Why Are Mosquitoes So Hard To Get Rid Of?

Mosquitoes are not only the most annoying insects but they
 also transmit deadly malaria virus among other illnesses in humans. That’s
 right, the most dangerous animal in the world can be killed with a slap. Mosquitoes 
have been known to cause a variety of illnesses apart from the commonly known
 Malaria. These insects have the ability to carry different types of bacteria.
Did you know that mosquitoes don’t cause Malaria? It is the plasmodium in it 
that does so. Take an example, a car cannot cause an accident without a driver,
 the mosquito is the car while the plasmodium is the driver.

Let’s delve deeper into some shocking details and demystify
 some facts about this small deadly insect:

· Malaria kills more than 300 million people every 
year and infects about a billion in the world. This is according to a study done by the World 
Health Organization.

· Mosquitoes are responsible for causing dengue, a
 disease associated with a feeling of broken bones. It is a killer disease in 
most children not to mention being really painful.

· They also cause “Yellow fever”, a disease 
associated with hemorrhaging of internal body organs. About 200,000 people are
 infected yearly by this and unfortunately, 30,000 people are unfortunate and do not
 survive.

· Mosquitoes are also known to cause West Nile virus,
 a bird disease that causes pain in the patients and causes high fever and vomiting.


You might now be wondering, how do I get rid of mosquitoes
 around my home? There are a variety of mosquito control measures that one can 
adopt in and around their home to deal with this menace:

· Using mosquito repellents which come in 
different forms of gels, lotions, and sprays.

· Trimming the lawns and keeping gardens short and 
trimmed to prevent excessive breeding areas.

· Getting rid of any stagnant water around your 
home to prevent further reproduction.

· Using mosquito coils and insecticides indoors to 
repel away the mosquitoes.

However, all these methods are not always effective especially
 when done in isolation and that’s why it becomes vital to seek extra help from 
professional pest control companies like NOLA Pest Control.

At NOLA Pest Control, we are experts in not only mosquito control but 
also pest control in general, in and around New Orleans. Perhaps you have 
experienced a situation where you get rid of pests in your home only for them 
to come back a few days later.

Perchance you have explored various options on how to deal 
with mosquitoes in the past but your efforts have been futile? That’s because you 
did not deal with the problem effectively. Mosquito and pest control not only 
entails eliminating them but also destroying their breeding grounds.

At NOLA Pest Control, we focus on elimination and not just covering up the
 problem. With our team of professionals, we’ll do a preliminary investigation
 where we determine the best approach to deal with the mosquito problem in your 
space, both commercial and residential.

Here’s why you should consider using our pest management company.

· We offer a variety of pest control services ranging from rodent control, termite,
 bedbug and mosquito control measures for both residential houses and commercial
 buildings, no matter your needs.

· At NOLA Pest Control, we offer free advice and tips on how you can further 
eradicate pests in your home.

· You will enjoy customized mosquito control and
other pest eradication programs that will suit your needs.

· We are very flexible in terms of our schedules, 
we can adjust appointments for you and your family’s convenience.

· Our record systems are up to date and efficient,
 we keep a detailed review of the pesticides we use and this can be used for 
future reference. Some mosquitoes develop resistance to a particular pesticide
 in case it is used repeatedly.

· We offer maximum pest and mosquito control 
satisfaction guarantee where in case you spot some pests in your home 48 hours
 after our clean up, we offer extra removals all for free.

· At NOLA Pest Control, we fully comply with all the safety
 standard measures and procedures to prevent you from exposure to dangerous
 fumes from pesticides.

· No need to worry about environmental compliance 
regulations, at NOLA Pest Control, we utilize environmentally friendly pest control methods
 that are not harmful thanks to our integrated pest management system that
 minimizes the use of chemical agents that have detrimental effects in the long 
run.

· Our pest control team consists of experts who 
are reliable, friendly, and professional.

When mosquitoes begin swarming around your home give us a call and we’ll be happy to come out and eliminate the mosquitoes so that you and your family can enjoy the outdoors and your home again, mosquito free.

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How Do I Get Rid of Termites In My House?

How to tell the difference between swarming Ants and Termites

Termites often start swarming around the latter part of February through early March. It is important to distinguish swarming ants from termites because control measures for both are quite different in technique and price.

Subterranean termites are the most destructive insect pests of wood. In nature, they scavenge wood, breaking down the large amounts of dead trees and other wood that accumulate in forests. The breakdown products of wood are returned to the soil as humus. Problems begin when termites invade human structures. Their presence is not readily noticed, and damage often is discovered before the termites are seen. The homeowner can practice prevention, but successful chemical control nearly always requires the services of qualified pest control operators.

