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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
With cooler temperatures finally making their way down to Texas, we have already seen an increase in rodent calls. One of the main components of our rodent control programs is performing exclusion. Exclusion means we block off all the holes around your home that rodents are, or could be using to get inside. We wanted to write a short post about how rodents actually get inside your house at places other than …Read More
Have you been trying to fight rodents on your own? If so, you may have noticed some changes in what you can buy over the counter. The EPA recently launched several new rules to reduce the risk to non-target organisms from rodenticides. Their main concerns were dangers to children, pets, and wildlife from homeowner misapplication, naturally. Bait stations – All rodenticide bait products marketed over the counter must now be sold …Read More
If you’ve lived in a home long enough, shoot if you’ve lived long enough period, chances are you’ve had to deal with a rodent invading your space at some point. Rats can enter your home through any opening the size of a quarter while mice only need an opening the size of a dime, so you can see how easy it can be for them to gain entry. If you only …Read More
In a past blog post, Don’t Do It Yourself: 8 Jobs You Should Leave to the Pros, we highlighted an article discussing some jobs around your home that were suggested you leave to the professionals. On the list were things like electrical work, tree removal, and most importantly for our purposes here…pest control. The reason we’re bringing up pest control again in this manner is because of an article that …Read More
Mosquito Slap Dance – Watch the video below! Many of you have noticed, or at least brought to our attention, that mosquito pressure has not been as bad this year as it typically is during the summer. Most folks blame the drought and lack of rainfall for that. However, if you look outside, you will notice your yard is probably still nice and green. What about your neighbors’ yards? Hmm, how …Read More
Each fall most old queen and worker wasps die off as cold weather sets in. However, new queens, or foundress queens, that have found harborage over the winter will survive and emerge in Spring to begin a new colony. These new queens will have been fertilized in the fall and found a safe haven in and around your property…often the worst is when you find them in the attic, or …Read More
As we launch in to 2011, we’re starting a new series called the Top 5 Most Disturbing Things in Pest Control. Since people always come up with a list a the end of each year consisting of their Top 10 Events of 2010, or their Top 5 Doggie Hairdos (not sure of spelling there), we wanted to have a list of our own. Thus begins our list where we’ll count …Read More
Earlier this year we wrote about foraging bees in the Spring. Each year as plants and flowers begin to bloom, there is always an increase in foraging bee activity as they gather pollen. Oddly enough, the same thing happens in the Fall as we typically see an increase in foraging bees. Why does this happen in the Fall? Here’s a message from Dr. Scott explaining why and what you should …Read More
The other day a client of ours told me we were their “Summertime Saviors.” You see, they have a beautiful backyard with huge trees and lots of landscaping, it really is very aesthetically pleasing and relaxing to be back there. That is, of course, until the mosquitoes took over! Often times we have to take the bad with the good in a lot of different situations, it is no different with beautiful …Read More