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GOING GREEN: Environmentally safe pest control – WREX-TV

GOING GREEN: Environmentally safe pest control
WREX-TV
Pesticides can act as quick fixes for your pesky rodent problems, but those harmful chemicals can come back to bite you. There are some environmentally-safe ways to keep those pests away long term. "The three things that attract a rodent are light

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Pigeons: Friend or Foe? – KOLO

Pigeons: Friend or Foe?
KOLO
Pigeons have become major pests in Northern Nevada largely because of the unwanted presents they leave behind. "It's just a mess, it's embarrassing…the germs..it gets tracked in. Our dogs get it, I mean it just, it's a mess!" Laure Gruen, a pigeon

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Hitchhiking pests make themselves at home in Hamilton – MetroNews Canada

Hitchhiking pests make themselves at home in Hamilton
MetroNews Canada
They're ugly, they smell, and for some reason they like Hamilton. The brown marmorated stink bug is a long name for an insect known for the cilantrolike odour it gives off when squished. But its smell is probably the least of our worries. The creepy

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Squirrel population boom frustrates fruit growers – The Associated Press

Squirrel population boom frustrates fruit growers
The Associated Press
Experts noting an increase in squirrel populations include Paul Curtis, an associate professor at Cornell University's Department of Natural Resources and a pest management expert. Such eruptions are rare but noted in historical literature, he said.

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Getting Rid of Stinkbugs – WBOC TV 16

Getting Rid of Stinkbugs
WBOC TV 16
Joe Thomas, a pest control technician with Ehrlich Pest Control in Sussex County, says his goal is to keep his clients pest free. "We're noticing annually their increasing," said Stacey Arnold, sales representative with Ehrlich Pest Control. Arnold

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Sri Lanka could be in path of world’s longest insect migration

The insects had been seen heading south from areas including Moratuwa and Kollupitiya. Subsequent investigations confirmed this unusual influx of insects Speaking to the Sunday Times Sarath who lives by the coast in Dehiwela said, ?the cloud of …

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Cleaning up debris now often means fewer pest problems next spring – Toledo Blade

Cleaning up debris now often means fewer pest problems next spring
Toledo Blade
This can be a bittersweet time of the year for gardeners. As the days get shorter and temperatures cooler, the gardening clock is winding down. Now is the perfect time to begin cleaning up those nonproductive areas of the garden. For some, it may be

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Pest control cleans up school after rat droppings found in lunches – ABC7Chicago.com


ABC7Chicago.com

Pest control cleans up school after rat droppings found in lunches
ABC7Chicago.com
October 12, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — Cleaning and pest control crews spent Friday at a Hirsch Metropolitan High School where several children became ill after eating lunches that likely had rat droppings in them. CPS confirmed that several students
Chicago Students Sickened By School Lunches Tainted With Rat PoopChicagoist
CPS: Mouse droppings found in nachos, 2 students sickenedChicago Tribune
Lunches at Chicago school contained rat droppingsPeoria Journal Star
WBRC –Chicago Sun-Times
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A real stinker: New invasive insect found in Davenport – Quad City Times

A real stinker: New invasive insect found in Davenport
Quad City Times
In Illinois, incidental insects have been found in Champaign and McLean counties in the central part of the state, and breeding populations are established in Cook County as well as Kane in the Chicago area, said Kelly Estes, state survey coordinator

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Insects overrun Locust Grove family – MyFox Atlanta

Insects overrun Locust Grove family
MyFox Atlanta
The family tells FOX 5 News that it looks like it was snowing bugs with swarms of the little black insects blanketing the house and trees. After gallons of insecticide to try to rid themselves of the bugs, they continue to thrive. They say they traced

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