Ants come in to get out of heat

Ants come in to get out of heat: wthitv.com

• Gina Glaros

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - You may have noticed some unwanted visitors inside your home during these hot temperatures.
Exterminators say more ants are coming in to get out of the heat.

Experts say it's because they're dry, looking for food, moisture, and water.
"We're having a lot of those show up on the inside because they need moist just like we do. And so a lot of the time, they'll be trailing from the outside. They might be coming from a tree, or a stump, or something outside but coming inside to try and find moisture," Bug Man Pest Control Owner John Vermillion said.
Experts say you can help control them coming into your home by making sure your sinks are not dripping and cleaning the counters at night, so there's no food for them.

 

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Buzz Kill Pest Control knows that ants can be a nuisance to your home, yard or business year round. There are many kinds of ants that can invade your residence or business. Identifying the type of ant is very important in the treatment that is provided for you.

Buzz Kill Pest Control performs a thorough inspection to identify what kind of ant is causing your problem in order to treat and eliminate these bothersome pests.

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Types of ants:

Carpenter Ants, Camponotus sp. (Mayr)

Often a common sight around Texas homes throughout the year. There are 25 species of Camponotus in the United States and most are native species. Although their natural nesting sites are in trees, Carpenter Ants can also invade and live indoors.

Description and Habits:

• Adults vary in length (polymorphic): Minor worker: 1/4 inch; Major worker: 1/2 inch; Winged Reproductives: up to 7/16 inch; Functional wingless queen: 9/16 inch
• Coloration varies from solid dull black or yellowish-red to a combination of black and dull red or reddish-orange
• Have only one segment or node between their thorax and abdomen
• Have a circle of hairs at the tip of their abdomen
• Have evenly rounded thorax when viewed from the side
• Generally nest outdoors- indoor nests my be satellite colonies

Carpenter Ants are highly adaptable and capable of establishing nests in diverse environments. They most commonly occur in wooded areas preferring to nest in a moist, humid environment. They nest in live or dead trees and stumps, dead tree limbs, buried wood, in firewood, fence posts, landscape timbers, tree holes, hollow wooden doors, ceiling beams, under roofing boards and attic insulation, voids above windows and porches, under rocks, logs and other objects on the ground.
In structures, timbers damaged by water leaks attract these ants, and they select damp, soft, decaying areas for nesting sites. These ants prefer to nest in wood, but are capable of nesting in preformed cavities, or natural cavities, termite galleries, or even in exposed sites in boxes, cabinets or attics. Carpenter Ants do not eat wood, but remove quantities of it to enlarge the nest for a growing colony. This activity may cause structural damage. When searching for food, Carpenter Ants feed mainly on honeydew produced by homopterous insects (aphids, mealy bugs, and scales) that feed on sap from plant tissues.
Little Black Ants, Monomorium minimum (Buckley)
Little is known of the life history of this ant.
Description and Habits:

• Body 1/16 inch in length (monomorphic)
• Antennae have 12 segments with a 3-segmented club
• Shiny black
• Workers prey on insects and feed on honeydew produced by plant sucking insects such as aphids

Little Black Ant colonies are moderately sized to large, containing up to 2,000 workers and many queens. Colonies consist almost exclusively of workers and brood (eggs, larvae, and pupae) during most of the year, but winged males and females are produced during the summer. Nuptial flights have not been observed but probably occur. It is presumed that most nests are established by one or two queens. In the laboratory, queens may live approximately one year; workers may live about four months.
Red Imported Fire Ants, Solenopsis geminata
Fire Ants build mounds of soft soil. When disturbed, they emerge aggressively and sting. The sting usually leaves a white pustule on the skin.
Description and Habits:

• Vary in size (1/16 to almost 1/4 inch long), with the largest workers 2 or 3 times larger than the smallest
• Single queen (monogyne form): only one queen per colony or mound; slightly larger workers; members of colonies are territorial; mound densities usually 2,080 mounds per acre; fewer ants per acre
• Multiple queen (polygyne form): dozens of queens per colony; smaller average worker ants; colonies are interconnected; mound densities 100 to 1,000+ per acre; more ants per acre

Solenopsis geminata is the most common native Fire Ant species encountered. To the unaided eye, they are almost identical to Red Imported Fire ants. However, S. geminata will have a few larger workers with large, square-shaped heads. These ants specialize in collecting and milling seeds.
Pharaoh Ants, Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus)
Pharaoh Ants have a stinger, but it is not always visible. They do not sting humans.
Description and Habits:

