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Saturday, October 16, 2010

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Yellow Jackets Can Be Beneficial Insects

Yellow jackets and other wasps are beneficial insects that eat astounding numbers of aphids, mosquitoes caterpillars and flies; however, as we all know, they can inflict painful stings if you stumble upon one of their nests.

This time of year they're extra protective because the nest is filled with new queens about to leave and start new colonies.

Before entering an untended area of the garden, check for a wasp nest. Wasps fly in and out of the nest in a beeline. They never hover or forage near their nest, but they do get backed up waiting for their turn to enter a crowded entry hole.

Nests can be located on a branch, in the siding of a house, or in the ground, often under shrubbery. If you notice that you have a nest, and it's located in an out-of-the-way location that doesn't pose a risk to anyone, simply leave it alone.

As soon as it gets a little colder, the wasps will desert the nest. Keep an eye on the area, and once there has been no activity for several days, seal up the hole in the siding, or put a rock over the hole in the ground.

They'll never use the same nest again, but if you don't seal the opening, next spring a new queen might discover the hole and decide it's a great place to start building a new one right next to the old one.

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Friday, October 1, 2010

It's Raining Like Cats and Dogs and Mice?

Non-native Brown Tree Snake

In a ploy to rid Guam of its population of invasive brown tree snakes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is bombing the island with drugged frozen mice, military news outlet Stars and Stripes reported.

Using Naval Base Guam as a starting point, scientists drop mice packed with acetaminophen from helicopters into the jungle canopy.

The drug -- commonly found in Tylenol -- provided a regulatory advantage because it had already undergone extensive testing, Dan Vice, assistant state director of USDA Wildlife Services in Hawaii, Guam and the Pacific Islands, told Stars and Stripes.

Guam’s snake problem began in the 1980s, when the creatures arrived on the island accidentally in military cargo. The mildly venomous snakes can grow up to 10 feet long and, according to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the State of Hawaii, are the leading cause of endangerment for some of Guam’s native animals.

“The discovery that snakes will die when they eat acetaminophen was a huge step forward,” Anne Brooke, conservation resources program manager for Naval Facilities Command Marianas told Stars and Stripes. “The problem was how you get the snakes to eat it.”

The solution was to drop the mice into the snakes’ natural habitat, the branches of trees in the jungles of Guam. By outfitting the mice with cardboard wings and green party streams, the bait could float down to the jungle and catch on the branches. The result is a hanging, deadly snack for the snakes.

Researchers began testing the system at the beginning of September, dropping 200 mice into 20 acres around the base, Stars and Stripes reported.

The effectiveness of the drop will offer insights into how well it might work elsewhere on the island -- and whether it might be a key to solving a longtime ecological problem, Vice said.

As always, Call Assassin Exterminating & Pest Control today for all your snake removal needs.

Source: Fox News & Stars and Stripes

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Why Hire You When I Can Do It Myself?

I often get the question "Why should I pay you to exterminate my house when I can go to Wal-Mart and do it myself?" I usually reply with something along the lines of "Did you know you can also extract your own wisdom teeth, install a complete HVAC system or purchase a tattoo kit on the internet and do-it-yourself?"

When you hire a service professional to perform a task, understand that they have specialized training and education that comes with years of hands-on experience. It's absolutely no different for Pest Control Service Providers.

I'm not talking about fly by night companies like Rat Bait Rodney Pest Control & Painting or Joey B's Deck Building and Termite Control. I mean establishments that have chosen this profession because they truly want to make a difference and not only believe in the services they provide, but stand by it.

Call Assassin Exterminating Today And Find Out What The Difference Is When You "Always Hire A Professional"

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Six-foot Wasp Nest Found in Attic

A 6ft-high wasp nest has been discovered in the attic of a Southampton pub.

Pest controller Sean Whelan was called in to deal with the 6ft by 5ft (1.8m by 1.5m) nest which housed a total of about 500,000 wasps.

Mr Whelan said after exterminating the insects, the nest had to remain where it was because it was too big to remove from the attic.

Oxford University experts have verified the nest is Britain's biggest ever.

They said they thought it was also the largest found across the world in the past 50 years.

The pub which housed the nest has asked to remain anonymous.

'Bit scary'

Mr Whelan told BBC Radio Solent: "The wasps will never go back in it, so we will just leave it to disintegrate.

"There were actually eight wasps nests in the loft but I actually did not spot [the biggest one] until I killed off the first, second, third...

"I had been staring at it for quite some time but I did not recognise it because it was very big. It was a bit scary [but] it was mesmerizing and very challenging."

"I think it has been a very mild spring and obviously summer has been quite dry - that's helped," Mr Whelan added.

"The experts feel [the nest] has lasted through the winter from last year [and] that is why it is so big."

