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Many older homes have cracks and holes that lead to mice and rodent.  This is especially the case during the winter.  This post offers a simple solution on how to close up those cracks and keep your home rodent free this winter.

Keeping rodents out is as simple as blocking those holes.  Copper Mesh can be used to seal off holes, cracks, and open spaces through which birds, bats, rodent would otherwise have an opportunity to enter through.

Parsons Pest Control offers Copper Mesh by the foot, so you can order as much or as little as you need.  Copper Mesh is perfect for sealing cracks in basement, roofs, and dryer vents.

Seal those holes up and make certain your home remains private to you and your family and free of disease carrying rodents like rats and mice.

Folks with small children that are dealing with ants in the home face the trouble of trying to successfully do away with ants without using harmful chemicals that can be damaging to their children.  This article is going to share some all-natural solutions to get rid of ants in the home.

Diatomaceous Earth is an organic, non-toxic compound that is effective in exterminating ants and a host of other insects.  Diatomaceous earth consists of fossilized remnants of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled algae.  The diatoms are crushed up to render a powder or dust format.

Diatomaceous Earth has tiny razor sharp edges that are deadly to bugs only. These sharp sides hack through ants protective layer, drying them out and exterminating them.   Diatomaceous Earth can be applied as a dust or wettable powder spray. If ants swallow the Diatomaceous Earth it will shred them from within.

Boric Acid is an alternative organic chemical that is natural and terminates ants without harming children.  The reference of acid is very deceptive, but it is no more unsafe than table salt.  In fact, it has been used since the period of the ancient Greeks to preserve food.

Boric acid acts as a stomach poison in bugs causing fatality by dehydration.  The slow death enables the ant time to convey the “food” back to the nest, where it will likely be consumed by other ants, including the queen ant.  The goal is complete and total extinction of the nest, and source of your ant quandary.

Boric acid is obtainable in powder or gel form.  While the boric acid powder typically calls for the need for a lure such as sugar to attract ants, most of the ant bait gels already have attractant in them.

Diatomic Earth and boric acid are both natural pesticides that are powerful, effective, and much safer to people than other chemical insecticides.

In the U.S., chinch bugs are most problematic in Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri,  Texas, and Oklahoma.  Chinch bugs are often seen damaging grasses similar to St. Augustine, Zoysia, and Bermuda.

Chinch bugs suck on the juices of the grass they prey on, releasing a toxin that eventually kills grass and causes the turf to develop brownish spots.

Chinch bugs normally grow to about 1/5 of an inch long, and are often black with white wings.

You may also see chinch bugs in their early stage, after they’re still yellow in color. They’ll begin to change to a reddish color soon after.  During this time, Chinch bugs are in the nymph stage.

Chinch bugs do damage both in the nymph and adult stages, and must therefore be dealt with.  There are natural pest management choices that you can utilize to control chinch bugs.

With the natural active ingredient, permethrin, Kill-A-Bug II lawn granules are a safe to use in your lawn.  It works instantly upon contact and offers residual control for up to 4 weeks.

In addition to chinch bugs, Kill-A-Bug II lawn granules provide control of armyworms, ants, white grubs, ticks, cinch bugs, crickets, grasshoppers,
spiders, scorpions, cockroaches, European crane fly larvae and many other listed insects.

Don’t let chinch bugs destroy your lawn.  Use the natural killing effect of permethrin to safely control chinch bugs and other insects in your lawn and garden!

It can be difficult and time consuming to control scorpions in and round a house, however it can be done. The first thing that must be accomplished is completely cleansing the inside of the house. Rigorously pickup all laundry and debris cluttering the floors. Clean the toilet and kitchen cabinets out, as well as, the closets and other rarely used spaces. It’s smart to deal with these areas whereas the are empty with insecticidal dusts equivalent to Drione Dust or sprays akin to Demon WP.

So what do scorpions eat? They eat bugs, so preserve the house insect free with indoor pesticides and with glue traps such because the EcoSafe Sticky Bug Trap. Glue traps are great at capturing bugs and likewise beneficial. Whereas they won’t kill scorpions, they will catch them. Scorpions feed on small spiders and smooth bodied insects. They will eat different species of scorpions and even small people of their own species. They have poor eyesight, so do not stalk or chase prey, however lie in waiting to seize it with their pincers. Small bugs are eaten instantly, however larger prey are stung and eaten after they stop to struggle.

To successfully management indoor scorpions, it’s essential to manage the scorpions outside the home. Sealing off the entire out of doors cracks on the home with caulk or one other sealant is very important. Additionally, lowering the variety of outside hiding places for scorpions is important. Remove particles resembling loose rocks, wooden, trash and other pointless things from the yard and across the home. It’s also beneficial to maintain the grass mowed quick and all shrubbery properly pruned.

