January 1, 2015 to January 31, 2015

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Winter Pests And Attic Spaces

DATE POSTED: January 29, 2015

Last fall, without your consent, bugs and wildlife may have taken up residence in your attic spaces. If you have not visited your attic crawl spaces recently, now might be the time. When spring arrives, those bugs, rodents, and wild critters will leave their low-energy state and begin to forage more vigorously for food. This will bring them down into your kitchen, pantry, and living areas--if they…

Carpenter Ants In Winter?

DATE POSTED: January 26, 2015

Yep. Don't think that just because your nostril hairs freeze every time you walk out into the winter chill that your home is safe from carpenter ants. Ants come back every year, no matter how much snow you get. That means they know how to hide from the winter chill. One of the places they hide is inside your house. Yep. They could already be inside. Here is what you need to know about carpenter…

The Millipede And Centipede Invasion

DATE POSTED: January 19, 2015

Which are you? The kind of person who believes that anything with more than four legs should be squished, or the kind of person who will delicately trap a fly and release him back into the wild? I used to be the second one--and I guess I still am, to a certain extent. Just yesterday I caught a stink bug with a tiny glass and escorted him off my property. But flies don't live long in my house. I…

Get That Pantry In Shape

DATE POSTED: January 12, 2015

Did you put on a few holiday pounds? Who didn't? My grandmother use to say, "A moment on the lips; a lifetime on the hips." There is a lot of wisdom in that. But it hasn't kept me from packing down the holidays pies--at least, not yet.

Bed Bug Detection After The Holidays

DATE POSTED: January 5, 2015

If you are like most Americans, you traveled during the holidays. If you traveled and did not check for bed bugs, you should definitely look for them now. These bugs are notorious hitchhikers. They don't generally squeeze in through your walls, they crawl into your luggage, lay their eggs in your clothes, or tuck themselves into a tight seclude nook in your laptop, yes, your laptop. Bed bugs are…