• More commonly know as the "Sugar Ant"
• Body length 1/12 to 1/16 inch long (monomorphic)
• Body coloration varies from golden yellow to reddish-brown
• Have 12-segmented antennae that ends with a 3-segmented club
• Feeds on sweets (jelly, sugar, honey, etc.), cakes and breads, and greasy or fatty foods

Pharaoh ants form large colonies consisting of many nests, which colony members move freely between, without any antagonism. Colonies vary greatly in size. Some colonies may have only a single queen with a few hundred workers, whereas other colonies may have hundreds of queens with several thousand workers. Queens may live for a year and lay up to 35 eggs per day. Workers develop from egg to adult in 36 days. Winged males and females require about 44 days to develop. The life span of workers is about 70 days.

-Information provided by http://urbanentomology.tamu.edu/urban_pests/index.cfm-

 

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Southlake | Colleyville | Grapevine Mosquito Misting Systems

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Buzz Kill Pest Control is a leader in providing, installing and servicing mosquito misting systems in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. We understand how disappointing it can be to not be able to go out and enjoy your outdoor space. We have experienced this too in the past. This is why we chose to become one of the premier companies in the Dallas Fort Worth area to offer mosquito misting systems, and to help people get back to the outdoors they once enjoyed before mosquitoes took over.

Buzz Kill Pest Control does ALL the work so you don’t have to. There has never been a more effective and convenient method for preventing mosquito bites in your yard. You will never again have to spray your kids, your guest or yourself with messy sprays, repellents or remember to fog your yard before a cookout.

Buzz Kill Pest Control specializes in the installation, ongoing service and refills of automated mosquito control mister systems, and we know every install is different based upon your property layout and families needs. This is why we will send one of our licensed professionals to your home or business for a free consultation for an automated mosquito misting system. The installation of the mosquito mister will consist of a variety of nozzles, tubing and a controller installed on the property. These components and controller will be installed in inconspicuous areas throughout your lawn to eliminate mosquitoes, flies, gnats and other insects while fitting right in with your family and lifestyle needs. The automated mosquito control mist system sprays a very fine mist of pyrethrin through nozzles installed around the perimeter of your yard. The mist settles on the grass and landscaping, killing any mosquito that comes in contact with it. The system is timed to mist 2 to3 times a day, early in the morning and early in the evening when mosquitoes are most active and while beneficial insects, like bees and butterflies are not. It also kills or repels other unwanted pest like flies and gnats. We offer both tanked and tankless systems which gives us and our customer’s better flexibility for any mosquito infestation or property layout.

Already have a mosquito misting system but need service, support or a chemical drum or tank refill?  Please give us a call we can provide you and your system with the same topnotch service and support as we do our own systems and customers.

Description and Habits

Adult mosquitoes are about 1/4-inch long, with long legs, a pair of clear wings and a slender body. The body and wing veins are covered with scales. The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), was first detected in Texas in 1985 and is now a wide-spread and common species. It is distinctly black with white markings on the body and legs. The thorax is marked with a single white stripe down the middle.
Females of "standing water" mosquito species (Anopheles, Coquilettidia, Culiseta, Culex species) deposit masses of eggs in "rafts" on the water surface, while "floodwater" species (Aedes, Psorophora species) lay eggs either on plants on or below a still water surface or in moist soil depressions that will be subject to later flooding. Time for eggs to hatch varies with species from 16 to 24 hours to more than two years for floodwater mosquitoes.

Habitat and Food Sources

Blood-feeding females have piercing-sucking mouthparts and usually must ingest a blood meal in order to develop eggs. Males, as well as females, sip nectar, honeydew and fruit juices.
Mosquito species vary in aquatic larval habitats, ranging from ponds, puddles, containers and tree holes to other sources of standing, slow moving, fresh or salty water. Large numbers of mosquitoes can develop in swamps, tidal marshes, flood water and rice fields. Male mosquitoes swarm in "clouds" to attract females. Mosquitoes can fly and disperse with the wind.

Bites and Diseases

Adult females bite and may transmit diseases such as malaria, filariasis, West Nile, arthropod-borne viruses such as yellow fever, denge and encephalitis. Saliva, injected by females while engorging on blood causes itching. There are about 55 species of mosquitoes in Texas (170 species nationally).

