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Six Common Spring Pests  

Ticks –  

Mosquitoes –  

Bees and wasps –  

Fleas –  

Cockroaches –  

Rats and mice –

There are a lot of places around your home that wasps and hornets would like to nest. They are beneficial to the environment by cutting down on unnecessary bug populations, such as caterpillars, flies and beetle larvae, and many more insects around your home. If you’re worried about them disturbing your outdoor activities here is what you can do. Hose down any shrubs close to your party site, the wasps will think it’s a storm and this will reduce their activity. Remove any rotting fruit from nearby trees as well as the fruit on the ground. Wasps love nesting in sunny areas, so make sure the sunny side of your house has all cracks filled, including in your flashing, eaves and chimney.

Stop Hornet and Wasps from Nesting on your Property

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Baking Soda Can Kill Rats cause they cant burp. Apparently rats aren’t able to burp but they can pass gas and caffeine is harmful so give them your coffee.  

Rats are very aggressive, well not true – only to other rats.  

Rats cause diseases, well they carry fleas etc. that actually are the transmitter of the diseases.

Rats aren’t good pets, Norway and roof rats are wild animals but fancy rats are bred for being pets.

Rats are dirty, but rat’s personal hygiene is on par with that of a domesticated cats or dogs.

Rats eat anything and everything – almost true indeed.

Rats grow as large as cats, there are some species of rats in the world that are huge but not our local ones.

Rats smell bad – its actually their urine that reeks.

Rats don’t show affection – they are actually social animals, the same as domesticated animals.

Cats control the rat population – only feral cats are real good at this one.  

Rat Myths – We hear every day

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Have you been noticing more flies than usual during this winter? Flies usually travel to sun-exposed sides of buildings in the late summer and enter your home through any available crack or opening. They survive winter in the adult stage by taking shelter indoor and are in a suspended state of development known as diapause ; they neither feed nor reproduce so they will either leave on their own or die without reproducing. When it starts to become warmer outside, these flies will come out from hiding behind walls and fly about your home. The cluster flies don’t develop on garbage rather they are parasites of earthworms. Cluster fly control can be difficult because it can take a lot of work to prevent them from entering a home.

Cluster Flies – Snow-birding it your home

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How can you tell what kind of rodent is infesting your Delta property? With so many different kinds of mice and rats out there, sometimes it is hard to know – so here is the break down for the order of the four most common rodents in Delta.

#1 Norway rats are very surreptitious and can enter a structure through openings larger than 11 mm. They are treacherous because they can cause damage to your property and are carriers of diseases.

#2 House Mice. They can breed rapidly – 35 babies a year, and quickly adapt to changing conditions. These mice are threats because they can bring fleas, mites, ticks and lice into a home.

#3Roof Rats. These types of rats are most commonly found on upper parts of buildings and trees. Roof rats have been known to carry fleas and diseases like the bubonic plague.

#4 Deer Mice. Deer mice are usually found in rural areas and they are known to carry the Hantavirus.

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If you have these pests nesting in your home, it’s really no surprise, we are living on their silty soil here in Delta. When it comes to food preferences, these ants are often sweet-seekers or everything-eaters. Of course, these ants are attracted to sugar – be it white, brown, and powdered sugars; honey; corn, maple and other syrups; and jams, jellies, and preserves. And then cake, candy, fruit, nectar, and sugary soft drinks.  They invade indoor spaces, such as kitchens, dinning rooms and pantries, looking for food. So make your home less appealing by wiping up spills and cleaning up after prepping, cooking, or baking. If you have these ants, it is not recommended using retail ant products as they rarely work, rather they spread the ants all over the house, call a pro!!!   

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You might think that cold weather scares most pests away, but actually where is away, the reverse is true! There are numerous pests that relish a warm and dry area to go during winter time, and it is important to get rid of them as soon as possible before they cause headaches and potential damage your property. From attics to crawlspaces to basements, there are many areas of your home where pests like to hide between fall and spring. Here are a few common cold weather pests: Sugar ants, silverfish, carpet beetles, bed bugs, spiders, rodents, flies, carpenter ants and more.

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Cockroaches can live through almost anything including headless. They breed quickly, one female cockroach can give birth over 650 baby roaches in a year. Cockroaches aren’t picky about what they eat as they will eat almost everything. Cockroaches can live as long as 10 years and are the fastest-running insects in the world. Cockroaches can squeeze through holes as narrow as a dime. And finally, they can contaminate areas of your home with salmonella, parasitic worms and E. coli.

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While the stink bug can’t hurt you, they’re considered to be a pest because of what they use for defense, the very unpleasant odor they release when they are startled, disturbed or squashed. The stink bugs produce that smelly chemical in a gland on their abdomen. Some species can actually spray the chemical several inches. They can damage ornamental plants, fruit trees, and gardens.  They do not cause structural damage or spread disease, but they do cause a few issues.  They also fly around rooms and crawl on walls and ceilings in large numbers.  

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Bedbugs in a home are a nasty nuisance and the best defense is to call a bed bug exterminator to completely eradicate the infestation. Bed bugs can be difficult to detect because they are so small, only 6 mm or less in size. Females are very productive laying over 600 eggs in a lifetime. It only takes a female 3 weeks to mature to adulthood. Bed bugs usually feed at night and if you are laying in a bed infested with bed bugs you’ll be shocked to awaken the next morning with tiny blood spots on the bed covers or your skin. Washing the bed sheets and even the bed itself will not solve the problem – call a bed bug exterminator.

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