Subterranean termites are found throughout the United States except for Alaska. These wood-destroying insects are found throughout Texas, decreasing in frequency from the Gulf Coast to central regions. Termites represent a great hazard to wooden structures in these areas.

Subterranean termites are social insects that live in nests or colonies in the soil. Three termite forms or castes are found in the colonies — reproductives, workers, and soldiers. Individuals of each caste have three growth stages — egg, nymph, and adult.

Reproductives can be winged (primary) or wingless (secondary). Each has the capability to produce new offspring. Primary reproductives, also called swarmers or alates, vary in body color from coal black to pale yellow-brown. The wings may be pale or smokey gray to brown and have few distinct veins. Swarmer termites are about one-quarter to three-quarter inches long and make up the largest number of individuals within a colony. Workers gather food, enlarge and maintain the nest and feed and care for all other castes in the colony.

Soldiers resemble workers in color and general appearance. However, they have large, well-developed, brownish heads with strong mandibles or jaws. Soldiers defend the colony against invaders, primarily ants. Soldiers in some types of termites generally occurring in arid regions are called nasutes. Nasute soldiers have pear-shaped heads with a long, tube-like projection on the front. They exude a sticky substance to entrap their enemies.

Termites will have straight antennae, two pairs of equal length wings, no eyes and a thick waist. Do not get them confused with ants, which will exhibit an elbowed antennae, 2 pairs of unequal length wings, eyes and a thin waist.
By Clint Perkins, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

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How Can I Get Rid of Rats In My House?

New Orleans rats are carrying pathogens that could be fatal to dogs
The greater New Orleans area is no stranger to rodents, whether it is nutria swimming in the bayous or the small rat scurrying along Bourbon Street. Researchers are finding local rodents aren’t just unpleasant — they are likely carrying bacteria that could be harmful to dogs.

Rats in New Orleans are carrying pathogens that cause diseases like hantavirus and leptospirosis, according to the New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board, which monitors and controls local pests. Leptospirosis, in particular, is hard to detect and can be deadly for dogs and other pets.

Michael Blum, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Tulane University, said the prevalence of leptospira — which causes leptospirosis — in local rats is much higher than researchers expected to find.

Local rat populations are under increased scrutiny after reports this year that several dogs in New Jersey had contracted leptospirosis. At least three dogs died, while two others were infected by the disease, according to CBS News in March.

Experts have confirmed the presence of these pathogens in New Orleans rats, but it is unclear whether they are more prevalent now than they have been in the past.

Blum heads the New Orleans Rat Project, a Tulane-led effort to trap and study rodents across the city. The project is funded by a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

He said available historical data on leptospira only goes back about four years. He noted research into these diseases began in earnest after levee breaks during Hurricane Katrina flooded most of the city.

Blum and his team are currently screening rodents citywide for leptospira and other bacteria. He said it will take “another couple of months” before specific numbers on the prevalence of rodents with the pathogens is available.

Claudia Riegel, director of the New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board, said it is possible local rats have been carrying these pathogens for some time, and we just did not know much about it.

“We don’t think there’s necessarily been a resurgence,” Riegel said.

Even so, Riegel urged pet owners and others to be cautious.

She noted symptoms of leptospirosis can be easily mistaken for the common cold and flu, making it difficult for residents to know if they or their pets have been infected.

“It’s very important for everyone to take it seriously,” Riegel said, adding sanitation is the first step in preventing rodent-borne illness in people and pets.

Kelly Zimmerman, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, said the state’s Public Health Veterinarian has not seen an increase in rat-related illnesses. She added the Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at the LSU Vet School has yet to see an uptick in veterinary cases related to rodent-borne diseases.

Riegel stressed rodent control remains a top priority for the city. The New Orleans Rat Project, which the agency is involved with, helps the city perform the “very laborious” task of surveillance of rodent populations, she said.

Riegel said education — in addition to trapping and removal — is a big part of controlling the rat population. Because rats can produce dozens of offspring in a given month, the board spends parts of its time encouraging residents to seal holes, lay traps and take other steps to prevent rodents from finding places to breed.
She urged residents to look around their houses and yards for food and water sources that could attract rats, including fruit falling from trees and pools of water accumulating on or around objects left outside.

Rats also eat pet food. Riegel suggested storing pet food inside to reduce the risk of pets getting infected.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises residents to keep dogs and other pets away from water that might be contaminated with rat droppings.

The control board also recommends closing holes and cracks in buildings and along porches where rats can enter.

Residents are also advised to call 311 to report rodent issues.
By Wilborn P. Nobles III wnobles@nola.com,
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

NOLA Pest Control knows it can be very difficult to keep rodents out of structures. Rats are able to fit through openings the size of a quarter, and mice can squeeze into openings the size of a dime.
If you detect signs of any type of rodent infestation, give NOLA Pest Control a call right away or visit our website for more info, so that we can come out and inspect the property to determine the correct type of rodent we are dealing with, and then we will recommend a course of action to eradicate your rodent problems.
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What’s the Best Cockroach Killer?

