Pest Control Products

Flea Control Products




There are many flea control products out there today that both prevent and eliminate flea infestations. There are products that are beneficial to the pet as well as the pet owner.

For pets shampoos and collars help. You can also buy pills that are very effective. Just check your local pet store.


Flea foggers-word of caution-MOST STORE BOUGHT FOGGERS DON"T WORK VERY WELL. If you are going to use them, read the label If you try foggers then make sure they have a growth regulator in them. Some foggers are just a contact killer and this will not work long term. Look for the word "methoprene", it is a growth regulator for fleas.
I would recommend what the pros use PRECOR Its only $19.95 and its well worth it.


Important Tip: Before any flea treatment you want to vacuum like CRAZY and throw the vacuum bag out after the vacuuming. This will help the treatment greatly.

Labels: Fleas

MOSQUITO CONTROL

As they say when it rains.... then the mosquitos come a biting.
Mosquitoes are bad this year. Mosquitoes are controlled best by draining puddles and keeping areas as dry as possible, but when you're at a picnic you don't want to come home looking like the mosquitoes used you for a pin cushion. There are several repellent ou there with the ingredient Deet in them that work well, then there are the bug zappers of old that kill anything that will fly into it, and then there is a newer product that incorporates the natural attractors of carbon dioxide that your body releases that draws the mosquitoes to you and it also imitates the body's heat by emitting a warmth from the trap, then the unsuspecting insect gets sucked into the trap via a vacuum. These traps are very expensive and there are several models on the market, but some find it worth the price especially if you entertain a lot outside.

Labels: Mosquito

Yellow Jacket Trap

The end of summer means bees and wasps. This yellow jacket trap is easy to use and can help reduce some of those bothersome bees while having that end of summer barbecue. Just fill it with juice and keep the traps away from any human activity. If you are picnicking in the yard then hang a few along the fence line. You get the point.

Labels: Bees and Wasps

BED BUG KILLER

Eaton's Bed Bug Killer is a quart sized ready to use spray used mostly as a follow up to a bed bug treatment to kill any re-emerging bed bugs. It is an oil based contact killer so there is no residual and becasue it is oil based you have to be careful where you spray it. It seems to be getting good review on the web. One of the few products out there specifically for the little buggers.

The John Hopkins Newsletter on Cancer.

Lesson #1 in forwarding emails: CHECK THE SOURCE.

What is great about this email is that it refers to a newsletter. If there was such a newsletter then wouldn't you rather forward the actual newsletter? I mean, are you just going to talk about a source and not show it?

Cool Photo

Peterson Guerreiro Fotografia: Artista de Rua - Itaja�

I love good photos... I only get to take them of pests like scorpions now.. but I can still appreciate a good one when I see one.

Go Fred!

Indiana Fred Heads: Fred on the Border

I am not sure where this guy came from but I like it!

Arizona needs this.

Do-It-Yourself

What would you list as the top 10 reasons to do-it-yourself?

I bet that price comes in at the top for DIY. But is that really the best reason? Can you think of other reasons why?

Here are my personal reasons:

10. Because it takes time to find a really good professional, and time is money.

9. Because being self reliant is a virtue, and a blessing for fiercely independent people.

8. By the time I some that could do it, I could have already had it done.

7. Because most things come with instructions, and reading is good for you.

6. Because my life at work is boring, so I want to do real work when I get home.

5. Because there is a sense of pride in the fact that ,"I made it." or, "I didn't all by myself." (Ask my 2 year-old if you don't believe me.)

4. Because getting off the couch and doing anything is a step in the right direction.

3. Because my wife made me do it.

2. Because its cheaper.

1. Because if you want it done right then you better, "Do-It-Yourself".

So do-it-yourself and do it better.

-The Bug Guy

www.pestprojoe.com

Other thoughts on Doing it Yourself.

Why DIY?

Contrary to popular belief, the main reason for DIY is not (or should not be) about saving money. While this is possible in many cases (and especially against 'top of the line' commercial products), there are other, far better reasons to do it yourself.

