Keeping the Bugs at Bay Around the Home: The best strategies for keeping bugs at bay around your home involve prevention rather than using toxic treatments. There are many sprays and products on the market that kill bugs around the home, but these also leave you, your … [Read more...]
West Nile Virus: What it is and How to Avoid it
West Nile Virus: What you Need to know Despite the headline-making Zika virus, West Nile Virus (WNV) remains more widespread and worthy of continued coverage. Here is an overview of what it is, how it is spread and how to avoid it. West is West Nile Virus, Avian Flu West … [Read more...]
Common Household Pests: Mites
Household Pests: Mites Mites are tiny, sometimes microscopic, relatives of ticks. Few are pests. Most are essential inhabitants of the soil, and predators of other mites, insects, and related invertebrates. Here are a few that may present problems at home. Dust … [Read more...]
How to Properly Remove a Tick
Properly Tick Removal There are several bad ideas for how to remove a tick, and only one safe and effective method. Here are the "Don'ts" and "Dos" of tick removal. Inspect Yourself Better yet, have another family member inspect you for ticks immediately after you have … [Read more...]
Common Household Pests: Cockroaches
Common Household Cockroaches Cockroaches have existed in their current form since approximately the Carboniferous Period in the Paleozoic Era, roughly 320 million years ago. So, they have had plenty of time to adapt to modern times. Cockroaches are the best example of the … [Read more...]
Common Household Pests: House Crickets
Common House Crickets and How to Deal with Them The "cricket on the hearth" could be a native field cricket, or one of two exotic species, as most common crickets or house crickets fall within three specie types. All go through incomplete metamorphosis, the nymphs resembling … [Read more...]
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