March Kicks Off Ants “Insect Reproduction Month”! Ants, roaches, silverfish, earwigs, spiders and many more creepy crawlies are building their nests preparing to begin their warm season foraging. Pest treatments are adjusted during this period in order to get the best results. Insect Growth Regulators, or IGR’s, play a vital role in today’s pest control industry.…
You may be wondering, “how are they safely killing insects without harming the environment?” Well, the truth is, we do this all year long. Here’s what we mean. This time of year, we slow down our insecticide use and utilize horticultural oils. Hort Oil, as we like to call it, has no insecticidal quality to…
When building a new house, it is important to recognize that although we have pressure treated wood and powerful insecticides, our homes are not always safe from pests. With time, the chemicals leach out of the wood, and insecticides wear off. It is important to have the ground around the home’s foundation treated during the construction phase.
Palm trees are priceless treasures. But weevils bore into these trees & kill them. Sometimes before you even know they’re there! Red Palm Weevil Damage: General, irreversible decline of young leaves as a result of a weevil infestation. With Canary Island Date Palms, and other similar palm species, the older leaves begin to droop during…
Have you been seeing blue palm trees lately? If so, you’re living in a neighborhood that has been infected with Spiraling White Flies. Palm trees with blue trunks like you see in this picture have been treated recently and the Rugose Spiraling Whitefly infestation should be cured … in those trees. If your palm trees…
The Rugose Spiraling Whitefly has made its way into Lee & Charlotte counties. We have been on the lookout for it since January once the insects were properly identified in Naples. This is an amazing new breed of Whitefly that was first detected in the U.S. in 2009, right in our backyard of Miami- Dade…