Pest Control Reporting

Oriental Cockroach

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:11:38 +0000

The oriental cockroach is sometimes called a water bug. It is a large species of cockroach, measuring about 1 in (2.5 cm) in length at maturity. The Oriental cockroach is dark brown to black in color with a glossy body. The oriental cockroach tends to travel somewhat more slowly than other species.

The oriental cockroach [...]

The Smoky Brown Cockroach

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:40:23 +0000

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The smoky brown cockroach has a uniformly dark brown–mahogany coloration. The smoky brown cockroach’s thorax is dark and shiny, not like its cousin the American cockroach which has a light brown thorax. This insect is a scavenger.

The smoky brown cockroach prefers warmer climates and is not cold-tolerant. They may move [...]

The American Cockroach

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:47:21 +0000

Periplaneta americana American Cockroach DSCF72221 (Photo credit: Bill & Mark Bell)

The American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), also known as the water-bug roach, or often misidentified as the palmetto bug. The American cockroach is an African immigrant from as early as 1625. Since the advent of world travel, the cockroach now resides in the [...]

Intro: Molds and Fungi

DerylHand — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:43:28 +0000

This section is about molds. Mold is a type of fungi. All molds grow filaments called hyphae. You may go ahead and call it ‘yuk’. Mold is a single organism comprised of branching tubes. All of it is just like your own body. Each “cell” is genetically identical to the next cell, and strange as [...]

How to Control and Get Rid of Roaches

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:15:46 +0000

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There are two types of cockroaches large and small. With the rise in world wide travel, we are seeing new varieties of cockroaches formerly found only in Asia and the Middle East.

The Larger Roaches:

American Cockroach

Smoky Brown Cockroach

Oriental Cockroach

Woods Cockroach

The Smaller Roaches:

German Cockroach

Brown [...]

Prejudice and Spiders

DerylHand — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:41:15 +0000

Scanned newspaper from: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/5318928?zoomLevel=1 Trove –Digitised newspapers and more

…Author unknown The Mail –Midnight Edition– Spare That Spider Vol 13 –No. 634 Adelaide, Saturday, July 19 1924…

Prejudice Against Friendly Insects THEIR GREAT ECONOMIC VALUE

A letter from a correspondent on spiders called for close study of this section of insect life. Investigation showed startling results. Undoubtedly the ordinary man or woman knows little [...]

What is Eugenol? Pesticide or Essential Oil

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:57:00 +0000

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Eugenol is definitely a constituent of a variety of essential oils. It can be found in clove oil, nutmeg, cinnamon,bay leaf, Wormwood, Sweet Basil, African Basil, Tulsi or Holy Basil, Japanese star anise, Lemon balm, and Dill. The Eugenol distilled from cloves are bud oil which consists of [...]

Fipronil is a neurotoxin

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:01:17 +0000

Fipronil is a neurotoxin, usually in the form of a white powder. Fipronil is a common ingredient for solutions managing ants, beetles, cockroaches, termites and other infestations. Fipronil is also used as the active ingredient in several flea control products for pets, as a field pest control for corn, insect control for golf courses and [...]

What Meth Does to a Community

admin — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:53:00 +0000

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“You do anything long enough to escape the habit of living until the escape becomes the habit.” David Ryan

Methamphetamine is a drug made from “off the shelf items” heated to form an explosive complex mixture that is further distilled into a “high profit street drug”. It is becoming the “hill [...]

Nano-particulates and Modern Living

admin — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:35:00 +0000

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2004 brought disturbing information to the forefront of sunscreen technologies. In fact, many technologies rely upon nano-particles. Carbon based nano-particles are toxic to “water

fleas” killing in tainted water, half the water flea population within two days. The largemouth bass used in the test of nano particles in the water were [...]