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pest control

How Mild Winters Affect Pests

Vladimir for jcehrlich.com | January 27, 2012
It’s January in the age of climate change and pests or pest control are not likely topics that people are discussing. But they should be. Partly because of what winter used to represent, and partly because winter, and it’s curious bedfellow - unseasonably warm winters - are simply throwing us curveballs week after week. Sometimes several times a week. Recent snowfall has disappeared barely leaving [...]

DIY vs. Hiring a Professional

Vladimir for jcehrlich.com | January 20, 2012
Choices for pest control are rarely considered when things are quiet and the absence of things that go bump in the night, or the telltale sign of spiders or other bugs are curiously absent from our lives. We’ve all been there. You see the first trail of ants and you get out the ant spray or [...]

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

Vladimir for jcehrlich.com | December 9, 2011
How do pest control and Christmas work together as a holiday theme? Luckily our friend Monica H., a colleague from our Williamsport, PA office figured that out and wrote a nice Christmas poem.  Great work Monica! ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. [...]

Getting Rid of Rats in My Attic

Brigitta for jcehrlich.com | December 8, 2011
So, here is my next update folks! I have just had my third routine visit from my local exterminator. It has been eight days since his last visit, when he laid down more bait, and we have not heard any noises in our attic for the past six days – so we were quietly optimistic. [...]

That’s Not My Problem

Daniel for rentokil.co.za | November 28, 2011
I remember reading a really great parable when I was younger, about a mouse, chicken, pig, cow and snake, I can’t seem to find it online, so I’ll try to explain the jist of it, hopefully: Well here it goes…. One day, a mouse looked through a crack in the wall, hoping to spot the [...]