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Wednesday November 2, 2016
bug-free Fun insect facts for kids! • The average housefly lives for one month. • There is only one insect that can turn its head — the praying mantis. • A slug has four noses. • Some male spiders pluck their cobwebs like a guitar, to attract female spiders. • A mosquito flaps its wings 500 times a second.
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keeping those‘nasties’ away from your home...
Know your insects Learn what they are and how to combat them
Insect season is here Now providing commercial and domestic insect control
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Mosquitoes
Cockroaches Houseflies
Ants
These blood-sucking winged annoyances populate more during the summer due to the improved breeding conditions. If your house is not properly insulated (using screens) against them, you might not know peace for the rest of the summer. Mosquitoes require water to breed as the larval stages are aquatic. Making sure that there is no still water inside or around your home can greatly reduce the population of mosquitoes. Having overgrown vegetation around your house will also create a home for them.
They may come in a variety of species but one thing they have in common is the ability to survive tough conditions. Cockroaches thrive in messes. If your house is full of clutter and food remnants, then there is no way you can escape infestation. The clutter provides a good place to hide and lay eggs while the food particles provide food. Cockroaches love small dark spaces with a lot of warmth. If you need extra evidence of an infestation check behind your refrigerator and stove.
Unless they sting, ants are mostly harmless. They will however get into your food and make it inedible. They mostly feed on dead decaying organic matter, but not strictly. Ants can nest in many dark warm places and have even been known to nest in cars and home printers. If you are battling ant invasions, then it’s best that you call in a professional pest controller who can spray in and around your home and garden areas.
These are very common insects during warm weather. By no chance can these insects be allowed to inhabit your home. This is because flies transport a lot of disease-causing microorganisms on their hair and vomit – yes, vomit. Houseflies vomit digestive materials on solid food to make it liquid before they can suck it in. Since houseflies feed indiscriminately, from dead decaying matter to sewers, and even wounds, they become exposed to a host of diseases which they then help spread.
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When it comes to keeping your home free of insects there is an easy and effective solution - Ecomist. Ecomist is New Zealand-made and has been around since 1992. This automated insect controller uses an active ingredient that is safe for people and pets, created from the chrysanthemum extract, pyrethrum, making it 100 percent natural. It’s designed to be mounted high on the wall and set to release small amounts of natural pyrethrins at regular intervals to kill and repel insects. Its effectiveness at insect control is down to the science behind the product. It deals ef-
fectively with flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches and ants by releasing droplets that are small enough to stay in the air, then the airflow through your home allows the mist to spread to all areas, controlling pests no matter where they are. The pyrethrins are natural and break down in the sunlight, so no residue is left on floors or walls. Alternately, the dispenser can also be filled with an odour neutraliser and Ecomist supplies a number of different fragrances to choose from. PBA
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