*Information provided by - Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas A&M University Systems

Buzz Kill Pest Control services the following Texas cities:

Addison – Aledo – Allen – Alvarado – Argyle – Arlington – Aubrey – Azle - Balch Springs – Bedford – Benbrook – Bridgeport – Burleson – Carrollton - Cedar Hill – Cleburne - Cockrell Hill – Colleyville - Collin County – Coppell – Corinth – Crowley – Dallas – Dallas County - Dalworthington Gardens – Decatur - Deep Ellum – Denton - Denton County – Desoto – Dfw – Duncanville - Ellis County – Ennis – Euless – Everman - Farmers Branch – Ferris - Flower Mound - Forest Hill – Frisco – Fort Worth – Gainesville – Garland – Granbury - Grand Prairie – Grapevine - Haltom City – Haslet - Highland Park – Hurst – Hutchins – Irving - Johnson County – Joshua – Keller – Kennedale - Lake Dallas - Lake Highlands – Lake Wood - Lake Worth - Las Colinas – Lewisville - Little Elm – Mansfield – Mckinney – Mesquite – Midlothian - North Richland Hills – Pantego - Parker County – Plano - Pleasant Grove – Prestonwood - Red Oak – Rhome – Richardson - Richland Hills - River Oaks – Roanoke – Rockwall – Rowlett – Sachse – Saginaw – Sanger – Seagoville – Southlake - Springtown - Tarrant County - The Colony - University Park – Venus – Watauga – Weatherford - Westover Hills - White Rock - White Settlement - Willow Park – Wilmer - Wise County - Worth Heights - Wylie

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Mosquito Season Arrives Early in the U.S., Yet Almost 80 Percent of Americans Rarely Protect Themselves with Repellent

Dallas and Fort Worth both have big mosquito problems.  I'd be surprised if that regions sales are down too.

Buzz Kill Pest Control provides Dallas mosquito misting systems and Dallas mosquito control to residential and commercial properties.

press release

July 19, 2011, 12:41 p.m. EDT

Recent Survey by Cutter(R) Insect Repellent Shows Limited Insect Repellent Use

ST. LOUIS, Jul 19, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- An unseasonably wet spring has resulted in a heavier mosquito season across the United States. As a result, cases of West Nile virus are being reported throughout the country.

In a recent Cutter Insect Repellent survey, two-thirds of people said getting an insect bite negatively affects their day. However, only 14 percent actually use insect repellent all or most of the time. And with the risk of West Nile virus and other diseases, using personal or area insect repellents provides critical protection from insect bites.

"Many parents ask me, 'How do I keep my kids safe while they're outside?'" said Dr. Gwenn O'Keeffe, pediatrician and founder of PediatricsNow.com. "While it's important to stay hydrated and apply sunscreen, the tip most parents forget is simply to apply insect repellent."

According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), 82 percent of U.S. states were affected by West Nile virus in 2010. Serious symptoms include high fever, headaches, tremors, vomiting and even death. Other insect-transmitted diseases, including Dengue fever and Lyme disease, can be just as dangerous. The CDC cites personal repellent use as the single most effective way to reduce risk, yet 79 percent of American adults report never using insect repellent or using it "once in a while."

Dr. Gwenn adds, "As a pediatrician and as a mom, I get questions all the time about the correct insect repellent to use. And while it's really more a matter of preference and the type of activity you're planning, the most important thing is to be sure to use one."

There is a variety of repellent choices, depending on setting and length of time outdoors. Ranging from the familiar DEET to newer ingredients like Picaridin to natural solutions, there's a repellent for every occasion and family member:

-- DEET: CDC-recommended; effective, dependable protection for 2 to 10 hours (depending on percentage of DEET included); appropriate for children ages 2 months or older.

-- Picaridin: CDC-recommended; light feel with odorless protection for 4 to 10 hours; appropriate for children ages 2 months or older; doesn't harm synthetic materials.

-- Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus & Oil Derived from Geraniums: Offers natural, plant-based protection for 2 to 6 hours; appropriate for children 3 years and older; doesn't harm synthetic materials.

For more information about Cutter products, visit www.cutterinsectrepellent.com . For more information about West Nile virus and ways to protect against mosquitoes, visit www.cdc.gov/westnile .

