Pest Control – Pest Digest

April 10, 2018October 25, 2018

Try out these effective home remedies to have a rodent control

Mice are capable of creating menace for any individual. They mostly create issues by chewing down the items which might be present at your location. Even it will create issues of creating unhygienic conditions which can ultimately lead to the spread of numerous diseases. If there is some spread of disease by mice then one should take immediate steps to eradicate them.

There are a few of the ways available which one can use to actually have a control over the mice in their house. It can be either by using the poison or traps which are available in the market especially for the mice control. People might not like using these items in their house due to one or the other reason. In that case, one can try out a few of the available home remedies which will help you to have a control over the mice in their house.

Home Remedies to have a rodent control

It is the utmost priority to have a mice control when we are facing a number of issues due to them. If you are not comfortable in using the remedies which are available in the market then you can try out the home remedies for rodent control. These remedies are easier to do and also not harmful to you.

Peppermint Oil: Mice doesn’t like the smell of the peppermint even though you might be a fan of the same. If you are willing to make mice run away then you can dip the cotton in peppermint oil and keep at different suspected locations of the entry of mice. Even you can try planting the mint at your place to keep mice away.
Instant Potatoes: It is a kind of frugal way of controlling the mice at your place. One just needs to sprinkle few tablespoons of it over the locations where you are finding the mice. They will obviously eat the potatoes but it will get expanded in their stomach which will kill them before the food is even digested. But it is required that you keep this away from other pets which you are having.
Proper Food Storage: Normally mice are coming for any of the food which is available at your location. If you are keeping all the food in airtight containers then they will not be able to find any of them, which will ultimately result in mice running away from your home. Even you should keep all the trash cans away from your location in order to maintain cleanliness. This will ultimately help you in making the mice stay away from your location without creating any kind of issues or menace at your place.

Conclusion

Thus, we can say that if you are not comfortable with the use of traps or poison then there are few of the simple home remedies which you can definitely try to get rid of the mice. One can do this so that they are free from the trouble of mice at their location and hence their stuff remains safe.

November 27, 2017

Pest Control – Calling An Expert Exterminator – Charlotte

Do you need pest control in Charlotte NC? Go-Forth Pest Control of Charlotte can help you exterminate pests like Roaches, Termites, Rodents, Ants, Mosquitoes, Bed Bugs, Fleas, Etc.

Do not mess with pests; they know places to hide in your place better than you do. The pests you fail to call the exterminator for today, could ramp up the severity of the damage tomorrow.
Previous survey show that majority of first time property owners have concerns over finding insects and pests lurking in their homes, farms, gardens and surroundings. Pests varying from stinging insects to mosquitoes, bed bugs rodents, spiders, roaches, termites, and ants in general either carry disease causing-micro organisms harmful to humans and animals, or attack foods, vegetables, or destroy properties – clothing, buildings, farms, livestock and crops. Surprising statistics about pest infestation show that:

Bed bugs make up for 95% of apartment and condominium treating by pest professionals.
The amount of food destroyed by rodents annually is enough to feed 200 million people.
Property damages by termites worth billions of dollars are recorded annually.
Rodents harbor and spread hundreds of human pathogens.

Pest Control and extermination ensures that the amount of destruction and irritation is reduced to a level where the hazard to individuals, properties and crops is limited. For farms and gardens, the use of chemicals in the control of pests should only be when there are no alternatives. These chemicals often work well but since they are designed to exterminate living things, they could cause serious health problems to humans and pets by contaminating the crops and plants to be ingested. Biological methods on the other hand farms and gardens involve the use of other living organisms to exterminate pests. There is no environmental contamination neither do the pests become resistant to the control methods.
For homes, the pest control methods to be used depend on the pests wrecking havoc. To get rid of ants, the best defense line is to remove crumbs, attractants and sticky spots. Roaches are exterminated by leaving use of Boric Acids (which should be kept away from children and pets), ensuring all the rooms are clean, getting rid of garbage and airing the cabinets regularly. Mosquitoes as well are primarily taken care of by sealing off entry points and use of mosquito repellents. Traps and poisons could be placed at cervices and dark areas for rodents.
Depending on the severity of the pest infestation, an exterminator is always the last resort called in to get rid of these unwanted guests in the home, farms and gardens. However, the exterminator will make every effort to successfully get rid of the pest problem, but if not done properly, the pests will return.