Consider your options in the extended war to exterminate cockroaches

If you’ve got a roach infestation in your home, your first instinct will be to figure out the best way to get rid of them. Stomping and rolled-up newspapers may make a satisfying squish, but they’re hardly a prescription to win the cockroach land war.
The best way to stop cockroaches is to keep them from ever getting in, but if that fails, the best thing to kill cockroaches varies by type of cockroach, where you live and how they hide. 

Roach killing sprays

If you have one or two or a handful of cockroaches to kill, a spray can be an effective means of getting rid of them. (Make sure you thoroughly clean up the area you’ve sprayed afterward.) However, a spray is not an effective cockroach killer over the long term for a number of reasons. First off, you have to see the cockroach in order to get a direct spray shot at it, and those pests can move FAST, not to mention hide exceptionally well. Secondly, if there’s one cockroach, you can count on a whole lot more hiding elsewhere. Scattershot extermination with spray will take out some, but not the entire colony. 

Cockroach gel bait and stations

Gel bait and bait stations are more effective ways of getting rid of cockroaches in your home. Instead of killing them on the spot, the poison stays inside their bodies and slowly kills them later on. (Even hungry cockroaches will stay away from a food source that clearly has several dead roaches surrounding it.) Frequently, they’ll take the poison back with them to the rest of the cockroach family and feed it to them. Plus, their bodies remain toxic, so if cockroaches cannibalize a dead roach, they consume the poison themselves.

Gel baits are often sold under brand names such as Advion, Invict, and Combat roach killers. 
Before you consider over-the-counter means to exterminate roaches, you can also consider natural ways to get rid of cockroaches. 

Roach foggers

Insect-killing foggers, also known as bug bombs, are frequently marketed for different insects — termites, ants, fleas, and cockroaches all call for different extermination methods. Cockroach killing foggers tend to settle their contents on all the surfaces in the area in which they’re deployed. While a roach bug bomb can be effective in killing some of the roaches in a given area, it’s far from thorough. Roaches are good at scurrying away into hidey-holes where they might be protected from the fogger, which might not penetrate fully into all the nooks and crannies. 

How to get rid of cockroaches for good

For all these reasons, while over-the-counter DIY cockroach killing methods can work with varying degrees of effectiveness, your best bet to permanently evict roaches is to hire a professional pest control expert who specializes in cockroach extermination. Not only will they be able to prescribe the most effective methods of getting rid of these hardy pests, they can help you address the circumstances that allowed the roaches to make it into your home in the first place, and fortify your defenses against future cockroach intrusion. The cost of cockroach extermination could total a few hundred dollars, but it could be money well spent.
By Paul F. P. Pogue/Angie’s List

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How Can We Keep Our Business Pest Free?

Pest Management in Food Service Facilities

Cockroaches are a serious problem in these accounts, but control can be achieved if food, water, and harborage are eliminated and customer cooperation is achieved.

Pest control in food service facilities can quickly become a struggle between the client and pest management professional if expectations between the two are not spelled out early in the relationship. If both parties are not on the same page as far as duties are concerned, the small issues can and will escalate, resulting in dissatisfied clients.

It’s no secret that two of the greatest contributing factors in pest management are sanitation and exclusion; giving pests less food and water to consume, and minimizing the places in which they can enter and hide. That said, overcoming those two issues is much easier said than done.
As PMPs, it is in our best interest to work with clients as closely as possible, giving them as much detail and advice as one can afford to give, and knowing where and when sanitation and exclusion issues can turn into problems. The more effort you put into educating your clients on where they can help themselves, the better off both parties will be.

Because of this, the most important step in any account is the inspection. This is particularly true for cockroaches, which are among the more common pests in commercial kitchens and food service facilities. They are resilient little insects that have been on the earth for more than 350 million years and one of the most successful organisms to inhabit the planet. There are more than 3,500 species identified globally, but only a handful that is known to become common pests to humans. These amazing insects are constantly infiltrating even the best defenses to enter homes, restaurants and just about anywhere humans are present. They thrive in cracks and crevices that provide the warmth and humidity toward which they so strongly gravitate. Keep this in mind when you perform your inspection.