The main one is knowledge, new skills, and the enormous feeling of satisfaction that comes from building your own equipment. This is worth far more than money. For younger people, the skills learned will be invaluable as you progress through life, and once started, you should continue to strive for making it yourself wherever possible.

Each and every new skill you learn enables the learning processes to be 'exercised', making it easier to learn other new things that come your way.

Conclusion

People choose DIY for the fun of creation, to learn, or to get something that can't be bought because it is too specialised - even in a seemingly minor respect. Sometimes, all three will be involved at the conscious level, but all three will be usually be involved at the subconscious level.

When you make something (even from a kit), you have the opportunity to customise it so that it does exactly what you want, not what someone else's marketing department told you you want. You will always learn from the experience of building it, even when it seems like a mindless chore stuffing components into a PCB and soldering them in. When it's finished, installed in your system, and doing exactly what you want, then the fun and pride of having made it will always be there - even long after the event.

Do you get any of these things when you buy a product? In a word, no. It is simply a commodity, something that countless others have, exactly the same as yours. If it doesn't do exactly what you want, then you have to live with it - even make excuses to yourself in extreme cases (where you'd like to strangle the salesthing given the chance).

DIY is not for everyone. Some people are forced into it because they can't get exactly what they want, and others do it because they think they'll save money. These are not good motives for DIY, although once they get into it, the motives will hopefully change.

The number one reason for DIY is simple - fun. Audio is a hobby for most people, and hobbies are meant to be fun - recreation at its best. In the same way that listening to your system is a recreational activity, so too is building your system yourself. As with all hobbies, there are new skills to learn, a complete jargon to master (that part is admittedly not so much fun), and something to show for it when it is completed.

Having acquired various tools (and talents) along the way, you may find that you can use them for other DIY activities - especially woodworking tools. Again, don't expect to save money. Many goods are available that are made in China (or perhaps India or some other developing country) for far less than you could build them for. Some are real bargains - well made, and will last well in normal use. Others are terrible - cheap materials, flimsy and with a marginal finish that won't last until next Thursday.

The old saying that 'you get what you pay for' no longer holds relevance - some bargains are real, others are very obviously false. Some highly priced goods are no different from the bargains, many having been made in the same factory (some may even be identical to a bargain version).

Again, the DIY approach is more about satisfaction and creation than anything else. If you do happen to save money in the process, then so much the better.

... Of course you can always do pest control yourself for less.

It doesn't take much to do Pest Control right and do it yourself.

Do Scorpions infest homes?

I am amazed at how inaccurate professional news can be. If fact, I heard NBC site a paper from Europe headlining, "This Shooting is as American as Apple Pie." I was floored when I heard the statement, so I decided to research it a bit and found no source. I even posted the question on Yahoo and found no source. All I could find was an obscure blog that had posted the above quote. So I am going to have to assume that NBC had no source and that another professional news company was not reporting anything accurate or substantial.

Which leads me to the East Valley Tribune and its recent article on "Heat brings out scorpions, sort fact from fiction." By Jill Redhage. Her article stated that "much of what we think about scorpions is myth." She also went on with the following "Myth Busters":

Myth: My home could become infested with scorpions.
Myth: Pesticides are effective against scorpions.
Myth: Small scorpions are more dangerous than large scorpions.
Myth: Scorpion stings are always dangerous.

3 of the 4 statements above are arguably true, and the 4th one is only Myth because it deals in an absolute. If scorpions venom where to carry a chemical label, then it would most likely fall into the Hazardous labels. At any rate, I was and am still shocked that the reporter made such claims. Especially since her claims were only based on a single Community College professor.

If you want my Professional opinion I would say:

Truth: My home could become infested with scorpions.
Truth Pesticides are effective against scorpions.
Partially True: Small scorpions are more dangerous than large scorpions.
Myth: Scorpion stings are always dangerous.

Of course that is coming from an individual that actually worked in pest control, me, versus and college professor with all of his "book knowledge".

FYI... this same college professor suggests killing weeds by boiling water and then dumping it on the weed. This technique will work, but how energy effective is it?