Month: December 2024

How to Know When it’s Time to Call A Pest Control Professional

How to Know When it’s Time to Call A Pest Control Professional

Many of us are do-it-yourselfers. We are game to tackle many household projects and problems and bring the solution. But how to we know when we've reached a point when a professional is the best call where pest control is concerned? We asked Associate Certified...

These 5 Bugs Are the Ones Likely Overwintering at Your House

These 5 Bugs Are the Ones Likely Overwintering at Your House

Now that we know bugs may not just die off in winter and, instead, find a place to snuggle up and sleep, which ones are they? In this episode of PEST PROSpectives, Associate Certified Entomologist Amber Byars tells us which 5 bugs are most likely to choose your home...

(Little Blinking Light 9) Cutting Tech Corners Can Cost You Later

(Little Blinking Light 9) Cutting Tech Corners Can Cost You Later

They call it "technical debt" - the cost of cutting IT corners when they have to be corrected at a future time.In this episode of Little Blinking Light, Roger Ferworn of AE Tech Design helps put technical debt into context - and discusses the benefits of avoiding it....

Many Bugs Hibernate in Winter (Possibly in Your Home)

Many Bugs Hibernate in Winter (Possibly in Your Home)

You might thing bugs die off when winter temperatures set in - then repopulate when it warms up in spring. Not true for many bugs. They generally do not do what many of us do - and hop the next flight to Boca for the winter. But, they do what amounts to the equivalent...

Here’s What the Pest Pros Say About Keeping Mice Out

Here’s What the Pest Pros Say About Keeping Mice Out

Mice are pretty crafty. Not to mention able squeeze into some small spaces. One of them could be a small space in your own home.In our first PEST PROSpectives episode, certified etymologist Tony Sorrentino discusses how to spot an inviting potential entry point where...