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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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Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2009

May 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Pest Control

That’s right. There is an act in Congress that would require public housing agencies to submit bedbug inspection plans to the federal government. This would add bedbugs to the rodent and cockroach program in the Department of Health and Human Services. Research would be required of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There is [...]

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Birds pecking at your windows?

May 16th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Pest Control

There’s a reason they do this. They see a reflection of another bird in your window and since they have already “claimed” this area as their own, they are trying to attack this bird. It doesn’t matter how often they fly into your window or peck at it, they will continue doing so until you [...]

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