Rats of Texas

Very common in Texas is the Roof Rat. Texans also encounter the Norway Rat, Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat, Hispid Rat and the Tawny-Bellied Rat but the roof rat is the most common.  It is bad enough to hear or see mice in your home but rats; that evokes an image of a...

Spooky Spiders

Little Witches, Vampires, Ghosts and Goblins will soon be taking over our streets, arriving on our porches in search of a treat. If you would like for them to go away, give them a small treat, and off they will run! These are the easiest pests to evict from your...

Cicadas; Song of the Insects

Cicada; a Latin word meaning tree cricket. The singing of the male cicada is not as melodious as many other insects; when they emerge in large numbers they sound more like a kindergarten class with a multitude of noise makers! The cicadas noisemaker is called a...

How Was Your Summer?

Summer time often gives us a reprieve to many of the pest infestations that we may have in our homes. More concern has been given to the pests that live outside! With the summer months we are concerned about keeping our families happy and healthy in a world so diverse...

Cricket Invasion, Texas Style

If you’re a Texan you have been through this before. For a Texan it is an annual event, but to those of you that are new to Texas it may be quite an experience. Every year at the onset of fall, when the Texas heat starts to cool and the rains come, the crickets are in...

Texans are being Attacked!

A farmer in Texas a few weeks ago was helping a neighbor and friend build a brush pile and unknowingly disturbed a huge hive of Africanized European Honey Bees that had built their home in a chicken coop! The farmer managed to get out of his tractor and run to a...
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