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Creating a Pest Free Sanctuary

Creating a Pest Free Sanctuary

Maintaining a pest-free home is essential for health and safety. Regular cleaning, sealing entry points, and proper waste management reduce pest risks. Well-maintained gardens and moisture control deter pests, while natural repellents offer safe alternatives to chemicals. Choose experienced pest control services with good reputations, safe methods, and clear guarantees. By adopting these strategies, you protect your home from damage and create a healthier environment. ...read more

Home Pest Control and Tomato Plants

Home Pest Control and Tomato Plants

If you are planning on growing tomato plants in your garden, you will need to familiarize yourself with the different types of pests that may seek out your tomato plants to feed off of. You will need to take precautions to prevent pests from damaging your tomato plants. ...read more

Pest Control Certification Information

Pest Control Certification Information

Obtaining a pest control certification can lend credibility to your services and inspire confidence and respect in your customers.  Learn more about pest control certification to determine if procuring this valuable designation would be a positive career measure for you. ...read more

What are the Benefits of Pest Control Companies?

What are the Benefits of Pest Control Companies?

No one enjoys the idea of their house and home being overrun with a plethora of uninvited pests. Many homeowners will try to eliminate a bug or infestation problem on their own in order to save money. However, the advantages of hiring your own exterminator to care for your property may well outweigh the desire to keep a few dollars in your pocket. ...read more

Requirements for Pest Control Certification

Requirements for Pest Control Certification

In order to become a certified pest control technician there are certain requirements you must meet. While each state may have varying specific requirements, there are a few basic requirements for education and experience which all states will require you to meet. ...read more

How to Buy an Ultrasonic Pest Repellent

How to Buy an Ultrasonic Pest Repellent

Many people prefer an ultrasonic pest repellent to use instead of relying on chemical repellents. The ultrasonic repellents emit a noise that is unpleasant for pests. This helps to keep them away from your living area. They come in many different sizes and styles. You'll have to consider a few things to make sure you're getting the right ones. ...read more

What is the Parent Company Of Orkin Pest Control?

What is the Parent Company Of Orkin Pest Control?

Orkin, Inc. is a pest control company founded in 1901 by Otto Orkin, who started selling rat poison to farmers at the age of 14. The Atlanta, Georgia-based company specializes in residential control of various pests including mosquitoes, termites and mice. The company was purchased from the Orkin family in 1964 by Rollins, Inc., another company that specializes in pest control and media broadcasting. ...read more

About Herbal Pest Control

About Herbal Pest Control

Herbal pest control is a way of controlling pests without the use of harsh and sometimes toxic chemicals.  When you have some natural herbal options available and you know what bugs they are effective against, you can gradually lessen your reliance on harsh chemical insecticides. ...read more

Organic Pest Control for Home

Organic Pest Control for Home

The sooner you notice an insect problem, the quicker you'll be able to deal with it.  If you visit your garden and notice that your plants are getting chewed on by insects, there are organic pest control options available to you. ...read more

Pest Control Associations

Pest Control Associations

Pest control associations are important, because they assist pest control companies with maintaining the quality of their services. Associations also assist pest control companies with extending and implementing new developments in the industry.  Pest control associations have proven to be easily disseminated to smaller regional or local companies. ...read more

Problems With Pest Control Products

Problems With Pest Control Products

Pest control products are very strong. Their purpose is to kill rodents and other pests that have infested your home. While they do their job and make your home pest free, there are problems with pest control products that the companies don't like to tell you so that you will continue to purchase their products. ...read more

DIY Residential Pest Control

DIY Residential Pest Control

How would like to live in a home that's completely free of pests? Hiring a pest control service on a regular basis may help, but what most homeowners do not know is, you can avoid paying the cost related to pest control services. With a sound advice, you can eliminate pests, with do-it-yourself residential pest control. ...read more

Pest Control in a Vegetable Garden

Pest Control in a Vegetable Garden

One of the most common problems that gardeners have to deal with is pests. Many common pests like snails, aphids, earwigs, rodents and gophers can be controlled with any of the wide variety of commercially available pest control products. There are also a wide variety of things that gardeners can do to naturally control pests, without spending a dime. ...read more

Garden Pest Products

Garden Pest Products

One of the best parts of summer is working in a garden, maintaining it and watching your own flowers, vegetables or fruits grow. Creating a garden is easy to do and can be done in a yard of any size or shape. As with anything that grows in the ground, there is going to be pests. Thankfully, it is not hard to control them, if you know which products to use. ...read more

Pest Removal Products

Pest Removal Products

Finding the right pest removal products will be necessary from time to time to keep your home free of bugs and rodents. There are many different kinds of products on the market and depending on your problem some may work and others may not. If you are struggling with a pest control issue, there are a few things to consider. ...read more

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New Jersey Termite Season Has Arrived

Termite swarming season is here.  Termite swarmers, or winged reproductive termites leave the colony once a year and swarm to a different location where they shed their wings and pair up to start a new termite colony. Winged termites are often mistaken for winged ants.   Here's how to tell them apart:  Ant wings are different sizes; termite wings are all the same size.  Ants have elbowed antennae; termites have short, straight, beaded antennae.  Don't be fooled by color or size: ants can vary in size, and winged termites can be block or brown.  The most glaring difference is that ants have segmented body parts and termite swarmers have one straight body. ...read more

By Arrow Environmental Services March 17, 2009

Bed Bug Bites & Concerns

Bed Bugs usually bite people at night while they are sleeping.  They feed by piercing the skin with an elongated beak through which they withdraw blood.  Engorgement takes about 3 to 10 minutes, yet the person seldom knows they are being bitten.  Bed bugs normally do not reside on people like head lice or body lice - immediately after feeding they crawl off and reside elsewhere to digest their meal.  A common concern with bed bugs is whether they transmit diseases.  Althouth bed bugs can harbor pathogens inaand on their bodies, transmission to humans is considered unlikely.  Their medical significance is chiefly limited to the itching and inflammation from their bites.  Antihistamines and corticosteroids may be prescribed to reduce allergic reactions.  Though not known to carry diseases, bed bugs can severely reduce quality of life by causing discomfort, sleeplessness, anxiety, and embarrassment.   ...read more

By Arrow Environmental Services July 30, 2008

Cicada Kille Wasps Terrrorize Homeowners

Cicada Killer Wasp season is now upon us in the Northeast.  These large and intimidating wasps hover above the ground and "dig" holes into the soil at hard landscape areas or throughout the lawn.  They are very scary to homeowners, but seldom sting.  They are a solitary wasp that does not "build nests."  Always contact a Pest Management Professional when dealing with Cicada Killer Wasps. www.arrownj.com  ...read more

By Arrow Environmental Services July 26, 2008