Imagine this scenario. You head to the pantry for your flour so you can bake some cookies with your kids. Instead of flour, you find red flour beetles or indian meal moths. The pantry is the last place people want to see pests, but it’s not uncommon for pest control experts to get a call […]
Read MoreIf you see fire ants, the first thing out of your mouth is probably going to be something like, “Oh No!” After all, one fire ant sting is likely to leave you sore for some time, and if you’ve ever had an entire colony after you, you know just how dangerous these little beasts can […]
Read MoreWhen you are ready to hire a pest control company, you don’t simply select the first company you happen to see on a search engine or listed in the Yellow Pages. You want to hire a pest control company that is respected throughout the state for using the newest and lowest risk products. These days, […]
Read MoreThe last thing you want to have to deal with is getting infested with granary weevils. In order to make sure that this does not happen, or in order to know how to deal with it in case it does happen, you first need to know what a granary weevil is, how they invade, how […]
Read MoreWhen you hear the word mouse, it either makes you shudder or it makes you think of a cute little creature. If it makes you shudder, it does for good reason. If it makes you think of a cute little creature, then you probably have not ever had mice invite themselves into your home. There […]
Read MoreIf you were to ask an exterminator what’s your best defense against any pest, including the drain fly, they would tell you that education is the number one top defense. So, it is important to know what drain flies look like, how they behave, what they eat, how they reproduce and signs that they are […]
Read MoreWhen you learned about ants in school, you probably learned that you wouldn’t see them during the fall and winter. In a way, your science teacher was correct. Most types of ants are not active outside of their underground tunnels. However, in a way, your science teacher was wrong. In Florida, especially, there is one […]
Read MoreIt is important to understand the coconut mealybug so that, you can better prevent them or get rid of them if they have already infested your home. First, you need to know what the mealybug looks like. The female mealybug is oval in shape. They are anywhere from 1/18 inch to 1/10 inch in length. […]
Read MoreIt doesn’t snow in Florida with any sort of regularity. Freezes are rare in most of the state. Even hard frosts are uncommon in a large percentage of our home. The sun still shines warmly on us through the winter months when much of the county’s inhabitants are far less comfortable. It’s not a bad […]
Read MoreIf you think that scorpions are a pest control problem found only in the western states, then you must not have lived in Florida for very long! Scorpions do quite well here too. Florida actually has at least three known species living and reproducing within its borders. The largest of these is the Florida Bark […]
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