Question When we were in New Mexico last summer, I bought a cellophane bag of dried hot peppers from a roadside stand to bring home. I stuck them on a top shelf in the kitchen and forgot about them. When I pulled them out this morning, there were several dead moths inside the bag. The
VIEW MOREFind out what insects and or wildlife you have in your attic that is making all those noises from our expert Scott Winsper. Transcription: Interviewer: What are the noises in my attic? Scott Winsper: Well, there could be several noises in the attic you’re hearing to identify what’s going on. One could be a running
VIEW MOREQuestion For the last couple of days, we have been battling with woodpeckers that are banging on our gutters around the roofline. They’re pecking at the fascia boards and really tearing them up and also making a racket pecking on the aluminum gutters. Why are they doing this and how can we make them stop?
VIEW MOREQuestion I’m having an argument with my cousin about the right way to remove an attached tick. He says that if you cover the tick with liquid dish soap, it will smother and die, and then it’s easy to remove. I say that you are supposed to touch it with a hot needle which will
VIEW MOREQuestion Last fall we had our entire lawn redone. They took it down to bare dirt and then reseeded. It looks fantastic right now, lush and green, but it seems to be full of tiny red mites or ticks. My daughter was covered with them when she laid on the grass. I’m also finding them
VIEW MOREQuestion What’s the difference between a sowbug and a pillbug? We have one or the other in our basement almost every spring. Answer Sowbugs and pillbugs are kissing-cousins that look almost identical. Despite the names, they’re not bugs, they’re crustaceans, more closely related to shrimp and crayfish. Since they both have the same habits, there’s
VIEW MOREQuestion Every spring we get these bugs in our house. The Extension Service says they are elm leaf beetles. Do you know why they are getting into our house and where they are coming from? Answer I don’t believe that the beetles are getting into your house in the spring. They have probably been in
VIEW MOREIt’s not too early to start thinking about tick prevention. In fact, blacklegged tick adults have been active all winter, feeding on deer. The blacklegged tick (formerly known as the deer tick) is the most important tick in our region since it transmits Lyme disease, as well as the diseases anaplasmosis and babesiosis. Overwintering tick
VIEW MOREFor many of you, fleas maybe never went away. But those of us in the pest control business remember years ago when fleas were a serious pest problem and a big part of our business. Then along came all of the “on-animal” flea products that customers could get from their veterinarian. The emphasis shifted from
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