Does your company use termite monitors? Our regular exterminator wants to inject termite chemicals around our foundation even though it’s not clear if we even have a termite problem. A friend has monitors around his home and swears by them. K. P., Boxborough, MA Termite bait stations, or monitors as you call them, are actually
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Please keep all household pesticides in their original containers. That’s the main message this year from the Environmental Protection Agency as it promotes National Poison Prevention Week, March 19-25. EPA is highlighting the dangers of removing pesticides and other household chemicals from their original containers and storing them in bottles or cans that can be
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I’ve been around this industry for over thirty years now, (how is that possible!) and the one thing that struck me today was that while the locations (same neighborhoods, same building complexes etc.) may be the same but the pests keep cycling back around. What I mean is the same buildings that were infested with
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Picture it. A plateful of holiday cookies made with mealworm flour, or a crunchy cricket taco, or an afternoon snack of “Chirps Chips” featuring cricket flour (especially good for those who are going gluten-free). Utilizing insects as a food source is not a new thing for much of the world but it’s still a long
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This blog is about a pest problem that an exterminator normally doesn’t face but that we all should be concerned about. Unprecedented damage is being done to our native forest trees by pest invasions that are further encouraged by climate changes. Being hit the hardest are forests in California, Colorado, North Carolina, Florida, parts of
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Roofs and their respective soffits, fascia boards, vents, and chimneys are the number one way that squirrels, bats, raccoons, opossums, and nuisance birds get into structures. Animals are motivated at this time of year by the warmth and winter protection offered by an attic. At other times of the year, attics serve as ideal nesting
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My third-grade daughter says that her school is going to have an exterminator treat for mosquitoes around the school. That scares me. Will they be spraying pesticide on the school grounds? Don’t parents have to be notified first? J.L., Holden, MA “Treating for mosquitoes” can cover a wide range of control measures and most don’t
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There are lots of different insect repellent products out there, no doubt even more now that Zika virus is becoming a concern. How do you know which ones work? The best answer is to trust government testing. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has tested personal repellents for safety, longevity, and effectiveness and they have
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What is an insect growth regulator? I’ve read that this is supposed to be a better way to control pests without the use of insecticides. Why don’t exterminators use insect growth regulators? A. F., Millville, MA Exterminators do use insect growth regulators (IGRs). We use them all the time and for different kinds of insects.
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