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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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Delta is a large sand pile that ants love, especially carpenter ants. These ants prefer to invade wet and rotting wood that has been softened by fungus and are often associated with moisture problems. When you have carpenter ants the only external sign of an infestation other than the presence of workers (all female like a sisterhood) is the appearance of small perfectly round holes on the surface of wood. Through these exit holes, the ants eject wood frass, which consists of sawdust and parts of dead sisters. The build-up of this frass below the holes is a excellent indication of an active carpenter ant infestation.  

Carpenter Ant Infestation

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Pest control can be exasperating and while you might consider doing it yourself, it is best left to the professionals. Delta bugs can be a unrelenting problem with property owners. Instead of grabbing a handful of pesticides, insecticides and rodenticides from your local hardware store, consider this first, the government has restricted the use of chemicals and their potency, so you maybe wasting your money. If you do use these products and need to reapply the chemicals, the toxic levels can impact your family and pets. A pro usually eliminates bugs in one treatment even if the infestation is severe. Professionals in pest control service use the most beneficial method to deal with pests based on their severity and label application rates.

Pest Extermination

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Some people call squirrels – big eyed rats with fussy tails, others call rats – baby squirrels that haunt the night. I say they are rodents that transmit diseases. Both rodents can carry the plague – yes the one from the medieval ages, the deadliest infectious disease. Squirrels are also know to transmit tularemia ( very high fatality rate), typhus and ringworm through bites or other forms of direct contact, like feces. Then there are rats, these little night devils can carry even more diseases including hantavirus, leptospirosis, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, and salmonella. So you ask which one of these vermin is worst when it comes down to transmitting diseases, well on a scale of 10, rats are 9/10 and squirrels are 8/10 (mostly because the high fatality rate of tularemia).

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In Delta, year around pest issues are common because of our mild winters, insects like: sugar ants, silverfish, cockroaches, flies, spiders and bed bugs just don’t go dormant.  Pest control specialists don’t just resolve current pest problems, they can also foil future problems with a treatment program. First, maintain an outdoor barricade. You should maintain a 10 meter barrier to keep outside pests from getting close to your home, this may included cutting back shrubs and trees form the house and spraying the perimeter of your house. And finally, treating the interior only if you have an obvious insect infestation. This involves the application of a insecticide along the floorboards of your home.

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Regardless if you clean your home like a pro or have someone else do it, it still helps to hire a pest control company to inspect your house for mice, rats, squirrels, and insects. Silverfish, spiders, ants and other bugs can hide under baseboards, cabinets and in the crawlspace or attic. Our chaotic weather that’s too wet or too cold motivates rodents in from outdoors, and with them comes viruses, germs and disease. An annual inspection can safeguard your home from mice, rats, squirrels, silverfish, spiders, ants and other pests. Our specialists at Go Green Pest Control can keep your home free from all these pests and more.   

Germ-Free Home – Eliminate Pests

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Birds are super-spreaders of diseases because they travel over large distances, and their bodies are hosts to infectious diseases. Birds such as pigeons, sparrows, crows, and seagulls nest on our buildings, eat our food, and live in our backyards, school, buildings and parks. These birds pose a momentous health risks mainly spreading it through their droppings. Bird poop is full of diseases and pass it on to humans through poop contaminates in food and water sources. Believe it or not, fecal dust from their poop can infect us. When dried droppings are disturbed, microscopic pieces break off and float into the air. This floating poop is in the air so we breath it, we consume it and we get direct contact with it.  

Do Birds Spread Disease?

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Pest control is considered regular maintenance, like normal wear and tear of your home, and your home insurance policy won’t cover it. If you notice droppings from rodents, sounds in your attic or crawl space or gnaw marks on garbage bins, its best to hire a pest control company. Pests can cause major damage to your home such as chewing through an electrical wires that can start a fire, or carpenter ants that build nests in the walls causing mold and structural damage. If your insurance company finds the source of the fire or damaged structural components was due to negligence, your insurer could reject your claim.

Preventable damage is damage that occur over time and can be avoided by pre-emptive action. This can be a large Douglas-fir or Hemlock tree root slowly growing under or through your foundation, or raccoons living in your attic. So when you see the risk of pest damage in advance and take action to prevent the damage but if you don’t do anything then your insurance companies will likely deny coverage. Unexpected damage is when a homeowner performing reasonable maintenance doesn’t anticipate the damage. For example, damage from a storm allows pests to enter your home and cause damage, this would qualify but not if combined with preventable pest damage. If rats get into your attic and cause all kinds of damage, your insurance wont cover that damage but it will cover fire damage caused by a rat chewing threw fire causing said fire.  

Pests and Home Insurance – Preventable and Unexpected Damage

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Preventable pest damage plays a significant role in whether or not pest damage is covered by your homeowners insurance. This is the fundamental position that your insurance company takes when denying coverage. Preventable damage is damage that takes pre-emptive actions or repairing damage that occur over time. For instance, cracks in the foundation getting wider as the house settles, carpenter ants nesting in wet or moldy siding, and squirrels chewing through soffit material and nesting in the attic. So, your insurer assumes that you can see the hazard of pest damage in advance and get it fixed. Check your policy details to confirm what the exceptions are.

 Homeowners Insurance and Preventable Pest Damage

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