Thrips on plants leave silvery streaks, bronzed new growth, curled leaves, and tiny black specks of waste on the foliage. The insect itself is roughly the width of a pencil line, so most Brevard County homeowners notice the damage weeks before they notice the bug. One thing to get straight early: thrips are a landscape […]
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Are rats dangerous? They’re dangerous enough to take seriously, and not in the ways most articles online suggest. Rats in a Florida home spread disease through their droppings and urine far more often than through bites; they damage wiring and attic insulation, and in Brevard County they are almost always roof rats living above your […]
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Powderpost (or powder post beetles) are small wood-boring insects whose larvae eat through wood and leave behind fine powder and round exit holes. Prevention depends entirely on which of the three families you have, because two of them arrive in your house completely differently. One group comes in already living inside lumber or furniture you […]
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Roof rats in Florida live above you, not below you. They nest in attics, soffits, and the dead frond skirts of palm trees; they travel along branches and power lines to get there, and they can slip through a gap as narrow as half an inch. If you are hearing scratching overhead after dark in […]
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Yes, black widow spiders live throughout Florida, and their venom is the most potent of any spider in North America. But a real risk is not the same as a deadly one. Bites are uncommon, serious reactions are rarer still, and these shy spiders would almost always rather flee than fight. At Slug-A-Bug, we have […]
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The best way to handle chinch bug control is to catch them early and treat the edges of the damage before it spreads. Chinch bugs kill grass in patches that grow outward, and once a patch turns fully brown, that grass is dead and will not bounce back from a spray alone. So the goal […]
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In Florida, holes in the lawn almost always come down to something hunting for food in the soil. Armadillos, grubs, and mole crickets, and the animals that eat them, are behind most of the digging Brevard County homeowners see. The good news is that the culprit is usually identifiable from the size, shape, and pattern […]
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Drywood termites are a common termite that lives its entire life inside dry, sound wood, with no soil, no standing water, and no mud tubes required. That is exactly what makes them such a problem for Florida homes. They can infest attic beams, wall framing, hardwood floors, and even furniture, and stay hidden for years […]
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Few things are as frustrating as walking out to the yard on a sunny Brevard County morning and wondering, “Why are there brown patches on my lawn when it was just green yesterday?” Florida lawns work hard. Between the heat, humidity, sandy soil, and a long list of insects that love our climate, grass here […]
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Palmetto bugs are one of the most common pest complaints in Brevard County, and getting rid of them starts with cutting off what’s drawing them in: moisture, food, and easy entry points into your home. At Slug-A-Bug, we’ve been helping Florida families deal with these oversized roaches since 1982, and the good news is that […]
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