Education and Prevention

During Diabetes Awareness Month a lot of attention is put on the increasing rate of illness among Americans. Our love for sugar, among a number of other factors, has made type 2 diabetes spike in the country. It made us curious about how other animals react to sugar. Many insects are notorious for their sugar…

Sometimes it’s the smallest insects that are the biggest pains. Case in point: chiggers. If you’ve ever come in contact with chiggers you may have been left with an insanely aggravating itch. Chiggers feed off of hosts, but unlike mosquitoes, ticks and fleas they don’t suck your blood. Instead, chiggers like to nibble on skin. When…

During the winter bugs are looking for any possible shelter they can find, and your vehicle could be the perfect spot. The warm engine could attract them, and vehicles that rarely get driven are an even better home base for overwintering pests. Bed bugs, ants, roaches, spiders – just about any insect can get through…

Our Alabama pest control company has been asked a lot of insect and rodent questions in the last 50+ years. Some of them are very specific, one-off questions and others are fairly common. Either way the answer is usually interesting. We wrote down a list of 12 questions that we get asked frequently so you…

Now that you know which Alabama bugs can bite or may be hibernating in your home you’ll need to know how to identify them. Not all bugs have identifiable markings like a black widow. And some species look remarkably similar. Our professional technicians are trained to spot different types of insects in order to create…

This fall you may have noticed something new wriggling and writhing around in your yard. Armyworms are such a common occurrence in the southeast during autumn they’re sometimes referred to as fall armyworms. Armyworms are actually caterpillars that haven’t yet become armyworm moths. The moths migrate to the southern states during the summer where they…

The eastern red bat can be found in many areas across the southern U.S., but Alabama is one of their favorite spots to create a colony. Of the 16 bat species in the Yellowhammer State, eastern red bats are among the most common. Their population is so great the Alabama Bat Working Group notes that…

  Our professional pest control services can keep bugs out of your home and yard, but keeping them off of your body is a whole other ballgame. This summer with growing concerns over the Zika virus it’s more important than ever to make sure you’re properly protected. Below you’ll find a bug spray breakdown. It’s…

Insects serve a vital purpose in the ecosystem, but they can also cause destruction and even death. Throughout history, insects have been a major source of infection. Some species are able to carry diseases and transmit them to humans. Right now we’re dealing with that scenario has experts work to contain the Zika virus. But…