About United Industries

United Industries Corporation, a subsidiary of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc., is the leading manufacturer of value-brand consumer products for the home, lawn and garden insect and weed control markets in the United States. The company offers innovative products of outstanding quality, so consumers benefit from easier insect and weed control solutions. The brands -- Spectracide(R), Garden Safe(R), Hot Shot(R), Cutter(R), Repel(R) and Schultz(R) -- are well recognized by consumers for delivering exceptional value and trusted results. For more information, visit www.UnitedIndustriesCorporation.com .

About Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc., /quotes/zigman/1546953/quotes/nls/spb SPB +1.05% and a member of the Russell 2000 Index, is a diversified, global consumer products company and a leading supplier of batteries, shaving and grooming products, personal care products, small household appliances, specialty pet supplies, lawn & garden and home pest control products, personal insect repellents and portable lighting. Helping to meet the needs of consumers worldwide, the Company offers a broad portfolio of market-leading and widely trusted brands including Rayovac(R), Remington(R), Varta(R), George Foreman(R), Black & Decker(R), Toastmaster(R), Tetra(R), Marineland(R), Nature's Miracle(R), Dingo(R), 8-in-1(R), Littermaid(R), Spectracide(R), Cutter(R), Repel(R), and Hot Shot(R). Spectrum Brands Holdings' products are sold by the world's top 25 retailers and are available in more than one million stores in more than 120 countries around the world. Spectrum Brands Holdings generated net sales of $3.1 billion from continuing operations in fiscal 2010. For more information, visit www.spectrumbrands.com .

SOURCE: Cutter Insect Repellent

        
        Fleishman-Hillard 
        Kathryn Watson, 314-982-6211 
        kathryn.watson@fleishman.com
        

Copyright Business Wire 2011

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Buzz Kill Pest Control specializes in the installation, ongoing service and refills of automated mosquito control mister systems, and we know every install is different based upon your property layout and families needs. This is why we will send one of our licensed professionals to your home or business for a free consultation for an automated mosquito misting system. The installation of the mosquito mister will consist of a variety of nozzles, tubing and a controller installed on the property. These components and controller will be installed in inconspicuous areas throughout your lawn to eliminate mosquitoes, flies, gnats and other insects while fitting right in with your family and lifestyle needs. The automated mosquito control mist system sprays a very fine mist of pyrethrin through nozzles installed around the perimeter of your yard. The mist settles on the grass and landscaping, killing any mosquito that comes in contact with it. The system is timed to mist 2 to3 times a day, early in the morning and early in the evening when mosquitoes are most active and while beneficial insects, like bees and butterflies are not. It also kills or repels other unwanted pest like flies and gnats. We offer both tanked and tankless systems which gives us and our customer’s better flexibility for any mosquito infestation or property layout.

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Buzz Kill Pest Control provides mosquito misting systems and mosquito control to the following Texas cities:

 

Addison – Aledo – Allen – Alvarado – Argyle – Arlington – Aubrey – Azle - Balch Springs – Bedford – Benbrook – Bridgeport – Burleson – Carrollton - Cedar Hill – Cleburne - Cockrell Hill – Colleyville - Collin County – Coppell – Corinth – Crowley – Dallas – Dallas County - Dalworthington Gardens – Decatur - Deep Ellum – Denton - Denton County – Desoto – Dfw – Duncanville - Ellis County – Ennis – Euless – Everman - Farmers Branch – Ferris - Flower Mound - Forest Hill – Frisco – Fort Worth – Gainesville – Garland – Granbury - Grand Prairie – Grapevine - Haltom City – Haslet - Highland Park – Hurst – Hutchins – Irving - Johnson County – Joshua – Keller – Kennedale - Lake Dallas - Lake Highlands – Lake Wood - Lake Worth - Las Colinas – Lewisville - Little Elm – Mansfield – Mckinney – Mesquite – Midlothian - North Richland Hills – Pantego - Parker County – Plano - Pleasant Grove – Prestonwood - Red Oak – Rhome – Richardson - Richland Hills - River Oaks – Roanoke – Rockwall – Rowlett – Sachse – Saginaw – Sanger – Seagoville – Southlake - Springtown - Tarrant County - The Colony - University Park – Venus – Watauga – Weatherford - Westover Hills - White Rock - White Settlement - Willow Park – Wilmer - Wise County - Worth Heights - Wylie

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