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Debugged – the lighter side of pest control

Its important not to take yourself to seriously in life, so the Debugged category (not deBugged – clever huh!) giggles at pest control, a little bit.

G is for Good Golly Miss Molly

Brigitta for rentokil.ie | May 20, 2013
Good golly!! Garden ants are on the march in Ireland. Sorry if the title misled you. Sadly, this isn’t a post about the great tune by Little Richard – the lyrics of which (having just researched) are not really about anything, but let’s not let that detract from the great song….but moving on. It appears [...]

Gefeliciteerd, ook jij hebt tapijtkevers

Anneke for rentokil.nl | May 17, 2013
Van de week trof ik drie hele kleine torretjes aan in mijn vensterbank. Het was dat ik mijn orchidee goed aan het bekijken was, dat ik ze zag. Mijn eerste gedachte was: “Snel een op papiertje en naar buiten met die beestjes!” Gelukkig had ik geen papiertje bij de hand dus mijn rationele gedachte kreeg [...]

Cicada Summer: A Love Story

Sean for jcehrlich.com | May 14, 2013
News outlets here in the United States have been buzzing in recent weeks in preparation of the emergence of periodical cicadas in the eastern states this spring and summer. The Brood II Magicicada will be out in force in states like New York, Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. After spending most of their lives underground, feeding on [...]

F is for Flies

Brigitta for rentokil.ie | May 10, 2013
I know, this is far too obvious choice but flies are going to become very topical shortly. With the weather warming up, they will soon start to annoy us all…once again. We will be reaching for our fly swatters before we know it! Mind you, the palm of my hand used to do the trick [...]

E is for Earwig

Brigitta for rentokil.ie | May 8, 2013
The name of this pest has always baffled me.  Everyone knows I am not a big insect fan. But even the name of this particular pest is creepy! Why ear? And wigs? Why name it earwig? Having done a little bit of research into the origin of the name I can now explain to you [...]