Termite Swarm Season is Here!
The western subterranean termite is the most destructive termite found in California, causing dangerous and costly damage to wooden foundation and structural support beams.
ANTS!
A 2001 Stanford study of 69 California households explains that bug spray and ant baits simply aren’t effective against the Argentine ant, an invasive species that threatens our native ecosystem.
Earth Guard Supports Breast Cancer Fundraiser!
Earth Guard Pest Control is proud to donate the wine for tonight’s Albie Aware Foundation Ambassadors Cocktail Party and Rose Awards. Earth Guard owner Dave Picton recently joined the board of the Albie Aware Foundation, an organization dedicated to breast cancer awareness and prevention.
Rats in the Warehouse!
Rat and mice infestations continue to be a huge problem here in Northern California and throughout our Sacramento pest control region, due in large part to our recent mild winters and all the rainy, cold weather we’ve been having. But rodent problems are not limited to our neighborhood. Here’s an article about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s seizure of 1,500 cases of food stored in a Wisconsin warehouse due to rodent infestation—include gnawing of human and animal food packages.
New EPA-Sponsored Video on Rat Prevention
This new public service announcement on preventing rat infestations was developed by EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs in partnership with students from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and produced by the Earth Conservation Corps, a non-profit organization that prepares inner-city youth for environmental careers.
Rats grow fat and happy, thanks to mild Sacramento winters
Because their four long incisor teeth grow very rapidly and continually throughout the rats’ lifespan, they must constantly gnaw to keep the teeth worn down. If they were to stop, their long, sharp front teeth would grow in spirals and impale them. Among rats’ favorite teething toys appear to be electrical wires, telephone wires, satellite and cable TV wiring and alarm-system wires—at best a nuisance or a repair bill, at worst a fire that destroys a home or place of business.
California Pesticide Bloopers
In Butte County, Calif., a man used a salt shaker to apply insecticidal dust on his dog for flea control. Later, he thought the salt shaker contained garlic salt and sprinkled the insecticidal dust on a bowl of chili.