WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT POISON IVY?

By Chris Williams on August 2, 2017

When we are treating around the outside foundations of homes as part of our Preventative Maintenance Program, it’s not unusual to find poison ivy in our customer’s yards, sometimes growing right up against the house or even hiding in among the ground cover plantings. POISON IVY IS AN ADAPTABLE MIMIC Few people seem to recognize…

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WHAT REALLY WORKS TO GET RID OF BED BUGS?

By Chris Williams on July 31, 2017

Bed bug researchers at Rutgers University, NJ, have been researching and publishing materials designed to help the general public wade through the myriad of bed bug controls that are available today. While experts agree that the only effective way to get rid of an established bed bug infestation is through the services of a pest…

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COCKROACHES DON’T REQUIRE INSECTICIDE SPRAY

By Chris Williams on July 28, 2017

My mother lives in an apartment that has cockroaches – bad! She has breathing problems and we just found out that she won’t complain to management about the roaches because she can’t tolerate the spray that the exterminator uses. If they do come around, she says she’s sick and can’t be treated. Trouble is she…

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WHERE DO ANTS NEST INDOORS?

By Chris Williams on July 26, 2017

We have a terrible problem with tiny ants, lots of them, so I’m pretty sure they must be nesting in our house somewhere. We keep watching them to see if they disappear into a hole somewhere but we can’t figure anything out. Are we missing something? Y. M., Westwood, MA You may not be missing…

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CICADA KILLER WASPS ARE A THREAT ONLY TO CICADAS

By Chris Williams on July 24, 2017

Cicadas have burrowed out of the ground and are singing in the trees. That means that cicada killer wasps are also out and are probably leaving impressive holes in yards. Maybe it’s because they have the word “killer” in their name, that these large wasps get a bad rap that they don’t deserve. Since we…

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