Delaware
Pest Control
5
Star Pest Management
Quality
pest control management
at a price you can afford.
194 Scottfield Dr, Newark,
Delaware 19713
Advanced
Pest Management
Character,
competence, and service
for over 45 years.
248 East Chestnut Hill
Rd, Newark, Delaware 19713
Calpro
Pest Control Services
Professional
service for all your pest
control needs
Bear, Delaware 19701
Delaware
Pest Control Association
The
official pest management
association for the state
of Delaware
PO Box 5663, Wilmington,
Delaware 19808
Delmar
Termite & Pest Control
7 Knightbridge Rd, Middletown,
Delaware 19709
Feather
Free Zone Delaware
Feather
Free Zone Delaware has
been providing bird exclusion,
bird control and bird
deterrent services to
residences, corporations,
marinas, government, healthcare
and the transportation
industry for over 20 years.
 
George
Taylor & Son Termite
& Pest Control
Prompt
service with a personal
touch since 1958.
4515
Pickwick Dr, Wilmington,
Delaware 19808
McKell's
Termite and Pest Control
Delaware
Pest Control Service
408 West 38th St, Wilmington,
DE 19802
Orkin
101 Johnson Way, New Castle,
Delaware 19720
Pest
Control
Excellent,
effective pest control
backed by 3 generations
of service
8 Weldin Park Drive, Wilmington,
Delaware 19803
Reardon
Associates Ltd.
1203 Philadelphia Pike,
Wilmington, DE 19809
Royal
Pest Management
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Planet
friendly pest management.
Protect your home and
family from harmful and
destructive pests.
- 755B N. Broad St, Middletown,
DE 19709
- 53 McCullough Dr, New
Castle, DE 19720
Tri-State
Pest Management, Inc.
1170 Corner Ketch Rd,
Newark, DE 19711
United
Exterminators
411 Main St, Wilmington,
Delaware 19804
Western
Pest Services
3202 Concord Pike, Wilmington,
Delaware 19803
Delaware
Pest Control Specials
Kent
County
First
State Border Patrol
"Let
Our Borders Protect Your
Borders"
1948 Hopkins Cemetery
Rd, Harrington, Delaware
19952
Ladybug
Pest Management, Inc.
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Bed
Bug Specialists, K9 Scent
Detection Dog, Pest &
Termite Control.
Don't
Get Bugged, Call Ladybug!
15307
Britts, Delmar, Delaware
19940
Pest
Control Advice from the
Experts
Ants
in my Pantry!
Ten
Tips To Help You Control
Pests Around Your Home
Sting
Bug Traps
Ants
in my Pantry!
The
number one pest call this
spring is for help getting
rid of those, “darn
ants”, with bed bugs
running a close second.
That’s an article
for another day!
The first thing I ask myself
as a pest control professional
upon investigating a customer’s
home for ants is, “Why
are the ants inside and
not outside?” What
is attracting the ants to
the homeowner’s kitchen?
Ant colonies send out foragers
to search for food and water.
They can establish a satellite
colony in your home if they
find these conducive conditions.
Sanitation is key to keeping
ants out of your home. Here
are some tips:
•
Kitchen should be crumb-free.
•
Check cupboard, pantry,
behind stove, dishwasher
for crumbs and/or sticky
spillage.
•
Keep trash cans clean.
(inside and outside cans)
•
Caulk and seal all cracks
and crevices.
Try
to locate the trail that
the ants are taking. Find
out where they are coming
in at and seal that entry
point.
There are consumer products
a homeowner can purchase
to repel the ants and kill
on contact. Research the
product and read the label
carefully. However, most
consumer products are repellents
and, although will kill
the ant on contact, can
also repel/chase the ants
away temporarily. Pest Control
Professionals have products
that act as a residual and
are usually required when
a homeowner has been fighting
ants for quite some time.
Do not attempt to use restricted
use products on your own.
Ladybug Pest Management
of Delmar, DE will be happy
to offer a free and fair
estimate to get rid of those
“darn” ants
once and for all.
About
the Author: Sandy
"Ladybug" &
Frank Honess
Ladybug Pest Management,
Inc.
www.ladybugpm.com
(302) 846-2295
Licensed Pest Applicator
in DE & MD
Member NPMA (National Pest
Mgmt. Assn.) & DPCA
(DE Pest Control Assn.)
Ten
Tips To Help You Control
Pests Around Your Home
1.
Locate your vegetable garden
20 feet, or as far as possible
from your house:
•
Fruit & vegetables
attract insects and wildlife;
•
Source of food
2.
Don’t over-water plants!
• Water attracts
insects e.g. “Fungus
gnats”
•
Termites – high
demand for moisture and
water
•
Let soil dry out
3.
Clean your gutters
•
Water backup causes damage
that creates EASY ENTRY
for carpenter ants
•
Position downspouts to
move water away from house
4.
Attract “beneficial
bugs” to your garden
•
ground beetles eat caterpillars,
not plants
•
dragonflies feed on mosquitoes
•
parasitic wasps prey on
tomato hornworms
•
beneficials liked plants
with tiny flowers: members
of the mint, carrot and
aster families, sedums
and alyssums.
5.
