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Interior and Exterior pest management
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Lawn spraying and Fertilization
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Interior and Exterior pest management is key to insulating your home from pests.
An open garbage can stored under the sink can be a magnet for flies, rodents, roaches
and ants. Mice, roaches and other pests can enter a home through tiny gaps amid
plumbing pipes and walls. Food that is not sealed tightly can attract “pantry pests”
such as roaches and rodents. Improperly sealed attics or crawl spaces can become
entrance points for spiders, rodents and other pests.
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Lawn spraying and fertilization can be utilized to protect your home from invaders.
Home lawns are commonly infested with insects, bugs, weeds, diseases and other pests
which cause severe damage to turfgrass. These pests can be divided into two groups
based on their location: SOIL INHABITANTSand THATCH INHABITANTS. Both groups severely
damage lawns. A knowledge of pest biology and habits is helpful when implementing
effective control programs. If you are having trouble with a fungus or other plant
disease go to our article on Plant Disease Products.
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Fire Ants
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Fleas and Ticks
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Fire Ants can be controlled by a two different methods.
Drench all existing mounds with Demon EC or Talstar concentrate. At least one gallon
of finished solution is required for fire ant mounds, 1/2 gallon for smaller ones.
A good rule of thumb is to use one gallon of solution per foot of diameter of mound.
For example, a huge mound that is three feet wide (at its base) would require three
gallons of finished solution. This ensures that you kill ants deep in the colony
structure. Keep pets and children away from treated areas until dry.
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Fleas and Ticks are easy to get rid of and are one of the most harmful to let stay.
Flea control inside your home is achieved through application of an approved insecticide
(which kills adult fleas) and an . Insect Growth Regulator (or IGR) which prevents
flea eggs and flea larvae from becoming jumping, biting, reproducing adult fleas.
We suggest using Onslaught or Dragnet to kill adult fleas (and other insect pests).
Ticks are a bigger issue. Certain ticks carry the causal organisms of such diseases
as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, typhus, rickettsial pox, relapsing
fever, tularemia, Colorado tick fever and Texas cattle fever.
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Rodents
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Roof rats are largely commensals and live in close association with man. They seldom
become established as feral animals as do the Norway rats; however, in Lavaca County
they have been found throughout the county, in the towns, and on the farms. They
inhabited grocery and drug stores, warehouses, feed stores, and poultry houses and
were very common in cotton gins and associated grain warehouses. On the farms they
lived in barns and corncribs. They may live near the ground, but usually they frequent
the attics, rafters, and crossbeams of the buildings. They make typical runways
along pipes, beams or wires, up and down the studding, or along the horizontal ceiling
joists, often leaving a dark-colored layer of grease and dirt to mark their travelways.
Like the Norway rat, the roof rat is largely nocturnal and only where populations
are relatively high does one see them frequently in the daytime. There is some indication
that the larger and more aggressive Norway rat is supplanting the roof rat in many
parts of the United States. In the southern United States, however, the roof rat
is by far the more common of the two.
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