Termidor worked so well for one of our customers that he was inspired to write a poem about it:
Twas the morning after Termidor, and all through the yard
There were ant hills melted like lard.
All the ants were dead or dying,
With poisoned soil for a bed.
No matter the color, black brown or red.
The home owner rejoiced to see such a site,
As these critters were killed with delight.
A noble graveyard, the short grass must be,
For arthropods, and not just two or three.
The sprayer wand is the pistol that fired the shot,
That sent them ants to their funeral plot.
Along with his poem, Brett also left this review:
“… I’m impressed. The tops of the hills were littered with dead ants in all stages. In a few cases, there were a few squirming but certainly not moving normally. It seems Termidor is quite an effective treatment. My perimeter treatment left me another present as well, a single two inch roach at the shed door, just two inches across my perimeter line.”
Thanks for making us laugh, Brett from Greenville NC! We’re glad this product worked so well for you. We love it when our customers return to the website after making a purchase to leave a product review.
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These days it seems everyone is in for saving the planet. Just type “ways to go green” in google and you’ll see what I mean. If you are just starting out with the green movement, you may want to keep it simple by checking out 10 Ways to Go Green, Easy Ways to go Green, or 8 Tiny Ways to Go Green.
If you are more ambitious you can step it up with 40 tips to go green.
Or if you’re feeling really crazy, I found one blogger suggests a whopping 365 ways to go green. That’s just one little change for every day of the year.
One thing I was rather sad to see left out of all the green tips is pest control. I suspect that there are many people out there who are in desperate need of pest control but shy away from actually using it because of the harsh poisons and chemicals. The truth is, pest control chemicals can be harsh, but they are completely safe when used according to the product label. Still, for those who are more environmentally conscious, you should be pleased to know there is another option.
EcoSMART Technologies -a world leader in organic pesticides- has manufactured an entire line of superior organic and natural pest control products that guarantee “proven efficacy, superior performance, broad-spectrum activity, minimal environmental and mammalian toxicity, and competitive pricing”, or your money back.
What are the advantages of using EcoSMART organic pest control products?
- EcoSMART products have a unique and patented mode of action that targets insects, but not people or pets.
- EcoSMART products have an unprecedented margin of safety
- EcoSMART products are extremely effective against a broad spectrum of inset pests.
- EcoSMART products are cost effective and easier to use than conventional products.
- EcoSMART products are perfect for all accounts, not just sensitve accounts.
- Unlike other botanical pesticides, EcoSMART’s active ingredients are based on distinct combinations of different plant essential oils that significantly enhance the activity of these oils against insects.
- EcoSMART products are available in granules, dusts, aerosols, flushing agents, and more, to fit your specific pest control needs.
Want to read more? Check out these articles written by Do My Own Pest Control staff:
Organic Pest Control
Natural, Organic, Non-Toxic and Green Pest Control
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There is a safe way to handle rodenticides.
And this is NOT it…
Hmmmm. Let’s have a closer look at the offense, shall we?
That’s James, the Little Bro. He doubles as a warehouse and tech guy at the office. On this particular day he had been photographing some rat poison blox for the website. At one point several of us were gathered around James’ desk chatting when he generously offered us some snackage. Phone receptionist Jill was the first to spy the potential hazard. She wanted to be sure he had washed his hands after handling the poison and before handling the nutter butter goodness before the rest of us partook.
James assured us that he did wash his hands. Whether it was to save face or the actual truth, we may never know. But no one keeled over after eating the nutter butters.
Still, this is very bad example of how to handle rodenticides.
NEVER never handle rodenticides while eating (isn’t that common sense?) OR anywhere near foodstuffs. You also should not place rodenticides on any surface where food will be eaten or prepared.
It is also wise to wear rubber gloves during application of rat and mouse poisons (such as Contrac, Fastrac or Final) – not just for your own safety, but also to maximize full effectiveness of the bait. Mice and rats may shy away from a bait the carries human scent.
Have curious children or pets at home? A Protecta Bait Station is a great safety investment in either case. These sturdy boxes are tamper resistant to keep children and pets out. They also serve the dual purpose of keeping your bait protected from the elements in the case of outdoor baiting.
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Seriously, I hate that I have to post this. Little mice are really so cute. It is one thing to advertise products that do away with beady-eyed, long-tailed, dirty rats. It is quite another to sell snap traps and poisons intended for critters that bear closer resemblance to Mickey, Mighty Mouse, Jerry, Fievel, and Speedy Gonzalez (ah, remember Speedy? “The fastest mouse in all Mexico!”).
But really (and this is directed towards all of you rodent and bug loving PETA members out there) we have to control mice somehow because they are big-time pest this time of year and cute as their cartoon counterparts may be, the real things wreak pricey havoc for homeowners.
-They chew on wood, wiring, and insulation, resulting in structural damage an increased energy cost.
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…in the Land of High-Tech-ness and Cool-osity.
Remember this photo of a bed bug feeding on the arm of one of our staff? Well that was cool. But when we saw it we all knew it was not as cool as it could be.
