Category Archives: Pests in the news

This section deals with bugs that catch everybody’s attention and adds a view of what is is that you can do to avoid having problems.

Creepy Critter Ambassador

Posted on June 3, 2015 by The Bug Doctor

  Last year a friend of mine posted a picture on Facebook of a group of us back in preschool. When the comments were being posted about who was who someone said “ There is Christy in the red striped … Continue reading →

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Truly Nolen–All Heart

Posted on May 30, 2015 by The Bug Doctor

TAMPA, Fla. — Close to 140 Truly Nolen employees came out to walk, run or support the Lupus Foundation of America’s Walk to End Lupus Now on Sunday, May 3 at the Lowery Park Zoo in Tampa. Edward Henry, a district … Continue reading →

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Great Christmas Ideas For The Pest Control Technician

Posted on November 11, 2012 by The Bug Doctor

Wondering what to get that man or woman in your life who is a pest control professional? This list may be your answer! It’s about that time of year again when shopping malls are filled with people buying gifts for … Continue reading →

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Has Climate Change Saved Us From Giant Insects?

Posted on June 18, 2011 by The Bug Doctor

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 … Continue reading →

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And the ‘bug capital’ of America is…

Posted on September 1, 2010 by The Bug Doctor

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 … Continue reading →

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What happens to the bugs exposed to volcanic ash

Posted on April 23, 2010 by The Bug Doctor

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 … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 28, 2010 by The Bug Doctor

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 … Continue reading →

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Let’s ban phosphine/No lets ban Utah

Posted on February 20, 2010 by The Bug Doctor

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?” Continue reading →

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What you don’t know about phosphine could kill you

Posted on February 15, 2010 by The Bug Doctor

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- Continue reading →

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Rush Limbaugh or Queen?

Posted on February 11, 2010 by The Bug Doctor

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. Continue reading →

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Possible phosphine poisoning kills 4 year old girl

Posted on February 9, 2010 by The Bug Doctor

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. Continue reading →

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The silent crickets of Waco Texas

Posted on October 2, 2009 by The Bug Doctor

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. Continue reading →

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All Gods creatures and all SPCA’s men

Posted on August 27, 2009 by The Bug Doctor

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. Continue reading →

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How do you kill a carnivorous plant?

Posted on August 26, 2009 by The Bug Doctor

(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.) Continue reading →

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If only the dinosaurs had deet

Posted on August 6, 2009 by The Bug Doctor

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. Continue reading →

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