January 18, 2021Winter Pest Control Protects Your Family from Insect-borne Illness When the temp drops below 60 degrees in Tampa Bay, household pests seek the warmth of your home. Pests such as cockroaches, ticks, and even silverfish can carry microbes that…Read More
December 30, 2020Spider Spotlight: Black WidowBlack widows are poisonous arachnids—animals that have a skeleton outside their body, a segmented body, and eight jointed legs. While they may have quite the reputation as a dangerous household…Read More
December 21, 2020Why Are Formosan Termites More Difficult to Control Than Native Subterranean Termites?The Formosan subterranean termite has been found in Japan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, South Africa, and the continental United States. Although officially reported in Hawaii in 1913, newspaper…Read More
December 7, 2020Spider Spotlight: Brown RecluseIt’s brown recluse spider season. That’s the spider with the violin markings on its back – sometimes called the fiddle back spider, brown fiddler, or violin spider. Brown recluse spiders…Read More
November 24, 2020How Pests Can Affect Your Property ValueWhile it may not be an everyday thought, proper pest control is a crucial part of maintaining a home. For homeowners, improper pest control can be dangerous to their health…Read More
November 16, 2020Spider Spotlight: Wolf SpiderIf you were to take a guess, how many different types of spiders would you say there are in the world? If you guessed any lower than 20,000; you weren’t…Read More
November 9, 2020Spider Spotlight: Huntsman SpiderHuntsman spiders are large, fast spiders distributed in warm climates throughout the world. They live in some warm American states such as Florida, Georgia, California, and Texas, and, according to…Read More
November 2, 2020Spider Spotlight: Yellow Garden SpiderOften spotted in the landscape when they reach maturity in late summer, these big, black and yellow garden spiders and their large, circular webs are hard to miss. But, despite…Read More
October 26, 2020Spider Spotlight: Jumping SpidersJumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6000 described species, making it the…Read More
October 19, 2020Most Poisonous Spiders in FloridaPerhaps one of the most polarizing creepy crawly creatures in the insect world is the spider. A popular image for Halloween decoration, these are some of the most well-known insects…Read More