Q. Can you explain to me what a grain mite is? Can you see it? Does it bite?
… VIEW MOREQ. Would termites cause lots of tiny, round holes (I call them “shot holes”) in a wooden dresser?
… VIEW MOREQ. Can you catch a rat in a regular old wooden snap trap? I think I have a rat burrowing outside around the side of my garage where I keep my garbage cans. There’s a large hole under a shrub there that seems to be bigger than a mouse hole. I caught a glimpse of him once and I think it’s a rat. Gross! If I put some cheese or something on a trap, do you think I could catch him? I really don’t want to use poison.
… VIEW MOREDon’t assume that every pesticide for sale is a legal product. There are products circulating on the street or sold mostly in neighborhood Asian and Hispanic stores that are imported from other countries. Many of these imported products are illegal. In other words, they do not have labels approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). But to add to the confusion, some of these illegal products are also available to the public in legal, EPA-registered versions.
… VIEW MOREQ. I’ve had a problem in the past with clothes moths that I think I’ve finally solved. What can I do to keep from getting clothes moths again?
A. Good for you, being proactive. You already know that there’s something about your situation that clothes moths like so it’s important to change those “conducive conditions,” as we call them in the pest control business.
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