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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Airports use scare tactics against birds
By GLEN JOHNSON The Associated Press January 17, 2009 BOSTON – Birds like those believed to have crippled a US Airways jetliner in New York have been a danger to aviation since the days of Orville and Wilbur Wright, so airports use everything from hawks and snarling dogs to screaming fireworks and shotguns to kill [...]
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Police blame pigeon poop for awning collapse
A thick layer of pigeon waste that mixed with recent rains is being blamed as the likely cause behind the partial collapse of a gas station’s awning Friday. The accident happened around 10:30 a.m. at the Shell station and convenience store on Fortuna Road, according to the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office, which confirmed that no [...]
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Termites in Arizona
Arizona Termite Information Arid Land Subterranean Termite The Arid Land subterranean termite is commonly found from the Pacific Ocean coastline to the central Untied States. It is also found from Montana and Washington into southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mississippi. This termite does cause structural damage in cities of higher elevation such as [...]
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
Do Ultrasonic Boxes Really Work?
Ultrasonic Pest Control Devices You almost cannot open a retail catalog, whether it’s one that comes in the mail or ones you glance through to pass the time on an airplane, without coming across ads for “ultrasonic” pest control devices. These magic boxes promise to “Eliminate Pests Safely!” and “The Safe Way to Rid your [...]
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
Ants don’t have to be specialists to benefit colony, UA study finds
By Evan Pellegrino Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 12.01.2008 Do you ever feel as if you could do your bosses’ jobs better than they can? Or do you ever think about marching into a whole new career? If so, new research from the University of Arizona suggests that you might fit in nicely [...]
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Researchers Put the Bite on Researchers Put the Bite on Mosquitoes
Pathogens spread by female mosquitoes kill millions of people a year. But UA scientists are turning the tables on these bloodsuckers and biting back. Led by biochemistry professor Roger Miesfeld, researchers discovered that after drinking blood, mosquitoes need to quickly excrete toxic ammonia in order to lay eggs and survive. Now the team is in [...]
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
Tips for Hiring a Pest Control Professional
Tips for Hiring a Professional Exterminator Cooperation is a must in preventing and controlling pests and rodents. Choosing a pest control professional to share in identification and treatment responsibilities is an important decision. The recommendations provided below will help you to better understand how to select a pest control professional and make a decision that [...]
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
ATTENTION CUSTOMERS!
Respond to our customer survey and be entered into a $100 drawing towards your account. Simply reply to our survey and you will be automatically entered. The survey is short and sweet so dont miss this great opputunity to provide us with some valuable feedback! If you did not receive our email (survey) and you [...]
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
Fact or Fiction?: A Cockroach Can Live without Its Head
Cockroaches are infamous for their tenacity, and are often cited as the most likely survivors of a nuclear war. Some even claim that they can live without their heads. It turns out that these armchair exterminators (and their professional brethren) are right. Headless roaches are capable of living for weeks. To understand why cockroaches—and many [...]
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
Arizona Pest Control Company offers Sentricon termite Baiting System!
The Sentricon® Colony Elimination System Colony Elimination System was developed by DowAgSciences (Indianapolis, IN; 800-888- 5511) and is sold only through authorized operators (AO) Pest Management Professionals (PMP’s) This product probably has the highest recognition in the market place. The active ingredient is called Recruit® and it contains hexaflumuron or neuflumuron, both which are slow- [...]