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Cooler Weather and Pests: Insects Hibernate While Rodents Propagate
by Jenn L'eon of Dean A. Soles Pest Control Winter 2012
During winter months there may appear to be less pest activity in your home. Don't be fooled! Many insects pass the cooler part of the year in hibernating, while rodents are looking for shelter to make a nest.
Tiny Black Ants Seen Foraging on Your Countertops are Pharaoh Ants
by Jenn L'Eon - Dean Soles Pest Control Fall 2011
One observable fact of the Pharaoh Ant – besides the obvious small size - is the Pharaoh Ant is very persistent. These small black nuisance ants appear in the same areas of your home – day after day - regardless of how much cleaning, wiping, smashing or aerosol spray you try. In Pinellas County, they are most often found in the home during the cooler months – just in time for our “Snow Birds” to arrive.
Big Brown Flying Cockroaches (aka Palmetto Bug) Prefer the Forest not Your Home
by Jenn L'Eon - Dean Soles Pest Control Fall 2011
Those big brown cockroaches you see scurrying across the floor are forest insects – they feed on decaying organic matter found on forest floors. Sometimes while foraging for food and water in your landscape, they find their way into your home. And when they do, the big brown cockroaches can be very unsettling when seen crossing the kitchen floor and worse when they fly!
Top 5 Home Staging Tips
by Ilya Zobanov - The Home Team Fall 2011
If you’re selling a home in St Petersburg or anywhere in Tampa Bay and it’s been listed by a trusted real estate professional you might be left wondering, “What else can I do to help this house sell?” Well the answer lies with home staging.
Essentially home staging is a tactic used to improve the chances of capturing a buyer by highlighting the strengths of your home while downplaying its weaknesses.
Curb Appeal is as Easy as Mowing, Mulching, Watering and Pruning
by Rick Orr Summer 2011
Curb Appeal? Try these ideas to get started making your house inviting to potential buyers.
Flea Info: Best Flea Control Methods for Pets, Home and Landscape
Winter 2011
Fleas basically are reproductive machines that need a blood meal to reproduce. In other words they suck blood, mate and lay eggs. Each adult lays about one egg per hour and the eggs hatch in 5 to 15 days. Therein lies the problem – there is a constant hatching, maturing, biting and mating occurring at all times. You kill today’s fleas only to be attacked by a new wave of fleas 10 days later.
Animal Safety
Winter 2008
My Golden: CooperAll the products I use are safe and animal friendly. As a matter of fact the one popular insecticide I use has the same active ingredient the Vet would prescribe for application to our pet. However the fertilizer elements I use can stain your pets coat and your carpets, therefore to be safe, keep pets and humans off until the lawn has dried – usually less than an hour