Out of doors areas can then be handled with a residual insecticide of Demon WP, Demand or Talstar. Indoor areas such as crevices in woodwork, closets, round plumbing, doorways or windows, and different areas the place scorpions may hide should also be fastidiously handled with the same spray or dust. Non-residual or contact purposes of CB 80 may be helpful when rapid control is needed indoors.

Fruit Flies are most commonly found in kitchens.  They are those tiny flies you see flying around the sink area of your kitchen.  Here are some practical solutions for getting rid of fruit flies.

Remove standing liquids and any wet fabric or soft material.  Flush your drains and garbage disposals with drain cleaners (see recommended products below). Do this once every few hours for a while or partially plug the drain and fill the sink so the cleaners trickle down slowly and stay present in the pipes.

Empty your trash before it overflows and invest in trash cans with secure lids.  Check your dishwasher for grime collecting in the bottom and the filter. Refrain from storing dirty dishes in there until you’ve eliminated the incursion.

Search your cabinets and pantries for exposed foods.  Bags of potatoes, grains, and legumes that have become moist are all common culprits. Store fresh fruits and vegetables in the fridge until the fruit flies are eradicated.

Check under your refrigerator and other movable appliances and furniture for hidden spills and messes.  If you have an electric stove, lift up the burners as well as the entire top surface and check for spills inside.  Dry the surfaces in the sink when you are not using it.  Clean underneath your sink, look for leaks and soft, moist or rotting wood caused by leaks.

If the weather permits, relocate any potted plants or herbs outside and/or apply an insecticide that is safe to use on houseplants and edibles.

Dispose of or clean old towels and sponges.  Check the cracks between your kitchen appliances and the cabinets for anything that may have fallen between them.

Fruit Flies are annoying little guys, but by following the above recommendations you can rid your home of fruit flies pretty quickly.

Recommended products available at Parsons Pest Control to aid in the extermination of Fruit Flies include:

Catchmaster 100FF Fruit Fly Traps
Draingel
Invade Bio-Drain

Do you know there is a way to get rid of slugs in your pond naturally?  Frogs eat slugs.  Therefore, getting rid of slugs naturally is simply a matter of populating your pond with frogs.

The first step to protecting your pond from slugs is to find a source for frog eggs or tadpoles.  If you find frog eggs, you want to wait until they hatch into tadpoles.  It takes about a month’s time for frog eggs to turn into tadpoles.  If you don’t know how old the eggs are, I suggest you check back weekly.

Once tadpoles are present, capture as many as you can in a mason jar.  Make sure the mason jar has a little bit of water in it.  Take the tadpoles back to your pond and release them.

You don’t want fully developed frogs.  Frogs always return to the place where they developed from tadpoles into fully developed frogs.  Therefore, if you were to relocate fully developed frogs, they will only leave and go back to where they developed.

On the other hand, with tadpoles, you can count on an abundance of frog slug eating frogs to protect your pond for the long haul, because it will be their home and not only will they always return home, but they will multiply in numbers thereby reducing the number of slugs as they feed on them.

Step by Step Summary:

1. Find a habitat where frog eggs have been laid or tadpoles are present
2. If frog eggs, wait until they hatch into tadpoles
3. Once tadpoles, get a jar with water and catch as many as you can
4. Pour the tadpoles into your pond

This method of course takes a little time, because you have to wait for eggs to hatch, and then you have to wait for the tadpoles to develop into frogs before you can expect the slug eating to begin.

As far as getting rid of slugs in your garden, Parsons Pest Control has several products that are safe for eliminating slugs.  Click here to see what we have.

Rodents are a year round problem, but they become especially problematic during the winter months.  A warm home with food is their number one objective and they do not discriminate.

Your home can be neat and clean, but if the opportunity is there, mice will enter and it won’t be a problem for them to seek out a food source in the form of crumbs and accessible storage areas.

There are many preventative products that will help keep mice away or capture them before they gain entrance into your home.  For example, there are ultrasonic rodent deterrent devices that repel rodents as well as rodent bait stations that you can place around your home to cut mice off before they make their way into your space.

Those are just the tip of the iceburg.  there are many rodent control solutions, and the appropriate one for you will depend on your situation, concerns, and personal preferences.

In any case, there is something for everyone out there and you can begin your search at Parsons Pest Control.  We’ve been around for over 20 years.  Give us a call if you don’t know what’s best and we’ll be happy to lend you our expertise.