The most common inhabitant of commercial food facilities is the German cockroach, easily identifiable by two dark brown stripes running behind its head. Other cockroaches also may be present but would be less common in commercial kitchens. American cockroaches tend to be much more common in basements and crawlspaces, but they also may be found in and around drains, garbage areas, and sewers. They are easily distinguishable from most other economically important cockroaches because they are much larger — more than 1 inch in length — and are capable of flight.
Brown-banded cockroaches are more likely to be found in (marginally) drier areas than German cockroaches and prefer to feed on starchier items. Because of this, when infesting commercial kitchens, brown-banded cockroaches are more likely to be found in non-food storage areas, although they can be found in kitchen areas as well.

 

INSPECTION TIPS. German cockroaches are generally found in cracks and crevices of warm, moist or wet locations. They thrive in commercial kitchens due to the plethora of these types of harborages and the abundance of food debris that lodges in and around these areas. Although they prefer fermented food spills, German cockroaches are general feeders that will readily feed on anything from food crumbs to spilled beer to stained clothing and even dried glue. This is why sanitation becomes critical in cockroach control; as long as there are greasy floors and food spills or residue, cockroaches will have food to eat.

During your inspection, you not only should look for the cockroaches and their harborage areas but also identify as many of the alternate food sources as you can because much of your control will probably involve baits. Even more important than food is their water source. Keep your eyes open for standing water, condensation, etc. Commercial kitchens often place frozen foods on countertops. Thawing will cause water to accumulate on top of metal surfaces and condensation on the underside of these surfaces. Combine that with the gaps in the joints that many of these types of counters have and the result is a perfect harborage zone for German cockroaches.

Commercial kitchens are full of equipment which often seem to have been built to provide as much harborage for German cockroaches as possible. Prep counters, ovens, dishwashers, soda fountains, and coolers represent a nearly infinite number of harborage areas and usually are subject to repeated use and abuse, causing the joints to expand and giving cockroaches and food debris more places to hide. In addition, there typically will be a number of coolers and refrigerators in food service facilities, all of which have rubber door seals that crack and peel with time. When this happens, the seal itself becomes a perfect harborage for cockroaches. These must be replaced when they start to deteriorate. Further, commercial kitchens often have walls covered in stainless steel splashboards, which are easy to clean but can separate from the wall, creating, even more, gaps and hiding places for cockroaches.
The preceding article was excerpted from Chapter 17 of the PCT Guide to Commercial Pest Management by John Cooksey of McCall Service and Victoria Fickle, a graduate of Purdue University.

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What IPM means is to decrease the use of chemical agents by applying all of the resources at your disposal.
We will set up a pest management control system for your particular pest problems so that you will be well informed of the procedures and steps that we’re taking to make your place of business as pest free as possible.
This system will be updated as needed.

Our system will conform to federal, state, and local regulations and guidelines.
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Do DIY Bed Bug Treatments Really Work?

DIY Bed Bug Treatment Attempt Accidentally Results in Massive Fire

Bed bugs were once nearly eradicated from the U.S. But in recent years they’ve come back worse than ever, beefed up from decades of exposure to insecticides and helped along by an increase in global travel and a decrease in public knowledge of how to fight them.

Trust me: You do not want these things getting anywhere near your house. They leave disgusting welts, can hide anywhere, are beyond the ability of all but the most obsessive amateur to control, and the internet is littered with horror stories about failed attempts to eradicate them. Although an infestation can happen to anyone, they carry a huge social stigma. But if bed bugs do happen to you, please don’t try to spray them with alcohol near open flames.

Per the Washington Post, on Friday night a woman set a multi-family residence ablaze in Cincinnati’s Avondale neighborhood after spraying alcohol on the insects near either a candle or incense. As a result of the ensuing blaze, Fox 19 reported, at least three people had to go to the hospital. At least 10 people cannot return to the building, which sustained $250,000 in damage.

According to Fox 19, the Cincinnati Fire Department says the incident is the second fire started by someone trying to kill bed bugs in the last two weeks alone. Per CBS, the last fire involved someone spraying the critters with alcohol and setting them on fire, though the individual responsible for that incident was a 13-year-old boy.

This all really sucks for the people involved, and unfortunately, it’s part of a trend. As the Post noted, surveys in recent years have shown high bed bug infestation rates across the U.S. at the same time they’re getting more difficult to kill. The result has been a number of incidents in which DIY extermination attempts went wrong.

Since 2006, the cost of exterminating the things has shot to an estimated $250 million across the U.S. annually. In some places like New York City, stringent pest-control laws require landlords to cover the cost of a professional exterminator—elsewhere, in places with differing laws, renters might be given the unpleasant choice between paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars for a professional or trying to wipe out the infestation themselves.

For those stuck dealing with these evil vampires, a Science News report from 2013 noted that rubbing alcohol is a subpar solution, as it only works on direct contact and even then kills only about half of the bugs in laboratory conditions. Other solutions with a bad track record included mothballs and essential oils.
Credits to: Gizmodo-Tom McKay

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