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Pest Control News from local, state, and national media sources
Bed Bugs, Centipedes, & Drywood Termites
Interesting articles from around the web on bed bugs, centipedes, and drywood termites.
It’s Bed Bug Awareness Week-Brush Up On Information Before Vacation
– ArrowTermiteAndPestControl.com
Bed bug prevention tips while traveling…
House Centipedes
– ArrowTermiteAndPestControl.com
Article about the description of centipedes,their habits, habitat, their threat, and prevention of centipede infestation…
Drywood termite treatment
– TermiteWeb.com
How To Deal With Drywood Termites Drywood termites pose rather different problems than the much more common subterranean termites. Drywood termites can cause extensive damage to any wooden structure, although the damage progression rate is a lot slower. Unlike subterranean termites that live underground and need moist conditions to survive, drywood termites feed on wood […
Fleas and Termite News
Some interesting pest control news items from around the Internet. The termite article teaches you how to spot termite infestation.
Fleas
Read this post for a description of fleas, their habits, habitat, their threat, and prevention of flea infestation…
We’ve all heard the stories about termites who have infested homes and left severe damages to wood. But if you have not had the first hand experience of a termite problem in your home than you may not be familiar with what they look like or how to spot signs of an infestation. The most important thing is to detect termites before they have the chance to really cause damage…
Ants, Bees, Spiders, and Termites News
News from around the country on ants, bees, spiders, and termites:
This ant gets its name from the strong, rotten coconut-like smell it gives off when crushed. These tiny insects….
It happens to us all. That moment when we realize we are sitting, standing or walking right next to a spider in a web. House spiders are known to cause a scare and perhaps even a scream. No matter what time of year, spiders tend to make their way inside homes and establish webs in order to catch their prey…
A special type of bee can dig tunnels in wood to make its home. The carpenter bee…
Soldierless termites There are termite species that do not have a soldier caste at all, and they are fairly well represented in tropical regions of the world, especially South America and Africa. These soldierless termites are so far only known from a couple of subfamilies in the large Termitidae family…
Pest Control News – March 17 2012
As we start sliding out of the winter months and the weather starts to get nicer, termites begin to become more active. They’ll quietly work along, multiplying, and preparing the next generation of alates (young king and queen termites) to leave and start their own colony. The number of alates will build up in mature […
Contrary to all of the recent hysteria around Brown Recluse Spiders and the danger Brown Recluse Spiders pose to humans, people in Southern California do not need to worry about the Brown Recluse Spider. Brown Recluse Spiders simply do not live in Southern California (Palm Springs, Coachella Valley, San Diego, Orange County, Riverside, San Marcos)…
Take a good long look at these hissing cockroaches. What words come to mind? Meaty? Juicy? Downright succulent?
Can two people sleep in a bed, but only one get bitten by bed bugs?
With the winter having been milder than normal in the Northwest along with most of the U.S., you may have seen fewer rodents than usual as they had less cause to seek the shelter of homes and other buildings.
But that could change with the spring weather, because the mild winter also meant that fewer rats and mice died from natural causes, leaving more cold weather survivors…
But that could change with the spring weather, because the mild winter also meant that fewer rats and mice died from natural causes, leaving more cold weather survivors…
The spring is quickly arriving and you may have already started to notice some pests waking up from their long winter nap, ready to get moving. Because we realize that some the insects that might find their way into your home and onto your property this season could cause problems, the experts in pest control at Plunkett’s have identified a couple common springtime pests, both happen to be ants…
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With spring approaching, you may start seeing swarming insects in and around your home. If winged ant-like insects are among those you see, it can be a good thing. In most cases, the sighting of these winged “ants” in your home indicates the presence of termites or carpenter ants….Read Full Post
Argentine ants are the common variety of ants we find here in Southern California. They are an invasive species that was brought to North America by ships transporting coffee. They are all part of one super-colony – all of the Argentine ants that are here smell the same. Since they smell the same, they don’t fight and knock each other out…