You have had reservations to the hottest restaurant in the area for weeks. As you walk in you can see why its ambience is perfect and the aromas are mind blowing. As the maitre d’ escorts you to your table your mouth starts to water. Just then you notice a fly buzzing around the table not to alarm your dinner guest you say it’s only a fly.

Do you have any idea where it’s been? They are general feeders, being attracted to a variety of substances from excrement to human foods. Flies have been shown to carry over 100 different kinds of disease causing pathogens, many of which are associated with filth. The pathogens include typhoid fever, cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, tuberculosis, and salmonella as well as parasitic worms. Read more…

The weather could not be better. The grill is heating up, the dogs and burgers are almost done, the beer is ice cold, the music is playing and everyone is having a great time.? However, you and your guests are not the only ones.? Since Bees, Hornets, Wasps and Yellow Jackets love to party as well, you need to be careful.? The last thing you need on a perfect day like today is to have these unwanted party crashers disrupting your party.? You may ask, who invited them anyway?? ?Depending on where you have placed your flowering plants, you may have been the one asking them to join the fun and food.? It’s usually at this time that you may observe that spring and summer ritual, that interesting dance.? You know which one; the hands and arms flailing wildly, the fancy skipping along with the crazy body gyrations.? The dance is a result of these party crashers attacking you and your guests. We may get a good laugh as we watch someone unwittingly perform that interesting dance for us, but if they are allergic to their sting, it’s not a laughing matter.?
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During economic downs we all look for ways to reduce our expenses.? We examine our budgets and we start to eliminate those items we believe are not essential. Eating out a little less as well as not going to the movies as often.? But you would never think of eliminating the business, home or auto insurance would you?? Why not?? Because they are items you can’t afford to go without.? Why would you then discontinue your pest management service after considering the investment you have already made?? Pest management is nothing more than a specialized insurance policy that protects your home and business from wood destroying insects as well as those nasty stinging ones and don’t forget rodents.?
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You’re sitting in your easy chair listening to your favorite album (CD for the younger crowd) when out of the corner of your eye you notice something crawling toward you. You pause for a moment, and then as if you were calling out for assistance you yell out “what is that”! It’s prehistoric in appearance strange and creepy at the same time making you wish you were not alone, but you are. What in the world could it be? It’s the perfect character to put fear in the hearts of those that enjoy watching a good horror or sci-fi movie. Can you imagine being placed in a tank full of them? I’m sorry I still have not identified the creepy disgusting looking thing yet.
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