“Good night, sleep tight; don’t let the bedbugs bite!” How many times have you heard this well known phrase, said by parents and grandparents all over the world as they tuck their little ones into bed? [...] Continue Reading…
Flies – irritating, annoying, disease carrying flying bugs that drive us all mad especially in the summer months. How do you get rid of them? [...] Continue Reading…
If you have kids, pets or allergies, the last things that you will want hanging around your home are bees! Imagine if the kids got stung and they had an allergic reaction like so many of the population have suffered with! These bugs are not only a nuisance, they can do some serious damage to your health… [...] Continue Reading…
The bad news is that usually, you will never know that you have a termite problem until it really is too late. The good news is that with a little bit of care and consideration for your home and to be more precise, a watchful eye over your property, you should spot termites early enough to be able to fix the problem that you have come across. [...] Continue Reading…
For an animal roughly the same size of a house cat, this small pest has the ability to have most grown men running away in fear! No, the skunk is not a deadly creature with a venomous sting or a deadly bite, it is a very stinky animal and once you have been sprayed, you know you have been sprayed for a long while! [...] Continue Reading…
Fruit flies are those tiny buzzing insects that congregate around rotting fruits (hence the name) and moist or damp places where there are decaying matter. The fly may be black-bodied but is more often yellowish with red eyes and splayed wings. They infest the fruit and lay their eggs which hatch after about ten days. [...] Continue Reading…
Simply put, wasps are dangerous, particularly for small children. The reason is they sting repeatedly, because their stings are not barbed like those of bees that are used once and no more. The bee dies after that, but wasps can sting several times, fly off then return to sting some more. If the bitten human is allergic to wasp venom, he can suffer terribly and even lose his life. [...] Continue Reading…
For many people, the mere sight of cockroaches often sends shivers of disgust and revulsion up their spines. Beyond the hate conditioning obtained from school lessons through the years against roaches, the insects’ being denizens of the dark, creepy, damp places do not contribute much to their likeability. [...] Continue Reading…
When suddenly you feel a series of pinpricks in your leg in the middle of the night, or maybe in your shoulder or arm, don’t think right away of too much cholesterol blocking your veins. You can think of bed bugs instead and you’d be nearer the truth. Bed bugs are those small, flat, and totally sneaky insects that steal a good night’s sleep from you. Or if you do, your reward may be reddish and itchy bumps on your skin, which in rare cases may turn to blisters. [...] Continue Reading…
Squirrels are often depicted as lovable creatures, because of their fluffy tails, soft supple bodies and funny antics. And as they scamper from branch to branch, they are exemplary icons of benevolent wildlife living harmoniously with man. That is, until they begin chewing holes in the roof eaves to enter the ceiling or attic, gnaw on electric lines and make fire possible, cheat birds of their food, damage the buds of the garden plants and harvest the garbage cans. [...] Continue Reading…