With the turn of the year, we find ourselves on the tail end of winter here in Oregon. That doesn't mean it’s going to get nice out, we still have months of rain ahead of us. However, it does mean that were going to start getting some warmer days occasionally. String...
Welcome! You’re here for probably one of two reasons: You have a rat inside your home, you’ve decided to tackle the problem yourself and are looking for a few tips from the professionals, or You know me personally and that I will eventually ask you “have you read my...
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not a rat…not a mouse. As we enter the holiday season, the insect division here at Good Earth Pest Company lets out a collective sigh of relief. The cold temperatures of the...
So…you find Carpet Beetles inside your home, what do you do now? Luckily, you have made it this far into my article and have earned yourself some helpful hints:
First and foremost, try to find the source. Finding the source can be difficult to do with small infestations but start with the rooms with the highest activity. Even though the adults may only show up at the windows, do not limit your search to that immediate area. Inspect areas in those rooms that are away from the windows such as inside cupboards, pantries, around light fixtures, exhaust fans, behind furniture or appliances, heat registers, and any crevice that dander or animal hair can collect.
We have built them a prefabricated, heated, dry, winter chalet that they cannot resist. The insects work their way into the cracks and crevices of the home, getting into the tracks of windows and under doors, entertaining the resident housecat and annoying the…
Some are more harmful than others and some seem like they’ve been here forever, but they all have one thing in common: they didn’t choose to come here. Through either ignorance or greed, they were brought by people and then released into the wild where conditions were adequate to thrive. Let’s explore some of the biggest “winners” of the invasive species game.
It’s 97 degrees outside today in Corvallis Oregon. With the Covid threat, many of us have been cooped up and isolated for the last two years, slowly going mad and pining for the carefree days of yore. Days full of hugs and handshakes, pickup basketball games, and...
Native to Asia, EAB was first identified in the US in 2002. It has since spread to 36 states and in June was found in Forest Grove, Oregon. Less than ½ inch long and metallic green, the adult EAB lays its eggs under the bark of the ash tree where the larvae go to work, feeding on the cambium area of the tree, damaging the xylem, and cutting off nutrients from getting to the canopy of the tree. This causes the canopy to start dying (crown dieback) in the top third of the tree. The tree will eventually succumb to starvation in 3-5 years.
Mad at me you fly/ You think I threaten your home/ I was just mowing I wrote that Haiku. It’s bad. But you know what isn’t all bad? Wasps. When it comes to public relations wasps have really gotten the short end of the stick. While bumble bees and...
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