The nest is 15 times bigger than the UK average and nearly as big as a Smart car, which is slightly longer at 8ft 10in by 5ft 1in (2.69m by 1.54m).

Nationally, pest control experts revealed on Wednesday that the number of calls to remove wasp nests more than tripled last month.

The increase has been blamed on the warm weather and household nests going untreated last year as people have been cutting back their spending during the recession.

Whether it's as small as a nickle or as large as a smart car, call Fort Worth based Assassin Exterminating for all your wasp removal needs.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Bed Bugs, Bed Bugs, Bed Bugs

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Talk about sleeping with the enemy.

That's how termite technician Rodney Lewis felt when nasty bedbugs crawled their way inside his own North Dallas apartment earlier this year.

"It was a nightmare," said Lewis, who lives with his girlfriend. "We had to move out. We ended up having to get rid of our bed and couch. It was $1,500 worth of furniture."

Mike Merchant, a Dallas entomologist who studies bugs in urban areas, said Lewis' misery is understandable.
"Most people are horrified by them," Merchant said. "The most private place in the world is your bed, so to think there are bugs in your bed, feeding on your blood at night, is creepy."

Almost eradicated before the 1950s with the now-banned pesticide DDT, the once-forgotten nocturnal bloodsuckers have been making a massive comeback nationwide the past few years, pest control experts say.

The National Pest Management Association released a study in late July that reported an 81 percent increase in bedbug calls since 2000 for pest management companies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency earlier this month issued a joint statement noting the bugs' rapid resurgence. They warned consumers to use caution in choosing bedbug treatments.

Recently, an Abercrombie & Fitch store as well as a Victoria's Secret location, both in New York, were temporarily closed because of bedbugs.

The appearance of the bugs in North Texas hasn't been as prominent, and local and state health officials say they don't track infestations because the bugs don't carry disease. But pest control experts say the creepy crawlers' numbers here are definitely marching upward.

Adam Romig, spokesman for ABC Pest Control in Dallas, said the company responded to no more than five bedbug calls annually before this year.

"Now we're seeing that many a week."

In April, the Fort Worth Housing Authority struggled mightily in its attempts to eradicate bedbugs from one of its residential buildings, said spokeswoman Alice Sykes.

"We tried everything, and we spent a lot of money trying to treat for bedbugs," Sykes said. "Finally we just said, let's relocate."

Tiny pests

Adult bedbugs are round and flat, about the size of an apple seed, and can squeeze through a hole as small as a pencil point. They are found mainly in mattresses and couches, but they also show up in wall crevices, floors and the cracks in wood on headboards.

They don't fly – thank goodness – but are fast crawlers that can make their way onto a bed from the floor relatively easily. Mainly, however, bedbugs are hitchhikers that like to catch rides on humans and animals through clothing, luggage and bedding. They move around primarily at night but are also active during the day.
And while bedbugs don't carry diseases or live on humans and animals as do fleas or lice, they're still unsettling, and unwanted, guests.

Entomologist Merchant and pest control workers said that it's a common misconception that bedbugs only affect those in low-income housing or dirty hotels. Romig said he's heard of them in college dorms and other places where people live close together.

"It can happen in five-star hotels," Merchant said. "People can pick it up at resorts or from secondhand furniture. It can really happen to anyone."

Global travel

The primary reason bedbugs are making a comeback is the frequency of international travel these days, he said. Federal officials also say bedbugs' increased resistance to pesticides, as well as a lack of knowledge about how to control them because of their extended absence, have contributed to the pest's comeback.
Brooke Dieterlen, executive director of the Hotel Association of North Texas, said she has yet to receive any reports of bedbug outbreaks from any of the association's 150 members.

"It's just not on our radar," she said. "But all the hotels are concerned. They contract pest control services and are finding information on this as a precaution so they don't have to deal with the problem."

That's of little comfort to Lewis. He said his girlfriend had an allergic reaction to the bugs, whose bites are not painful but cause welts that are "incredibly itchy."

The couple, who had been in their apartment for less than two months, were forced to relocate when their landlord refused to treat for the pests because it's so expensive.

Merchant said the problem in getting apartments to pay for bedbug treatments is fairly common because landlords often think it's the tenants' fault for bringing in the pests.

"It puts landlords in a bind," Merchant said. "It's an expensive problem. It's $300 a visit, and it requires maybe three visits. On top of that, they have to treat their entire building, since bedbugs travel between floors and walls."

Mary Montgomery, 59, was one of the Fort Worth Housing Authority residents who had to move because of the bedbug outbreak earlier this year. Although she was never bitten at her old digs, Montgomery said she couldn't sleep because she was so worried.

"They're so hard to get rid of," she said in a recent interview. "Since we relocated, I can breathe now. I'm not worried anymore."