Although some people consider mice so adorable you can find them for sale at local pet stores, when a mouse finds a way into our homes uninvited, it’s far from cute! Homeowners can be subject to a mouse invasion any time of the year but, they are most commonly experienced during the fall and winter […]
Although looking for good deals is a great idea, sometimes you can get more than you bargained for. Second hand furniture for example can have “added benefits” that a purchaser would be much better off without. The table and chairs or china cabinet that seems like a good buy, can in fact be costly when […]
It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner already. Since several local radio stations have started playing Christmas music, I thought now would be a good time for our annual spider reminder blog. Prior to retrieving the holiday decorations from the attic, basement, shed, crawlspace etc., remember to don long […]
Fall temperatures, football and back yard barbeques, what could be better?! Many homeowners are taking advantage of the cooler days to enjoy some quality time in the yard with family and friends. Sometimes the “quality time” is cut short when, instead of enjoying a meal, we become one thanks to mosquitoes. As the temperatures drop, […]
Ants have inhabited the earth for the past 100 million years so chances are, they aren’t going away any time soon. A queen ant only has to, how to put this, “have coffee” once in order to produce eggs for the rest of her life. A male is allowed only a single “cup of coffee” […]
Over the past several months we have expanded our Mr. Bugg’s family with the addition of 4 local companies which we have purchased. As any new parent is fully aware, the attention our new additions initially required has somewhat limited my “free time”. In order to continue to provide quality customer service, non essential enjoyable endeavors, like […]
You may be one of MANY people seeing an abundance of swarming wasps around their homes currently. Though a little scary and somewhat of a nuisance, they actually are not interested in us at all. An interesting bit of information is that each of the wasps you are seeing is a potential queen that overwintered […]
The winter storms central Alabama experienced earlier this year, complete with snow and ice, led many to question if pests would be less of a problem this year. However, many pests have a dormant “over-winter” stage leading us to believe that the brief period of extreme cold and snow would NOT have a significant effect […]
Along with the usual holiday visitors, some homeowners may be playing host to some “un” usual guests of the four-legged variety. And no, we don’t mean Spot, the Dalmatian that Uncle Joe won’t leave home without. Because of the colder temperatures, and the depletion of their usual food source, mice and even rats may view […]
Well it’s that time of year again, time to get out the winter clothes and holiday decorations. Which of course means it’s also time for my annual reminder to use caution when going into those seldom used storage areas. While our prized decorations have been enjoying some time off, various spiders may have decided to […]
