House Flies and Fruit Flies: What’s the Difference?
When you have a fly buzzing around your home, disturbing your peace, you don’t care what kind of fly it is—you just want it gone. A fly in your home once in a while isn’t a particular concern, (they often fly in through the window sometimes.) But incessant buzzing in the kitchen or throughout your…
Read MoreDiscourage Carpenter Bees with These Home Improvements
If you’re a homeowner, then you understand the serious problems that wood-destroying insects pose on the wood around the exterior of your house. Wood bore bees, also known as carpenter bees, can be a huge problem for homeowners. Before you pull out the big guns, (bug spray, box traps, and sticky traps), let’s first take…
Read MoreMaintain Your Hummingbird Feeders with These Tips
Few things are as majestic as fluttering, jewel-colored hummingbirds. These dazzling pint-sized birds are fascinating to watch as they hover precariously above flowers in search of nectar. In addition to petaled flowers, another common food source that attracts hummingbirds is a manmade hummingbird feeder. If your yard doesn’t have space for a garden of flowers,…
Read MoreIdentifying Dangerous Spiders Around Your Home
As humans, our collective fear of spiders has become so sensitive that we shriek at even a semblance of a spider, such as a balled up piece of string hanging from a freshly washed shirt, or a small black speck on the carpet. Despite our fears, not every spider is dangerous and needs an immediate…
Read MoreKeeping Pests Out of Your Garage
If you’re a homeowner, then a garage is to your car what your home is to you. Unfortunately, your garage is also the ideal home for a variety of pests, and one of the most common spots for pest infestations. No one wants insects taking up residence in their garage, but the biggest issue is…
Read More5 Tips for Keeping Roaches Away
As we move into the later summer months, most of us are trying to seek the cool of the indoors as much as possible. Unfortunately, unwanted pests like the American cockroach are also in search of the cozy, cool temperature your home provides––where the temperature is 70 degrees or higher. Besides sealing off entryways to…
Read MoreIs It Safe to Use Bug Spray While Pregnant?
As a newly pregnant mother, you want the absolute best for your soon-to-be-here bundle of joy. This means taking only the best prenatal vitamins, eating the best diet, and using the best skincare––no exceptions. When it comes to bug spray, there can be a lot of misinformation, skewed data, and bias about which bug sprays…
Read MoreMurder Hornets: What You Need to Know
The neighborhood is buzzing––quite literally––over the hype of murder hornets! But before we all get into our bunkers, we wanted to make it clear that no actual murder hornets have been found in Alabama. However, in the Pacific Northwest, the detection of Asian giant hornets are causing beekeepers some sleepless nights. Asian giant hornets, or…
Read MoreYour Ultimate Guide to Bug Spray
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. Below you’ll find a bug spray breakdown. It’s all the essential information you need to know before picking a product and slathering or spraying it on your skin. If…
Read MoreControlling Garden Pests This Summer
Just as your garden is boasting a fresh array of leafy vegetables and shiny red tomatoes, you notice black spots on the leaves. Or maybe your leaves start resembling green Swiss cheese, with holes on every surface. Garden pests are no joke! And we’re willing to bet they’re every gardener’s worst nightmare. Some pests can…
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