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In several of the major shipping ports in the Eastern United States, customs officials have announced they have recently found shipments containing an extremely destructive stowaway: the Khapra Beetle. They have been found in shipments in New York, Virginia and Atlanta, as well as in cargo at the DFW airport. As Floridians, we certainly understand […]
No one lives in Florida for long without getting some type of bug bite. And with spring and summer on the horizon, it’s not unusual to get multiple different types of bites – mosquitoes, ants, spiders, wasps, bees and more. The bites usually heal without any medical assistance, but are super annoying to deal with. […]
Several years ago, Florida Marlins’ outfielder Logan Morrison was attacked by a praying mantis. His reaction was priceless. He jumped backwards, rubbed up against others and wiggled around until it flew off. The announcers, his teammates and the fans all had a few good laughs at his expense. Yet his reaction was probably more subdued […]
No – this is not a new Halloween story. However, it is a story about the living dead. Well – in a way. It’s a story about ants that are turned into zombies before dying a horrible death away from the colony. Yes – these zombie ants do exist and they are in Florida. What […]
Most people like the taste of honey. That sweet gooey substance that is good in teas or on toast. Honey is made by the honeybee. Although many people have a good healthy fear of any bee due to the sting, honeybees are important to the Florida agricultural industry. Even if you do not eat honey, […]
It has been said that there are two types of homes in Florida: ones that have had termites and ones that simply haven’t gotten them yet. These types of pests are attracted to the Florida climate and love the warmth and humidity here. Types of termites Florida has four different types of termites – the […]
The latest news tells us that researchers are actively seeking FDA approval to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes into the Florida Keys. When the news story first broke, millions of Floridians reacted in horror at the thought of adding more mosquitoes to an area that is sometimes already overloaded with mosquitoes. In an effort […]
If you happen to see flies in the house during the winter, chances are what you’re seeing is a fly known as the cluster fly. These flies, unlike regular house flies, do not constitute a health hazard to humans simply because they do not lay eggs in food. What do they look like? These flies […]
Last summer, several areas of Florida were overwhelmed with dragonflies! In one story, residents of Broward and Palm Beach County reported that they were not only out in force, but sometimes literally covered bushes or areas of standing water. Known sometimes as the “mosquito hawk”, these creatures voraciously eat pesky critters like mosquitoes. But there […]
In years past, pest control was simply a matter of spraying a multitude of chemicals over a wide area in the hopes that any and all types of bug would be killed and the homeowner would be happy. In the past twenty years or so, the industry has greatly changed. One of the modern techniques […]
