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Valentines Day Mating Rituals… Of Bugs

Ladybugs In Love

With Valentines Day just around the corner, many of us will be buying flowers, chocolates, and romantic cards in hopes of wooing our mates. Did you know that many of our insect friends also have rituals of their own in hopes of luring in a mate this Valentine’s Day? In honor of Valentines Day, here are a few unique, bizarre, and downright cool mating rituals of five different bugs or arachnids: “Peacocking” Peacock Spiders  Okay before you jump all over me, I know spiders aren’t bugs; they’re arachnids. Despite this classification, Peacock Spiders perform one of the most elaborate and downright cool mating rituals I have ever seem in the… Read More

5 Strange Parenting Habits From The Original Modern Family

stink bug

Think your parents did weird? Well they are nothing compared to these guys! These creepy crawlies have some really strange ideas of how to take care of their babies. Here are five shocking habits insects perform on a regular basis to keep their kids safe and healthy: 1. Setting up the nursery The dung beetle starts off our list with their strange habit: setting up the baby’s room. Dung beetles will roll up balls of dung and use them for nursery. Talk about one smelly room! These insects get all of their nutrients from dung. When two beetles are ready to mate they will create a ball of dung, bury… Read More

Friday Link Round-Up: Pest Control News

Bedbugs Invade

List of Worst Bed Bug Cities Targets Midwest If you live in one of these bedbug infested Midwestern cities, I’m sorry. If you’re doing any traveling to one of these cities in the future, please take some bedbug precautions… Read More Where Do Cluster Flies Come From? Crazy fact… Cluster Fly larvae develop inside earthworms living in the ground outside of homes. The larvae develop into cocoons before hatching into adult flies… Read More Bed Bugs Still Appear During Winter Months Contrary to popular belief, bed bugs are not seasonal pests– they do not adapt to the cold very well, so they will be more likely to seek shelter indoors… Read… Read More

Will This Record Cold Affect The Pest Control Industry?

Concerned Business Owner

Most of the United States is experiencing record cold temperatures with this polar vortex. The end of January was down right glacial with temperatures plunging more than 20 degrees below normal. This record cold and snow is expected to last a couple more weeks. This frigid weather has us pest management professionals wondering, just how much this severe cold is going to affect business this upcoming pest season. There’s no doubt that these cold temps will kill off some of the invasive pests we service, but to what extent? How Extreme Cold Affects Insect Pests As PCO’s, we all know that many of the pests we strive to manage can… Read More

Daddy Something Bit Me!

Assassin Bug bites

I was lying in bed last night, in that state where you’re half awake and half asleep. It’s then I heard a sound no father wants to hear… A blood-curdling scream coming from my daughter’s bedroom. As I threw off my covers, and clumsily dashed through the hall to my daughter’s bedroom, I was greeted by my petrified and hysterical four-year-old. “Daddy, something bit me!!!” Daddy Something Bit Me! After hearing the discerning news, that my daughter was either bit or stung by something as she lie in her bed, my first thought was “scorpion!” Living in Arizona, it’s actually fairly common to be stung by a scorpion while in… Read More

Friday Favorites: Weekly Links Round-Up

House Centipede

House Centipede: One Scary Looking Dude! Okay it’s time for my vote and I think the house centipede is one scary looking dude! Here’s why… Read More What Pests Pose Threats To Commercial Properties? The list of diseases pests can transmit is substantial. There are a few pests that are the biggest culprits… Read More Common Animals that Live in the Attic Your attic is a common hideout for pests. These are the biggest culprits… Read More From Yellow Page Spammers to Bad Plumbers Who PPC Are yesterday’s Yellow Page spammers today’s internet spammers? Read More Simple Pest Control Here are a few simple and green pest control tips from… Read More

Astronaut Ants

Space Ant

A new crop of astronaut recruits are ready to prove themselves among the cosmos. They’ve been training hard by eating a hardy diet of honeydew, and lifting as much as 50 times their own weight. Their number has been called, as 800 highly qualified space cadets board a private robotic space craft headed to the stars. After a three-day journey, each of these space-flyers will set their SIX feet down, calling the International Space Station their new home. Yes, you heard me right… Six feet! These new space explorers are not your typical astronauts. They’re ants– or what I like to call, “ant-ronauts!” Astronaut Ants: 800 Ants Sent To Space… Read More

Amazing Video: Jumping Ants!

ant jaws

Okay. This is really cool! I recently came across some remarkable video of ants catapulting themselves around with their jaws. They’re jumping ants! While this behavior is not new to the insect world; I found it fascinating that the ants are not only able to jump backward, but have now evolved to jumping forward as well. This jumping forward is completely new to science! The ants are called Trap-Jaw ants, and when they snap their “trap-jaws” together super fast, it causes the ants to quickly bolt through the air. See the amazing footage yourself: Amazing Video: Jumping Ants! Trap-Jaw Ants The ants featured above are called Trap-Jaw ants (Odontomachus). The… Read More

Pest Control Articles Of The Week

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The Dangers of Dampwood Termites One of the most destructive pests in the Sunshine State is the Dampwood Termite. See for yourself just how much of an endemic they have become in Florida… Read More 4 Pests That Are Better Left to a Professional While all pest professionals believe that every pest problem should be addressed by an exterminator, there are certain pests that should definitely not be left to the homeowner. These four pests are best left to the professionals… Read More Freezing Bed Bugs May Not Kill Bed Bugs Researchers have now concluded that bedbugs have a high cold tolerance. Although they will eventually succumb to the cold… Read More

Your Essential Guide To The EU’s New Pest Control Spray Regulations

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On the first of January this year, new pest control requirements came into play for EU countries. Some of the new requirements is for growers to follow integrated pest management principles. These changes mark the EU’s attempt to reduce our reliance on chemical control. Here is your essential guide to the EU’s new pest control spray regulations, so that PCO’s can update their practices accordingly: IPM IPM, or Integrated Pest Management, deals with managing pests and diseases in an environmentally sensitive and responsible way. It attempts to avoid our over-reliance on chemical control and minimize the risks to wildlife and our health. IPM promotes a whole range of natural pest… Read More

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