How to Keep Bugs, Wasps, Bees and Mosquito's Away From Your House and Yard
We deal with a lot of pests living here in Florida, but some are
considered more than a nuisance and possibly dangerous. People are often allergic to the sting of bees, wasps and hornets. Mosquitos can carry disease.
If anyone in your family is allergic to these types of bugs or if you
have children, you may be concerned about keeping them as far away as
possible.
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Thursday, June 26, 2014
Drywood Termites And Carpenter Ants Know the difference between Termites
And Carpenter Ants
Its
very important!! to be able to know the difference between Drywood
Termites and Carpenter Ants, as both swam about the same time each year -
RIGHT NOW. Here is a picture to show you the difference. Carpenter
Ants come in different sizes,shapes and colors, the smaller ones aresometimes mistaken for termites. But there are big differences between the two and how to handle them.
Physically
the easiest way to tell the difference is that ants have clearly
defined segments, so look for the pinched waste. Also, they normally
don't drop their wings as quickly. So, if you find a bunch of dead bugs
with wings on a window sill, it is likely to be ants, whereas
with Drywood Termites there is more likely to be many wings and only a
few dead bugs. Both will swarm to the light, so are often found flying
towards windows because of the lights at night or a lamp or even a
bright shinny tub or sink.
What
they eat is quite different as well. Clearly, termites eat wood, but
Carpenter Ants, contrary to popular belief, eat protein. They are called
Carpenter Ants because in nature they normally make their homes in
softer decaying wood. If you have water damaged wood, they are attracted
to that and will often make a colony there, but have adapted well and
find that insulation in our walls and attics are easy pickings for a
nest.
The other signs to look for are their dropping. Drywood Termites will
kickout pellets (frass) that are all exactly the same size and shape,
although the color may be a dark brown or a light tan. Carpenter
Ants frass will consist of dirt, pellets and bits and pieces of other
dead bugs they have eaten. This frass is sometimes the only clue as to
where the pests are living and can be most valuable information for your
pest professional.
How to get rid of both
To
get rid of Carpenter Ants, it is best to treat the exterior surface of
the structure, so that the ants will cross over the product as they
leave each evening to forage and again when returning home each morning.
It they are living in an attic, it is good to power Eco-dust the attic
and distribute protein based baits for them to take home to the family.
There are two common ways to treat for Drywood Termites. One is
fumigation, often referred to as Tenting. The pros of this solution is
that it is thorough. The cons are that it has no residual effects, and
is disruptive to the occupants, its also some what expensive and is
toxic. The other common solution is to treat with sodium borates, an
inorganic mineral that is sprayed onto and soaks into the wood and if
eaten by a termite, it permanently disrupts their digestive protozoa -
we kill them with constipation. The pros are that it is safe and
Eco-friendly, very long lasting, there is no need to leave during the
treatment and most often is cheaper than tenting. The cons are that it
is only affective on wood can be reached, such as in an accessible
attic, in garages and shed where the wood hasn't been painted, and
misted into wall voids not filled with insulation. It can also be used
for spot treatments directly into the "kickout holes" where they are pushing out their frass.
Don't
fall for the "Orange Oil", snake oil come on. It is expensive and 90%
of what they do is borates too. The process can do more damage than the
termites.
Advantage specializes in using sodium borates as a tenting alternative.
We will check out your situation at no charge and explore the
best option for your situation. If tenting is the best solution, we will
refer you to one of our partner companies that provides tenting at near
wholesale prices for our customers.
Fleas are a major problem in Florida. If you live here in Florida and
own a cat or dog it is likely that you will have to contend with fleas
eventually.
If you want to get rid of fleas naturally it is important that you understand their life cycle
The adult flea only lives for 7-10 days. The adult will eat, mate,
lay eggs and die. That’s it. The eggs will hatch into a larvae. The
larvae crawl around for a bit then enter the pupa stage. In the pupa
stage the flea is in a cocoon. The fleas are next to impossible to kill
during this stage as they are protected by the cocoon.
The pupa will hatch into adults after about 10 days if there is
activity from humans or animals nearby. The pupa relies on vibrations
from humans and animals walking around to tell them when to hatch.
If you want to kill fleas naturally, you need to attack the stages that are easiest to kill which are the egg and larvae stages.
The best way to kill fleas naturally is with a dust. A boric acid and
botanically based pesticide mixture will do the trick. Botanically
based pesticides are very safe and contain essential oils that will plug
up the breathing tubes of the fleas. The boric acid will affect them
when they ingest it. Ingesting boric acid will adversely affect their
digestive systems.
Another option is to use a silica based dust. This will dissolve the
wax coating on the body of the flea after they walk around through it.
When this coating is dissolved, the fleas will dry out.
Be sure to dust very well in all the places where the fleas are
living. Dog and cat beds, furniture they sit on, beds and carpeting are
hot spots for fleas. Doing this will disrupt the life cycle of the flea
and the adults will die off.
The first thing you need to do is seal up your house. Use caulking on
cracks and crevices and weather stripping for under doors. If your
house is sealed like a fortress, the ants cannot get in.
The next step is also a preventative and that is to get rid of the
food sources. Clean up your kitchen and make sure there are no sweets
such as sugar and the like for the ants to feed on.
Now you need to make sure your ants are actually sugar ants and are
attracted to sweets. Put out a sweet food source and watch for the ants
to go for it. When you find the trail, dust it with a safe, botanical
pesticide such as something from EcoSmart. EcoSmart sells pesticides
that are so safe, they are actually exempt from EPA regulation.
The ants will walk through the trail of pesticide and when they clean themselves, they will ingest it.
Now that you now the ants are going for sweets you can put out sugar
based bait. The worker ants will take the bait back to the colony and
feed the larvae. The larvae produce a by-product that both the workers
and queen will feed on. In this way you are killing the entire colony.
To keep the ants from entering in the first place, you can kill them
in the yard before they come in. Be proactive by using a time release
granule around the outer perimeter of your home.
Ants can be a nuisance but if you follow these tips they are generally pretty easy to get rid of.
How to Keep Cockroaches Out of the House
Keeping cockroaches out of the house requires and integrated approach to pest management. The first and most important thing you need to do is get rid of all food sources.
Cockroaches will eat just about anything. If you have crumbs of food hiding somewhere they will find them so you need to do a thorough job cleaning. If there is nothing for the roaches to eat, they won’t come in.
Clean under cabinets, inside drawers and cabinets, in the pantry under the stove and refrigerator and anywhere else that food or debris may be hiding.
The next thing you need to do is make your home a fortress. Make sure there are no cracks or crevices where roaches can enter. If you are sealed up, they cannot come in. You can do this with caulking, expandable foam and weather stripping.
The types of roaches that you will usually find coming in from the outside are the big ones, often incorrectly referred to as palmetto bugs in Florida. These are American roaches, Asian roaches and brown roaches.
German roaches are smaller and come into your house in other ways. German roaches will typically make their way in through bags and boxes of groceries, fruits and vegetables. If you go to a farmers market or you will want to make sure you thoroughly check all bags and boxes before you bring them into your home.
The next thing you need to do is to treat the outside of your home. Kill them before they have a chance to get in. Roaches like to eat wood and will often live under wet piles of mulch, so cleaning them up is a good preventative.
If you have lots of decorative mulch that you don’t want to get rid of, treat the outside of your home with a safe pesticide. Pyrethrums are very effective and are also quite safe. While this is a synthetic pesticide, it is made from Chrysanthemums and is therefore biodegradable and safe for the earth.
When it comes to roaches, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of pesticide. Follow these tips and you won’t have problems with those nasty critters in your home.
