spider myths alone, and there are plenty of them! How dangerous are brown recluses? Are daddy longlegs poisonous? This first one we mentioned in last week’s post but we’ve heard more details so figured we’d mention it again. 1.  The average person …Read More

4 Ridiculous Pest Myths

You know that you have heard many, and probably believe(d) some of these myths! If you have, don’t feel alone…we hear them all the time. If you’ve heard any other ones that you know or suspect to be false and would like to know more, post them in the comments. 1. There is a special rodent poison that makes rodents go outside to find water so they won’t die inside. …Read More

4 Tips in Building or Maintaining a Deck

It’s the time of year when everybody loves being outdoors and enjoying what brief stint of Spring we may get. Many people decide to build, or already have, decks in their backyard to hold that hot tub, or table, or just to have a little cabana to hang out in. Well, people are not the only creatures that love decks! Many different types of pests, rodents, and snakes love decks …Read More