Who would ever have guessed that those slimy, ugly garden slugs that we love to hate could benefit mankind? It’s all about the slime. Slugs produce the oozing, sticky slime covering over their bodies as a defense against predators. What animal wants a mouthful of mucus along with its slug meal? If you pick up…
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Every year at the end of the summer we get those humpbacked spidery crickets in our house, but this year we have something different. They’re pretty big and almost totally black. They must be crickets because they jump and chirp. Did they come in from outside? H. H., Arlington, MA You’re probably seeing invading field…
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Is there a big black cockroach that lives outdoors? It doesn’t look like cockroaches I’ve seen inside. These bugs are mostly around the foundation but lately I’ve found a couple inside in our basement storage room. Will the same kind of cockroach sprays work on these guys? Can I use the spray outside? V. B.,…
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When we are treating around the outside foundations of homes as part of our Preventative Maintenance Program, it’s not unusual to find poison ivy in our customer’s yards, sometimes growing right up against the house or even hiding in among the ground cover plantings. POISON IVY IS AN ADAPTABLE MIMIC Few people seem to recognize…
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Bed bug researchers at Rutgers University, NJ, have been researching and publishing materials designed to help the general public wade through the myriad of bed bug controls that are available today. While experts agree that the only effective way to get rid of an established bed bug infestation is through the services of a pest…
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