As the weather warms up you’ll probably be tempted to start spring cleaning. You’ll finally get around to moving those boxes in the attic or straightening up the garage. Maybe you’ll head out to your shed to clean and sharpen your gardening tools. You’ll consider re-stacking the remaining firewood and putting it closer to the […]
Read MoreDid you think that scorpions only belonged out West? Think again. There is a scorpion that likes things a little more tropical than most of its cousins. The Southern Devil scorpion is one of the few that are native to the Southeastern US. Are they dangerous enough to warrant a call to your Brevard County […]
Read MoreYou might see a black and yellow flying insect and instinctively back away. The Black and Yellow Mud Dauber may have the cautionary coat coloration of its wasp kin but this is a less aggressive branch of the family tree. You certainly don’t want to get too chummy with them but they might not be […]
Read MoreImagine 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 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 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 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 […]
Read MoreIt sounds like a treasure: the Golden Silk spider. You can imagine that it might be something Jack would have carried down his famed bean stalk to make his fortune. In Florida and other southeastern states, this orange and brown arachnid is pretty well-known and often sincerely disliked. The Golden Silk spider isn’t the worst […]
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