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Bats are dying in Pennsylvania

August 14th, 2010 · No Comments · General, Pest Control

Little brown bats are dying from White Nose Syndrome. This is so devastating that little brown bats may become extinct within the next 10 years unless something can be done to help them. Bats are essential to the environment as one bat can eat up to 2000 insects in one evening, including mosquitoes carrying West [...]

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Bed Bugs found in New York City stores

July 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Pest Control

I keep finding more information on bedbugs, but hearing this story on CNN prompted me to check it out further. It would seem someone brought the dreaded pests in to the store. We need to find better ways of keeping bedbugs out of places they have recently invaded. This is becoming more and more of [...]

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Termite or Ant?

June 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Pest Control

?Is it an ant or a termite you just found in your home? There are some ways to tell.
Ants have 1 pair of wings, bent antennae, a pinched waist and you can see their eyes. Termites have 1 pair of wings, straight antennae, a broad waist, and you cannot see their eyes. Both can [...]

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Bed Bugs- an update

June 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Pest Control

Studies have recently shown that dismissing bedbugs as not being a public health pest is wrong. People can suffer not only bites, but also pain, suffering, emotional distress and a fear of never being rid of these pests. Government agencies still have not concluded that bedbugs may need to be listed as a public health [...]

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Bee season

April 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Pest Control

As I work for a nationally known pest control company I know for sure we have been bombarded with phone calls about bees and wasps. Most customers want the technician to come out and spray for these insects, little realizing that unless bees and wasps have built a nest we cannot treat free flying insects.
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