Be on the lookout during the first minute of this video as Ohio is called the “Bed Bug Capitol” of the US. Be alert, and if you have any questions or suspicions that you might have Bed Bugs, do not hesitate. Call Prevent Pest Control Today. 440.322.0887
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Met some great people in Columbus last month. Looking forward to some new partnerships in the coming months and years.
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Poor scarecrow. Some angry yellowjackets decided to make a nest in his shirt. Lucky for him, Big Dan the Bugman came to his rescue. He needed a wardrobe update anyway.
The best part of the video is the last second when the yellowjackets start to fight back.
The seasons are changing and while we bundle up to stay warm, pests are looking for a way to enter your home to stay warm too. Now is a good time to look around the outside of your home for any small opening that a mouse or other small animal could enter through. You would be amazed at how small of a space they can squeeze into! If you do find an opening, before you seal it shut, look for chewed edges or mouse droppings. The last thing you want to do is seal a mouse (or mice) into your wall where they will either find another way out or die and start to decompose. It’s not a pleasant experience to have a hole cut in your wall to remove a smelly dead mouse.
Prevent Pest Control offers several methods of ridding mice from your home. If the idea of killing the mice is upsetting for you or your family, we can remove the mice from your home using no-kill box traps. For more information, give us a call at (440) 322-0887.
Dan and Duane recently joined forces to inspect a home with Subterranean Termites. The termites had actually eaten through a wall and were eating away at a picture frame.
Here’s 10 things you may or may not know about Subterranean Termites:
1. They are the most common wood-destroying organism in the United States.
2. They cause more than $2 billion in damage each year.
3. They need moisture to survive.
4. Subterranean Termites are social insects that live in colonies that may contain hundreds of thousands of individuals.
5. They eat anything containing cellulose but will tunnel and damage a variety of materials in search of food.
6. Their underground tunnels can reach hundreds of feet in length.
7. “Worker” Subterranean Termites are actually blind.
8. Ants are the natural enemy of termites.
9. Subterranean Termites move soil and water above ground to make mud tubes that allow them to tunnel across exposed areas without the drying effects of air.
10. The best way to prevent Subterranean Termites is to stop their ability to locate food, moisture and shelter.
Mud tubes
Bald Faced Hornet
It’s the end of summer and that means it’s hornet, wasp and bee season. We have been receiving a lot of call recently from people with hornets flying in and out of their exterior walls. Many people will try to solve the problem themselves by waiting until evening when all the hornets have returned to the nest, then sealing the hole they are entering from. The problem with this solution is the hornets are still alive and sealing their point of entry only activates their survival instincts. The hornets will either find another way out, often through a vent in the house, or will actually chew through drywall and make a new hole. So now you not only have hornets outside your home and in your walls, you also have them in your house.
The safest and quickest way to deal with hornets, wasps and bees (or any pest) is to hire a professional. At Prevent Pest Control, we have an $80 bee treatment special that will kill most of the nest within 24 hours. Within a week your problem will be completely resolved and you can then seal the point of entry to prevent the problem from happening in the future.
Check out this nest Derrick took care of yesterday!
