Yearly Archive September 22, 2022

Do to continue Government pressures, north American car companies are “going green” by using biodegradable components to build their cars. Unfortunately for many car owners this has come at a cost: the expensive repair bill resulting from rodents chewing the wire coatings and other electrical parts under the hood!

Randy Bilesky of Go Green Pest Control in Delta talks about rats getting under the hood and what preventative measures car owners can take to stop it.

Randy’s Recommendations:

1) Place a bag of moth balls in the engine compartment and interior of the vehicle.

2) Spray a hot pepper based spray around the vehicle and the engine.

3) Obtain an electronic pest deterrent sonic noise maker like the Ultrasonic Rodent Repeller Commercial Triple Speaker Model Repels Rodents, Rats & Mice. By Innovative Rodent Repeller

4) Live rodent traps

5) Do not place bait stations near the vehicle as the rodent may use your vehicle as a final resting place.

All the wet weather and now the warming season are going to bring the bugs out.

Pesticide applications need to have a target pest. In most situations, that means treating cracks, crevices and voids where the pests live. That is how it should be done. Some labels give the authority to spray baseboards and other areas, but in reality, that is only proper if a house or business is totally infested and spraying baseboards will actually kill some of the target pests, usually ants.

Don’t leave any debris lying around the house. This is a good hiding place for ants, silverfish and moths. If you have firewood, stack it away from the house as it will attract black widows. If you don’t want bugs in your firewood, stack it where there is a lot of sunlight and then drape some black plastic over it. The heat from the sun on the black plastic will discourage anything from hiding in the firewood.

When you have branches touching the house or roof, it will allow pharoah  house ants and carpenter ants access. You should trim them back and keep them from touching your home during the warm months. Also, you should sweep down any spider webs anywhere around the outside of the house. These procedures will help keep pests at a bare minimum and will not endanger your family, your pets or your environment. Go G

The number of wasps and hornets is really down from what we normally see this time of summer. At this point in late June, wasps are typically a common sight and nuisance. This year, however, the wasp and hornet population is hardly noticeable. The cool wet spring weather has not been favorable to their survival, as the emerging hibernating queens need to forage for food and build nests causing a high mortality rate. Wasps are a key predator protecting plants life and crops from millipedes, flies, caterpillars, aphids, and much more.  

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Randy Bilesky BsF CPA RPF [email protected]

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 Mosquitoes can transmit infectious diseases like the West Nile virus and are a health risk. Their hungriest at dawn and dusk, so be warned. Getting rid of mosquitoes means keeping them out your yard and using a mosquito repellent. So what else can you do, well here are a few examples: 1. Eliminate standing water, like water in a wheel barrow or on toys. 2. Light Citronella Candles 3. If you have a patio or deck install bug-proof mesh. 4. Keep your grass short and cut back bushes and trees. 5. Use an oscillating fan and reduce mosquito 70%. 6. Wear long sleeves, pants, socks, and shoes. 

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Eliminating insects takes a lot of time and effort for it to be successfully done. After every application of pesticides, you always want to clean your home, but you should be patient before cleaning. Sometimes you have to wait a week or 3 weeks before you can clean your home so that pesticides will work on the target pests. Some pests take time before they come out of their hiding places when sprayed. Keep the house dry as possible. For cleaning use rubber gloves, face masks, water, dishwashing soap, vacuum cleaner, trash bags, sponges or rags and a steam cleaner. So you will need to find a starting point, clean the floors, wipe walls and windows, steam and vacuum furniture.

What you can do after your house is sprayed for insects.

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Randy Bilesky RPF BsF CPA

These beetles are hard to control because you’ll find the damage from the infestation when its done. They destroy furniture, buildings, and homes. Unless you know the signs, they’ll slowly eat away at wood for months and even years. The two signs of a wood-boring beetle infestation are wood powder, holes, tunnels and stained or blistered wood. Some wood-boring beetles will create an audible clicking sound as they chew through wood. These insects prefer moisture in the wood they attack, so buy kiln-dried wood.

Wood-Boring Beetles

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Wasps and bees are unable to feed their nests if they cannot collect nectar and protein, and if the temperature is 12 degrees Celsius  or less foragers cannot fly. Cool night temperatures prevent them from flying at night and if the they do they usually fly towards lighted windows at night. They can generally fly in a drizzle, mist, or light rain but if drops of water accumulate on their bodies, it weighs them down and affects their flying ability. Water does not soak these stinging beasts due to its surface tension.   

When do wasps and bees fly

Randy Bilesky BSF CPA RPF gogreenpestcontrol.ca

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“Soapy water solution or window cleaner can successfully get rid of ants on contact and removing the ants’ pheromone trail using the same solution.” No !  No ! No ! For every one ant you see there is another hundred or a thousand ants near by. So How do you get rid of carpenter ants permanently? “The most effective way to get rid of carpenter ants is to find the nest and destroy it, and the most common places to find carpenter ant nests include hollow doors, window sills, roof areas, and wall voids.” No ! No ! No! Finding the main nest which is outdoors is very difficult and the nests in the house are satellite nest found in wet rotting wood. A combination of detective work and commercial insecticides are the only way to rid your home of Carpenter ants.  

What Google tells you the fastest way to get rid of Carpenter Ants?

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Randy Bilesky BsF CPA RPF GoGreenPestControl.ca

Houseflies can carry a lot of different infectious germs because they eat and lay their eggs in feces, decomposing flesh, and other putrefying matters. These germs stick to many areas of flies as they feed and reproduce. Flies also use regurgitating enzymes from their bodies to break down their food into a fluid that they suck up. So if you see a fly land on your food, do you toss it out? I do – but there is no firm indication that flies transmit pathogens through food that people consume. But again, a growing fly population in your house may result in people getting sick i.e. diarrhea. So if you see one fly land on your food – you should be okay, but if there is a horde of flies pecking at your food, toss it.

Yuck Flies on my Food – Should you chuck it out?

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Integrated pest management, a series of escalating methods to control bugs and weeds. Various methods from hand weeding to biological and chemical controls are all part of the plan.  Alternatives to pesticides; goats and ladybugs. While the goats are perhaps the most visible pest control method used, eating the seed heads off of weeds in parks. Vinegar works especially well in areas with hard surfaces, like park paths or the cracks in your driveway. With the vinegar, if it’s a really hard surface, put some salt down as well. It kind of smells like salt and vinegar chips. Corn gluten, an agent that actually coats the weed seeds preventing them from sprouting, as well as using a rolling machine over park trails that spouts hot steam over weeds.  

Integrated Pest Management

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