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Let’s Talk Carpet Beetles

Let’s Talk Carpet Beetles

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.

Nutria, Chickens, Opossums, and the Northern Giant Hornet…We’re Talking Invasive Species!

Nutria, Chickens, Opossums, and the Northern Giant Hornet…We’re Talking Invasive Species!

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.

5 Travel Tips for Avoiding Bedbugs

5 Travel Tips for Avoiding Bedbugs

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...

Top 6 Favorite Spiders in the Willamette Valley

Top 6 Favorite Spiders in the Willamette Valley

From ancient mythology to modern pop culture. From horror films to Halloween décor. Few things can creep people out as much as the spider. Arachnophobia usually comes up on any google search top ten lists of most common phobias including #1 on Betterhelp.com. They say...

Velvety Tree Ants – They’re anything but soft

Here in the pacific northwest, we’re no stranger to ants. If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say “They built my house on an anthill” I’d have, well, like 50 bucks. That’s enough for Burgerville for me and bae, including marionberry shakes and some Walla...

Sugar Ants: Oregon’s #1 Pest!

Sugar Ants: Oregon’s #1 Pest!

Sugar ant, grease ant, vinegar ant, people have all sorts of names for little black ants. They invade your kitchens and infiltrate your bathrooms. They even infest your pantries! Every region has its problem with ants but if you are in Oregon and have ants in your...

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