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Are You Inviting Fire Ants into Your Home?

March 26, 2020

Spring is a wonderful time for so many reasons. But the fire ant is not one of them. It’s around this time of year that the red imported fire ant…

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How Do You Know if it’s Time to Call in Pest Control?

March 11, 2020

Pest control is one of those things that no one wants to have to worry about. For one thing, you don’t want the beasts in your house in the first…

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Five Tell-tale Signs That You have a Cockroach Problem

February 26, 2020

No one wants cockroaches in their home. Quite apart from the stigma that they carry, they’re kinda nasty little beasties to have around. They smell bad and defecate pretty much…

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Bed Bugs in the Workplace: Everything You Need to Know

February 11, 2020

It’s a common misconception, thanks largely to the name, that the problem of bed bugs is confined to the bedroom. During the course of the last decade or so, there…

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Insect Bites: How to Identify Them and Which Ones to Worry About

January 27, 2020

It’s itchy. It’s sore. Your limbs might be a little achy. Or you could just generally be feeling a little off. You know that something has had its teeth into…

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Everything You Need to Know About Termite Swarming

January 10, 2020

OK, so it’s January. Not a time when many of us worry about termites. But the weather has been pretty warm recently and spring is just around the corner. Forewarned…

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Pest Control: Is it Safe When You Have a Baby in the House

December 17, 2019

It’s one of the greatest quandaries for parents: what to do about pest control when you have a baby, or young children in the house? Because a pest infestation can…

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Ladybug Infestations: What You Need to Know

December 10, 2019

Ah, the ladybug. It’s one of the garden’s most colorful and welcome visitors. The slayer of the aphid! The protector of the rose! The incredibly undesirable winter houseguest..? As anyone…

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Which Spiders Are Dangerous in North Carolina?

November 20, 2019

If you’ve lived in Charlotte for a time, you’ll probably have noticed that we have a lot of spiders. The North Carolina climate is perfect. Meaning that you’ll find eight-legged…

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Tree Banding – Everything You Need to Know

November 8, 2019

If you live in Charlotte, you can’t help but have noticed the ugly bands that appear around most of the city’s trees at this time of year. And if you…

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How Do You Know if You’ve Been Bitten by a Spider?

October 25, 2019

Apart from being locked in a room full of wolf spiders, it’s the arachnophobe’s worst nightmare: discovering a potential spider bite. As if the symptoms aren’t bad enough to deal…

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How to Keep Your Home Clear of Cockroaches

October 10, 2019

Cockroaches. They’re everywhere. They live on every continent except for Antarctica. And they’re considered one of the hardiest groups of animals alive. They’ve been around for more than 300 million…

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