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In a past blog post, Don’t Do It Yourself: 8 Jobs You Should Leave to the Pros, we highlighted an article discussing some jobs around your home that were suggested you leave to the professionals. On the list were things like electrical work, tree removal, and most importantly for our purposes here…pest control. The reason we’re bringing up pest control again in this manner is because of an article that …Read More
One of the services we provide at Venus Pest Company that people don’t think about is pest control for outdoor weddings or other outdoor events. We cannot control that “forever hold your peace” pest, but stopping fire ants, mosquitoes, wasps, or flies from ruining your event is not a problem. A couple wedding chapels use us for rodent control as well, because the last thing you want are rats running across your wedding party! Typically, …Read More
After a short hiatus from the Top 5 list to handle other important topics, we return to our list with the number 2 most disturbing thing in pest control, German Cockroaches. German cockroaches are the small, fast cockroaches that are most often found in restaurants. Pretty much every restaurant has dealt with them at one time or another but German cockroaches can also be found in many other locations, including …Read More
Carpenter ants are swarming! This picture was sent to me by a new client that saw these buzzing around her bathroom. Turns out they had a carpenter ant infestation and the swarmers (i.e. ants with wings) were coming out in their bathroom. Unfortunately carpenter ants are wood destroying insects so you don’t want to leave them alone for long or they’ll do a number on your property. Swarming carpenter ants are capable of reproduction and …Read More
Number 3 on our list of Top 5 Most Disturbing Things in Pest Control is Rodents. Rodents are one of the toughest, if not the toughest, pests to control. Rodents are mammals, which in turn means that they are smart and can learn and adapt. No rodent job is ever the same and you can never get comfortable in your rodent control routine or you’ll get fooled. The two most …Read More
Last month we started a series called Top 5 Most Disturbing Things in Pest Control. We began with maggots at #5 and now in at #4, Delusory Parasitosis. This one is a bit of mouthful, but it is a very serious condition that we find ourselves faced with from time to time. What Is It? Delusory Parasitosis is a condition in which a person firmly believes that they are being …Read More
As we launch in to 2011, we’re starting a new series called the Top 5 Most Disturbing Things in Pest Control. Since people always come up with a list a the end of each year consisting of their Top 10 Events of 2010, or their Top 5 Doggie Hairdos (not sure of spelling there), we wanted to have a list of our own. Thus begins our list where we’ll count …Read More
I came across an article recently entitled “Don’t Do It Yourself: 8 Jobs You Should Leave to the Pros.” The list is actually pretty interesting, and right on in my opinion. Among those listed are things like; Electrical Work Tree Removal Pricing Heirlooms Oil Changes Read the full article and see the rest of the list here. Number 8 on the list, and the topic for today’s conversation is Pest Control, or …Read More
Standing in 8 inches of snow on the side of a mountain in Idaho was not where I expected to see a bug trucking along by my feet. As impossible as I thought it was at 23 degrees, there he was, seemingly unaffected. It was a snow flea. An insect so well adapted to the cold that they couldn’t endure the heat of sitting in your hand. Since insects are cold …Read More
Earlier this year we wrote about foraging bees in the Spring. Each year as plants and flowers begin to bloom, there is always an increase in foraging bee activity as they gather pollen. Oddly enough, the same thing happens in the Fall as we typically see an increase in foraging bees. Why does this happen in the Fall? Here’s a message from Dr. Scott explaining why and what you should …Read More