Archive for April, 2012

Get Rid Of House Flies

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

The most common fly that we can find the entire world is House Fly. The house fly is gray to brownish in color and it can be identified with several dark gray stripes along the upper body. Many of us will confuse house fly with the face fly. The complete lifecycle of House flies consist of eggs, larvae, pupae and adults.

The house flies are commonly found in almost all dwelling places occupied by humans or animals. These house flies are considered to be the fastest breeder. It has been found that the female house flies lay up to 150 eggs at a time on 5 -6 day intervals. House fly populations can exactly blow up in just a few short weeks. The eggs of house flies can be found in rotting garbage, organic matter, etc. The house flies nearly takes 3-5 days to complete its life cycle and the adult flies can survive for up to 1-2 months.

House Fly Control

House flies must be controlled before they create a problem. The control efforts that have been used for house flies are mostly non-chemical. House Flies can be controlled by using correct sanitation measures. This measure is used to prevent attracting adult flies since they turn results in laying eggs. House flies can also be controlled by using proper building exclusion measures in order to prevent their entry from gaining access to sanitary areas or becoming a nuisance. The last control measures that one can use to prevent house fly is to capture and kill the adult flies.

House Flies can also be controlled by using aerosols that contains pyrethrums such as V One Pyrethrum Aerosol which is very effective in killing house fly adults.

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Damages Caused By Flea and Its Extermination

Friday, April 20th, 2012

The flea beetle that nourishes mainly on cotyledons causes the greatest damage to seeds during spring season. In North Dakota it has been said that the flea beetles are attacking the growing point of plant and making it to die at the earlier stage.

Due to flea adult feeding it has been recorded that there is reduction in crop stands, plant development, delay ripeness and lower seed yield. The condition that favors flea nourishment is large and warm, sunny, dry and calm conditions. It damages the fields and may result in reseeding the field, underdeveloped plants, rough stands, maturation and harvest problems.

The larvae of flea will feed on the secondary root hairs during summer months, causing yield loss. This feeding cause’s poor seed fill, premature pod drying, shriveled seeds, or pod shattering, and provides an entry point for fungal growth.

Biological Control

The organisms that feed on flea beetles may comprise lacewing larvae (Chrysopa carnea), big-eyed bugs (Geocoris bullatus), the two-lined collops (Collops vittatus) etc

Also parasitic wasps, like Microtonus vittate attacks crucifer flea beetles, but the rate of parasitization is very low. Unluckily the flea beetle populations appear during a fine pane in the spring, and natural enemies usually do not have enough time to harmfully impact flea beetle populations.

Insecticide Control

It is advisable to use systemic insecticide to prevent the large fall of flea beetle populations.
It is found that around 60-70% of canola seed in North Dakota is using an insecticide-fungicide.
These treatments may offer safety against flea for about 7-14 days after seedling emergence.
Foliar applied insecticides are successful when beetle populations have reached a financial threshold height and treatments are timed accurately.

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Life Cycle of Flea

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Fleas are unrelenting, malicious and dangerous to kill. Their infestations can make people and pets depressed. Flea also encounters a life cycle as other insect does. The life cycle of flea includes the eggs, larva, pupa and adult stage.

The flea will lay the eggs immediately once it will look to mate. Their eggs can be found in the yard, house or on the pet.

It is said that the average life period for flea is about two to three weeks. And within this period they lay hundreds and hundreds of eggs.

When the eggs emerge, a small caterpillar like creature comes out of the egg. And they feed on anything organic like dried up blood, flea feces, mammal hair and a range of sickening organic matter in the yard, carpet, furniture or anywhere inside or outside the home.

This caterpillar will feed for days after which they pass on the third stage called pupa. This stage is considered to be the worst stage about flea infestations since it is very hard to kill flea at this pupa stage. No spray will slaughter flea pupa constantly or entirely.

The lifecycle of flea will end once the flea pupa hatches out. It is found that the fleas won’t hatch randomly unlike other insects. They tend to hatch when it feeds a hot blooded meal at its hand. Once it hatches it will instantaneously bite, nourish and look to breed. At that time the series will begin all over again.

Blood is the nourishment for fleas. A flea bite can harm and most positively can become reddened, itchy and swollen even though their mouth is small.

Fleas

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Birds Extermination

Monday, April 9th, 2012

Pest such as rats, bugs, fleas, flies, cockroaches’ birds etc always remain as a nuisance forever to the public. All pests are quite similar in terms of disease and damage. Among these, birds also play an important role in spreading diseases?

Birds

Birds remain as a popular species of wildlife and it can be found in roof space, chimneys and shutters. Of course birds are very beautiful creatures but at that same time they become a nuisance by spreading disease to the public with their presence.

Birds are considered to be the perfect transporter for spreading disease since they travel great distances. Their droppings may create the following disease,

  1. Cryptococcosis is a fungal virus that relates with the droppings of birds and also grows in soils. This kind of diseases may affect healthy people even at high levels of exposure.
  2. Histoplasmosis is also a fungal disease caused by the droppings of pigeon.
  3. Psittacosis is an illness caused by Chlamydia psittaci, a kind of bacteria found in the droppings of birds such as pigeons. People may get sick if they inhale the dried droppings of birds. Therefore birds control and removal is a must to safeguard your health from infectious diseases.

Birds control and removal include the following,

Removal of birds nest

Electronic pest control

Sonic/ultrasonic bird control

Bird netting and bird spikes

Removal of baby Birds from a loft or vent and fireplace is a very sole process that should be proficiently resolved to put a stop to the Birds from entering the home and endangering the occupants. Getting rid of a Bird is a tedious process that should be carried out with suitable preparation and measures. Hire a professional bird exterminator to get rid of birds and also to lead a disease free life.

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