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Has Climate Change Saved Us From Giant Insects?

Who remembers what Fred Flintstone used for a ball when he played ping pong? That’s right- a pillbug. Pillbugs are harmless little crustacean bugs whose only defense is to roll up into a ball when disturbed. Its hard shelled armor protects it from other insect predators and apparently its balled shape was good for doubling [...]

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And the ‘bug capital’ of America is…

There are two reasons I moved to Florida and one of them has nothing to do with pest control. When my career was seemingly going nowhere in Maryland my wife & I decided to make a change. We had visited Florida on vacation and as I always do whenever I travel I checked out the [...]

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What happens to the bugs exposed to volcanic ash

With the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano the news has been reporting on almost every aspect of what is happening and what to expect with this huge event but no ones reporting what will happen to bugs exposed to the volcanic ash. As chief journalist for pest cemetery I feel it is my duty to [...]

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Termites coming-help is on it’s way ‘twice’

It’s great to see camaraderie in any endeavor in life especially if it involves two competitors. In the bug industry one thing you learn quickly is how to spot competitors trucks on the road. The second thing you learn is who is friendly and will wave and who is not so nice and they conveniently [...]

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Let’s ban phosphine/No lets ban Utah

Two beautiful children lost their lives, human beings not some pegs on a score board. Maybe that’s not so important in Utah after all isn’t your state motto “Industry?”

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What you don’t know about phosphine could kill you

I just can’t help but wonder if such smart people couldn’t have condensed this writing or simplified it just a bit so as not to confuse the average person. Sure the information is in there-

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Rush Limbaugh or Queen?

Rush Limbaugh show playing and come to think of it, those clients seldom if ever have any pest problems. Is it my service that is so great or is it something more? Hmmmm.

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Possible phosphine poisoning kills 4 year old girl

even in my own writings I explain how rare this is. But again, that won’t bring this little girl back to her family and how safe or how much training we under go hardly matters now.

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The silent crickets of Waco Texas

In dryer areas such as Waco the populations explode in the fall and these insects are literally everywhere. Exterminators gear up early and start spraying yards and exteriors in anticipation of the plague like numbers that come every year.

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All Gods creatures and all SPCA’s men

I don’t hear them speaking out or levying charges in defense of this dog. Perhaps Mr. Amato said it best but the entire organization needs to be reminded of just how they do it in New Jersey.

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How do you kill a carnivorous plant?

(Word has it that the Victor mouse trap company has the perfect soil formula boxed up and on a shelf in a warehouse somewhere right next to GM’s carburetor that can get you 150 miles to the gallon.)

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If only the dinosaurs had deet

Most believe (as I did) that the extinction of the dinosaur was a quick process from a cataclysmic event. The truth is that it took many, perhaps millions of years for them to fully die off.

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500 mice can’t be wrong

Now I’m not even on the top 10,000 list as far as pest control companies go but even a small fry like me knows you need to treat our senior citizens better than this

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How DEET works

Ordinarily this wouldn’t be such a big deal to you or I but in the mind of a scientist it can open up a whole new way to approaching pest control solutions.

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We the jury find the Squirrel killer….?

If you were on the jury and this was all the information you had what would you decide? Vote below and then enter your reason in the comments section below.

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