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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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How to Keep Rats Out of Your House

September 19, 2019

Rats. They’re the houseguest no one wants to have. While they make excellent pets, being just as trainable and intelligent as dogs, it’s precisely these qualities that makes them such…

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Not so Cute and Cuddly – The Wildlife You Don’t Want in Your Home

September 4, 2019

Nothing quite makes a walk in the woods, hills, or along the beach like an unexpected wildlife encounter. Thanks to our diverse terrain, in NC we’re blessed with a huge…

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Everything You Need to Know About Pest Control for the Food Industry

August 20, 2019

Most of the posts on this blog are concerned with domestic services. But pest control is just as important – if not more so – in commercial premises. In fact,…

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Bat Control – Why You Don’t Wants Bats in Your Attic

August 7, 2019

There are few creatures that come with a mythology quite as striking as the bat. Even in countries, like the UK, where they are completely harmless, bats are often viewed…

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What is Botanical Pest Control?

July 19, 2019

One of the things you’ll notice while looking through the Noosa Pest Management website is the frequent mention of botanical pest control. And the chances are, you’ll be wondering just…

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Natural and Organic Pest Control: The Pros and Cons

July 11, 2019

When you have uninvited guests in your home or garden, the temptation is to take immediate and deadly action. We’ve known people who’ve sought to end an indoor rat problem…

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Mosquitoes: Should I Worry About Zika?

June 26, 2019

Despite being known about since the 1950s, it wasn’t until 2015 that Zika really hit the headlines. Images of babies born with microcephaly tore at the hearts of people everywhere.…

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