Plant a variety of plants
and know how they impact
wildlife
•
Chrysanthemums are a natural
repellant to deer
•
Deer have good noses and
do not like plants with
strong scents or flavors
(Spices)
•
Butterfly Bushes attract
butterflies but also attract
Carpenter Bees
6.
Trim hedges and bushes two-feet
away from the house
•
Allows air-flow and sunlight
to dry out soil
•
Cuts off a physical avenue
to your home: ants and
stink bugs
7.
Eliminate soil- or mulch-to-wood
contact
•
Do Not put soil or mulch
right up to side of home
•
Wet wood is conducive
to carpenter ants and
termites
•
Don't over-mulch!
8.
Carefully remove empty birds
nests from trees and bushes
• Attracts bird
mites that first eat the
nest… then attack
your home
•
Attracts other pests and
animals
•
Be careful to make sure
nest is empty
•
Be careful using a ladder
going into trees
9.
Pick up after your dog in
your yard
•
Dog feces attracts all
kind of pests: Flies;
Mosquitoes; Rat!
•
It spreads disease
•
It gets stuck in your
gardening shoes
10.
No standing water in your
yard;
•
Circulate water in ponds:
Attracts mosquitoes; termites;
critters
•
You name it… water
attracts it.
About
the Author: Jess
King
B.S. Entomology and Applied
Ecology
Concentration in Wildlife
Conservation
Univ. of Delaware, College
of Agriculture Conducted
bird surveys for DE &
PA Taught conservation classes
in Hawaii
Jess
is an Entomologist and Certified
Pest Professional at Royal
Pest Management.
1-800-ROYAL-PEST (800-769-2573)
www.royalpest.com
Royal
Pest is full-service pest
control company serving
Delaware, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, New Jersey and
Virginia. Royal uses the
most advanced methods and
materials in IPM (Integrated
Pest Management) to provide
customers with pest control
that is the safest and most
effective in the industry
today. Royal’s services
are a truly planet friendly
way to protect your family,
your home and your lifestyle
from annoying, destructive
and harmful pests.
Stink
Bug Traps
Anyone
who has been in a home improvement
or hardware store recently
has probably a number of
“NEW” insect
traps labeled for stink
bugs. Most of these traps
involve the use of some
sort of sticky surface to
trap the insects surrounded
by cardboard, paper, or
plastic construction. Some
also include lights to increase
the effectiveness of the
traps.
None
of these traps contain any
parts or process that is
new or innovative. The only
thing new about the traps
is that they have “stink
Bugs” on the packaging.
Sticky type traps and insect
light traps have been around
for many years and are used
every day in many different
homes and business. They
can be very effective at
monitoring and control of
flying insects if used properly.
The
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
(BMSB) has presented some
unique challenges when trying
to use traps to control
or even monitor their movements
(The USDA has been working
on stink bug traps for about
5 years). The most difficult
challenge when trying to
use a trap to prevent BSMB
from entering your home
in the fall is providing
them with a reason to enter
the trap. Since they do
not feed or reproduce when
they are entering your home,
food attractants and sex
pheromones are of little
use. The use of light traps
on the exterior of the home
will catch some but will
attract far more than it
catches directly to your
home. Currently, there are
no exterior traps that will
effectively stop the stink
bugs from entering your
home. Sure, exterior traps
may catch a few, even a
few hundred. But, when you
consider that several thousand
may be working their way
into you attic, trapping
a few hundred makes little
difference. However, interior
traps can give you significant
reduction in the numbers
of stink bugs flying around
the inside of your house.
If
you want to use traps to
reduce the numbers of stink
bugs inside your house,
these are the things you
should consider based upon
much research (independent
and USDA) and much trial
and error. First, stink
bugs are difficult to keep
in traps once they enter.
They seem to be very adept
at finding their way out.
Second, Black seems to be
more attractive color than
others tested perhaps because
it appears to be a hole
or void area to them. Lastly,
traps that use a UV light
as an attractant has shown
to be very effective at
catching large numbers of
stink bugs when placed properly.
Placing light traps in the
attic, crawl space, or other
dark and undisturbed areas
where the stink bugs hibernate
can significantly reduce
the numbers of these insects
in your home. These light
based traps will also catch
a number of other insects
like bees and wasps. They
should incorporate the use
of a glue board as the trapping
method. Many times the stink
bugs are entering the home
along the roof line and
end up in the attic space.
They then can come down
through the walls and other
spots into the living areas
of your home. Since stink
bugs navigate in part by
sight, they will be attracted
to the strong source of
UV light in the attic and
become trapped before they
make it down to your bedroom.
You wont get them all, but
you trap more this way than
trying to trap them outdoors
or hanging a glue trap in
your living room because
that’s where you see
them.
Insect
light traps are readily
available and can be very
effective in reducing the
numbers of insects in your
home if placed properly
and maintained. It doesn’t
have to say “stink
bug trap” to be effective.
Conversely, just because
it may say “stink
bug trap” does not
mean it will do anything
to solve your problem.
About
the Author: Rick
DeDonato, M.S. Entomology,
Ohio State University
Post Graduate Training at
the United States Academy
of Health and Science
Royal
Pest - Commercial and Residential
Pest Control Planet Friendly
Pest Control
www.royalpest.com
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