So we did what anyone would do when their blog is not measuring up to the next guys for lack of photo quality.
We bought a new camera.
And then we shot the bed bug feeding from a different angle, on someone who’s arm is a little less hairy.
Check this out:
Chuck’s bloodsucking mouth parts are fully inserted into James’ skin. Tell me that’s not a cool shot.
We even created our own watermark.
I would say we have definitely arrived.
Oh. Yeah.
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Tis the season to be jolly. Tis also the season for rodents. As cooler temperatures settle in, rats and mice head inside looking for winter harborage. Your home is the perfect holiday hang out because it offer all 3 things rats and mice need: shelter, food, and water. Since we all know that it goes against the fundamental principles of jollyness to have rats and mice living beneath your Christmas tree, contaminating your holiday feast and leaving hair and feces all over the place (no minor health risk), in the next several posts I will lay out some rodent control options for you.
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When a not-to-be-named customer stopped into the office nearly a month ago with a live bed bug specimen in a rubbermaid container, life in the office changed in ways none of us could have imagined.
Things got a little more interesting. A little more exciting.
A lot more freaky.
Seeking to better empathize with our customers, office staff began offering themselves up as bed bug food in the name of experimental pest control science. (See photo here).
Then the customer that started it all returned with a second specimen.
And then there were TWO. Two bed bugs living together in a red dixie cup above The Boss’s desk.
Very strange things began to happen. Unlikely relationships were forged. As James, one of the tech guys, put it after his turn being fed upon, “Dude,” (speaking of the bed bug) “I feel like we’re blood brothers”.
With a proclamation like that it only made sense we give the little parasites proper names. So this morning I took it upon myself to call an impromptu office meeting with the objective of deciding this important matter.
Among the nominations were Hemo (after Finding Nemo) and Pat & Terry (since we don’t know the genders).
There were several other nominations but in the end we settled on Chuck and Larry. We all thought these sounded like fitting bed bug names. If your name is Chuck or Larry please don’t be offended.
Larry is the bigger, rounder bed bug and Chuck is the smaller, skinnier one. In the picture above they are chilling out on their very own Protect-A-Bed Mattress Cover which is 100% bed bug proof. If you are in the market for a mattress cover that will save your mattress from bed bugs, dust mites and other destructive elements, this is your cover. If you live in NYC this is pretty much a necessity.
You can read more about Protect-A-Bed mattress covers here. If you don’t feel like reading any articles just take it from me that these things are pretty much the bomb-diggity and worth every penny. I promise.
Even Chuck and Larry seem to think so.
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I love holidays. Who doesn’t? Holidays are great, because here is a day where there is so much celebration and festivity and good food and gladness that you would think a pest control family could come together and forget about bugs for just a moment.
You would think.
Take Halloween. You would think Halloween is about dressing up, chili and cider, trick-or-treating, candy, and perhaps a few of those yucky things like ghouls and goblins.
Except for the occasional “worms crawling in” and “worms crawling out” and fake spiders on large cotton webs, you would think everyone could just leave bugs out of it.
But there are some who cannot leave well enough alone. If I must I can understand the assortment of plastic insects my 3 year old received in her trick-or-treat pumpkin bucket. There was a green fly, a very realistic looking black spider, and a bright orange scorpion. I understand that these fall into the category of tricks and there are always those neighbors who want to be different so they pass out tricks instead of treats. It must not bother them to know their money is wasted when all the tricks end up in the trash because they are not immediately edible and therefore not interesting.
Then there was this, which, try as I may, I could not understand:
If you could not tell that is a Gummy Roach. After getting over the feeling of repulsion that welled up inside of me when I saw this eyesore amidst all of the prettily packaged chocolate and lollipops, the next thought that came to my head was “WHY?”
Why, first of all, would anyone manufacture this? Why would anyone then buy it in mass and offer it to children? Would any kid ever eat this? Is this a trick or is it a treat? Please tell me you vote its a trick because if anyone out there would view a gummy roach as a treat to actually be chewed up and swallowed, I have to believe something is seriously wrong with you.
Would you eat this? Be honest. My daughter would not so I brought it to work and had my brother James photograph it in the wrapping before I dared him to bite off its chewy little head. He did so with gusto, but then he is a young college-aged guy so it is no wonder that the sound of rubbery cockroach brains sloshing around in his mouth did not make him squirm in the slightest.
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I LOVE this stuff I tell you.
I sprayed my apartment with Talstar and Delta Dust about 3 months ago (in mid-August) and I was overjoyed not to see a single bug for months — except for one dying earwig.
Well, yesterday I finally saw a live bug in my kitchen. Another earwig this time, crawling near the baseboards, only it did not appear to be as close to death as the first. This reminded me that it is time to spray again. If I had overlapped treatments and sprayed two weeks ago, I likely would have gone on for two more months without any buggy visitors. Shoot.
It seems others have had positive experiences with this product too. You can read more Talstar reviews here. Have your own experiences to share ? Write your own review.
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