Ladybug, Lady Beetle, Ladybird Beetle… Are these all different insects? Are they beetles, bugs, or birds? It’s all very confusing and normally we don’t care because we know they are the little round red insect with spots that eat aphids. They’re good for goodness sake! But what about all these little “good guys” that are invading your house or your car this winter? They don’t seem so good! First let’s …Read More
Zika Virus this Summer – Bad News, Good News and 4 Things You Can Do to Protect Yourself and Others
The terrifying prospect of a mosquito transmitted virus that can cause early birth loss and birth defects has made Zika Virus all the rage in the media over recent months. They also have found this virus can be sexually transmitted and transmitted by blood transfusion, further fueling the media fire. Is it all that serious or is it media hype? What do you need to do? Dr. Scott recently participated …Read More
Real Organic Spider Control ;)
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Amazing Fall Weather and… More Mosquitoes. Why???
One of the great things about living in Texas is the amazing month of October. The weather is almost always perfect and ideal for being outside. We are all welcoming Fall and a reprise from the heat! If it’s finally getting cooler, then why have we seen such a big spike in mosquito calls the last couple weeks? A published research study two common mosquito species shows that ideal development …Read More
Elf caught trying to peak at presents!
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]I had to share this hilarious picture with ya’ll. Of course, everyone knows that the Elf on a Shelf has no magic if you don’t have any kids in the house, so the adults there get to display the poor Elf all kinds of ridiculous ways. I found this surprise when I was finishing up a rodent job for some new clients in College Station. The clients are a recently married …Read More
A Good Use for Fire Ants?
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Texas A&M Resource for Texas Pest Identification
I just received an email from the Texas A&M Department of Entomology detailing a resource they have to help County Agents and the public identify insects and spiders. I checked it out and the pictures he has are definitely among the most common bugs we get questions about. I’ve copied the email for you below. Go check the sites out! Dr. Pat Porter does a lot of insect identification for county …Read More
7 Pest Predictions for 2013
Posted in [Misc] By Venus Pest Last year we made 6 predictions for pest activity we thought would happen during 2012. While we got most right in last year’s outlook, we missed on a couple…but not by much! As always, there will be some pest or pests that erupt this year as the worst thing we’ve ever seen. Here’s our educated guesses for what we think will be the worst of pests in 2013. …Read More
Who Needs Mayans? Venus Pest Predicts Pestocalypse 2013
Have you ever heard something like this? “With all this (insert some severe weather element) bugs are going to be a huge problem this year.” Well, they’re not too far off, depending on what they’re talking about of course. We have learned that all drastic weather change leads to more suitable conditions for one insect species or another, depending on the conditions. That means there will always be some sort …Read More
2 Tricky Ways Rats Get In To Your House
With cooler temperatures finally making their way down to Texas, we have already seen an increase in rodent calls. One of the main components of our rodent control programs is performing exclusion. Exclusion means we block off all the holes around your home that rodents are, or could be using to get inside. We wanted to write a short post about how rodents actually get inside your house at places other than …Read More