July 6, 2016July 6, 2016

Super Smart Scientists Discover “Spidey” Gene That Could Propel Pest Control

Meet super smart scientist Dr. Joanne Yew, an Assistant Professor of Chemical Ecology and self-professed “chocolate fiend”:

She and her team have been working diligently at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to find a solution for the pests that continue to lay waste to local agriculture.

To do so, they have isolated a gene in vinegar flies that controls the insects ability to achieve a waterproof coating. According to their findings, once they isolated and removed this gene, which they have nicknamed “spidey,” the flies suffered several repercussions:

1.Their lifespans were shortened by nearly 50%

2.They lost a significant amount of their waxy coating

3.The majority ended up getting stuck to surfaces from which they could not detach

In a sense, they become their very own flytrap. Woah, science! This inability to control their adhesive qualities led to the naming of the gene:

“This last feature was reminiscent of the comic book character Spider-Man, which is why we named the gene spidey,” explained Yew (Aka. Remember when Peter Parker hadn’t quite figured out that whole web thing?)

Unable to move among their food source, it is theorized that the pests will die out before they can cause significant damage to crops, creating an entire new genre of pest control. Yew and her team hope to isolate the gene in Oriental, Mediterranean and melon fruit flies in the future, since these are the species that are most prominent in the area.

It is Yew’s hope that if her future research proves successful, a variation of this practice could be used to control disease carrying bugs, like mosquitoes.

But…she also says that it would take at least four more years of government funding and research before any of this can be used in a practical application.

Slow and steady wins the race. Keep doing your science spidey thing Dr. Yew!

June 16, 2016June 17, 2016

6 Times People Attempted To Use Insects As Weapons

FIRE(FLY) IN THE HOLE!

Bugs outnumber people 200 million to one. Human beings, known for our impeccable decision making skills and innate ability to ALWAYS know when to leave well enough alone, naturally ended up posing the age-old question: how can we make this worse? By turning insects into weapons, that’s how. Here’s a short list of some shining moments in history that mankind really and truly outdid itself:

Six Times People Attempted To Use Insects As Weapons:

1. The Age of the Neanderthal:

Researchers have discovered crude drawings of early humans using beehives as primitive weapons. Apparently, if Caveman A was having a spat with Caveman B over the local Cavewoman for instance, it wasn’t unusual for one of the squabbling parties to wake up with a nest of angry bees soaring right into their rock shelter. The nest would then explode and its inhabitant would be trapped. I, personally, like to imagine it as the dawn of time’s version of high stakes ding dong ditch.

2. Greco-Roman Era:

As if there wasn’t enough shadiness and betrayal happening during this time period (Caesar, I’m looking at you), should you scorn your neighbor, you might have found yourself on the receiving end of a basket full of, wait for it…. venomous spiders and scorpions! I mean, Edible Arrangements who?

3. World War II:

During a time when the world was literally a revolving ball of chaos, the Japanese decided that they wanted to take it a step farther and engineered plague infected fleas. Yes, you read that correctly. Plague. Infected. Fleas. They sprayed the fleas into the masses of their Chinese enemies using a fleet of low-flying aircraft. It is estimated that roughly 440,000 Chinese died from disease as a result of this attack. To put it mildly, that was totally uncool guys.

4. The Cold War:

Not wanting to be left out of the party, the United States “allegedly” made plans to build a facility that would “allegedly” have the capacity to produce nearly 100 million yellow fever infected mosquitoes per month. These mosquitoes “may or may not” have been intended to be released amongst the United States very good friends at the time, the Soviet Union. “Allegedly,” of course.

5. The Cold War (Again):

Even though we just mentioned the United States and what they could have been up to with those mosquitoes, another project was also taking place whose name alone makes it impossible not to mention. Ladies and gentleman, in 1954 the taxpayers of the United States unknowingly funded “Operation Big Itch” (Pause for laughter). Operation Big Itch, also known as “The Big Itch,” (also known as completely ridiculous) involved testing munitions loaded with fleas. Not surprisingly, the entire project came to an untimely end when the fleas aboard an aircraft escaped and wreaked havoc on the entire crew. Close, but no cigar.

6. Modern Day:

While you currently have no need to live in fear of heat seeking bees or other fun pests descending upon your home unannounced, there are still scientists studying the potentials of entomological (that means bug) warfare. In recent years, there has been a large push in the research and development of robotic insects to be used in high risk combat situations deemed unsafe for human soldiers.

Either way, you can rest assured in knowing that as time continues, scientists are working tirelessly to come up with new and creative uses for our pal, the pest.

I mean honestly, what could possibly go wrong?