Monthly Archive November 8, 2019

Blog: Vole population seems to be peaking
Randy Bilesky / Delta Optimist
NOVEMBER 7, 2019 02:05 PM
VOLES
Voles live underground forming connected tunnels from which they can consume plant roots, depriving plants of water and nutrients.
Photograph By ROLF TISCHER FROM PIXABAY
Delta BC
Homeowners and local farmers hope that populations of voles regress after reaching record levels the last couple years. Voles live underground forming connected tunnels from which they can consume plant roots, depriving plants of water and nutrients. The population of voles seem to be peaking and hope is the destructive rodent’s numbers will soon take a nosedive. Although guesstimating the vole’s population is very difficult, damage to crops and landscaping shows their numbers are excessively high. Vole populations normally alternate, with populations peaking for three years in interludes of about seven years apart. As in previous years, the vole population will blow up but be quickly be reduced with an occurrence of disease that quickly brings down their numbers.
Go Green Pest Control owner Randy Bilesky is a long-time South Delta resident. Trained and certified, Bilesky has first-hand knowledge of the pest problems that local homeowners and business owners encounter.

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It’s the time of year when reports of raccoons wreaking havoc is on the rise. Raccoons are nocturnal mammals common throughout the lower mainland. These clever creatures have nimble hands and are intelligent problem solvers capable of opening latches, turning doorknobs, climbing, swimming, running at speeds of over 16 kilometers per hour and will remember how they got out of sticky situations in the past. The animals are more noticeable this time of year because they are on the move looking for somewhere it’s cozy and warm. With raccoons seeking warmth, now is the time to make sure your homes are sealed up, such as chimney caps, attic vent covers and loss soffit materials. Raccoons will also go after pet food left outside, as well as birdseed. Raccoons are known for carrying communicable diseases like rabies.  

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Home owners and local farmers hope that populations of voles regress after reaching record levels the last couple years. Voles live underground forming connected tunnels from which they can consume plant roots, depriving plants of water and nutrients. The population of voles seem to be peaking and hope is the destructive rodent’s numbers will soon take a nosedive. Although guesstimating the vole’s population is very difficult, damage to crops and landscaping shows their numbers are excessively high. Vole populations normally alternate, with populations peaking for three years in interludes of about seven years apart. As in previous years, the vole population will blow up but be quickly be reduced with an occurrence of disease that quickly brings down their numbers.  

https://www.delta-optimist.com/opinion/blogs/blog-vole-population-seems-to-be-peaking-1.24000558

A cannibal wood ant colony was discovered in abandoned post-Soviet nuclear bunker in Poland. A colony of ants had survived for years after falling into a abandoned bunker with no means of escape, and had stayed alive by deliberately eating the dead members of their own kind. The colony was made up of only worker ants and had no obvious available food source so it was concluded that the thriving community was sustained by cannibalism. A larger ant colony above the bunker was slowly losing workers that accidentally fall through a small ventilation pipes leading into the underground bunker. When they were first found, there were over a million individual ants that couldn’t get back up and out of the bunker. The wood ants were consuming the dead bodies of their fallen buddies that were collecting on the bunker floor. Corpse consumption among wood ants is actually common among nest-mates as a important food source- even when there is no shortage of food.

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So how serious is it having lice? Having lice on your head leads to intense itching, then to scratching and can cause sores and secondary bacterial infections on the skin. These pests also pose a psychological problem, as their bites cause a tickling sensation and may result in anxiety, secondary infection and sleeplessness. To make thing worst, body lice can spread the following diseases: epidemic typhus, louse-borne relapsing fever, trench fever and vagabond’s disease ( when body lice infestation are long lasting, heavily bitten areas of the skin can become thickened and darkened). Getting rid of head lice can be done at home with the use of a nit comb, thorough body washing, and all clothing and bed linens should be washed in hot cycles.

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