Nov 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Pests may not be something that intrigues most adults but most kids enjoy watching and learning about insects and other bugs. If you have a pest explorer in your home, we have just the read for you.
PestWorld.org has a FREE eBook where your little explorer can join “Millie, an 8 year old insect lover, as she solves real-life pest mysteries with her father, a pest professional.” Your kids can follow Millie and her dad as they help Mrs. Romero identify the pest in her home, where they came from, and a treatment plan to get rid of the pests.
Download this FREE eBook today…you and your kids will both enjoy this pest mystery!
Nov 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Pests may not be something that intrigues most adults but most kids enjoy watching and learning about insects and other bugs. If you have a pest explorer in your home, we have just the read for you.
PestWorld.org has a FREE eBook where your little explorer can join “Millie, an 8 year old insect lover, as she solves real-life pest mysteries with her father, a pest professional.” Your kids can follow Millie and her dad as they help Mrs. Romero identify the pest in her home, where they came from, and a treatment plan to get rid of the pests.
Download this FREE eBook today…you and your kids will both enjoy this pest mystery!
Nov 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Changing temperatures means changes in the types of pest you may see around your area. One of the reasons you may soon see certain pests less is because of hibernation. Hibernation is a period of inactivity in animals during which they experience lower body temperatures, slower breathing and lower metabolic rates. Most people think that hibernation is just an animal sleeping but it’s more about the animal conserving energy during winter when food supplies are limited.
To prep for hibernation, animals spend the autumn foraging for food, which means they might be around or even inside your home searching for a treat! Animals that spend the autumn prepping for hibernation include bats, chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons, skunks, and bears. In addition, cold-blooded critters hibernate too because the cold weather causes their body temperatures to drop. These animals include bees, earthworms, frogs, toads, lizards, turtles, snails and snakes. You won’t have to worry worry about these animals foraging for food as they tend to hide away around the time autumn hits.
Make sure not to tempt these animals on to your property by maintaining a clean home and making sure the trash is not easily accessible. Northwest Exterminating can help guard your home by providing services such as Complete CrawlSpace and TAP Attic Insulation. If you are interested in this service or more, please visit us at www.callnorthwest.com!
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Nov 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Thanksgiving is a special time of year! It’s more than just a day where we sit around and stuff ourselves with food and watch football. It’s a time to slow down and take some time to be thankful for all of the things that we have in our lives. Whatever difficult times we may be having, we always have blessings to count.
This Thanksgiving, like all of them, we are thankful for so many things at Northwest. We are so thankful for our customers who trust us each and every day to be their pest control or termite provider. We’re thankful that you trust us to help keep your home and business and those that you care about healthy and pest free.
We have THE BEST team of any pest control management company out there. Our Northwest team comes to work every day with a “Customers for Life” attitude. Taking care of our customers is what is most important to us and we have a team that really lives this in their day to day lives. Thank you!
This Thanksgiving, take a few minutes to think about all the things that you’re thankful for. Even better, leave a comment and tell us what you’re thankful for this year!
Happy Thanksgiving from the team at Northwest Exterminating!
Nov 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Most homeowners feel accustomed to seeing roaches, mice and squirrels around their home but other creatures may seem otherworldly. Many pests do not originate in the United States. Still, what may seem like just an annoyance to you can have huge implications for our ecosystem. As reported by Pest Control Technology magazine, these invasive species cost the U.S. about $120 billion a year.
Though you may know to call our technicians when you see an unfamiliar pest, you may not know how the pest got here.
One culprit is the live plant trade. The importation of non-native plants has brought about 70% of the most damaging insects and diseases with it. One imported plant that plagues the Southeast is kudzu and with it, kudzu bugs. These tiny brown bugs feed of the kudzu and multiply just as far and fast as the plant does. Though kudzu may not be going anywhere, our technicians can take care of these little plant feeders.
When you hear of pests traveling to the United States, you may not realize they travel the same way we do! Pests travel into ports on international boats, get into luggage on flights around the world and hitch a ride on the interstate, cutting a trip that used to take them thousands of years down to less than twelve hours.
Other troublesome invasive pests are mosquitoes that carry the West Nile Virus. As the name suggests, these bugs have come all the way from Africa! These particular mosquitoes breed with native mosquitoes and continue to spread the disease because conditions and climates, especially in the South are favorable to them.
Your Northwest Exterminating service representative can take care of these pest as well as many others, leaving you free from worry about potential risk factors. Keep in mind that the very nature of many of these pests, both native and non-native, leaves them somewhat resilient to permanent elimination. That said, your service representative will likely have to return the next season. Luckily, we at Northwest emphasize “Customers for Life” and hope to establish a relationship that will make return visits a rewarding experience.
Melissa Brown
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