Mosquito Bites – The First Aid Need to Know

Mosquito Bites – The First Aid Need to Know

While Floridians might enjoy the full sun and snowbird-free traffic of the summer, we must also endure muggy humidity and mosquito bites. Count yourself lucky if the mosquitos avoid you and you’ve never felt THAT itch. For most of us, it is something we’ll do anything...
Be Prepared for Drought-Related Pest Problems

Be Prepared for Drought-Related Pest Problems

No rain means brown grass and fire warnings in southeast Florida. Would you believe that you need to be prepared for drought-related pest problems, too? Sarasota and Manatee county recently issued emergency warnings because we have had so little rain. There is a...
Cicadas in Florida, It Is Time to Sing

Cicadas in Florida, It Is Time to Sing

It is very interesting that cicadas in Florida appear every year, unlike their appearances further north in the rest of the eastern United States where periodical cicadas appear in hordes every 13 or 17 years. Newcomers to Florida are often surprised by the sound of...
Mud Daubers and Wasps: Similar but Very Different

Mud Daubers and Wasps: Similar but Very Different

You are not alone if you assumed mud daubers and wasps were the same thing. Most homeowners, number, one, don’t like the idea of any type of flying insect with the capability to sting hanging out at their place. Number two, those glops of mud that are in the crevices...