Introduction: Now that the weather is turning warm, and we're seeing more bees. We're receiving many inquiries about killer bees. What a misnomer? The correct name is Africanized bees. Their species originated in Africa where they colonized near the ground or in vacated animal burrows.
It has been said that ants have been around for about 100 million years! They have evolved a unique set of behavioral and physiological adaptations. They are able to discover food quickly and efficiently. A lone ant begins with leaving the nest in search of food and keeps track of her compass bearing to home.
When she finds food, she will find the shortest, direct route back to the colony carrying an ample sample back to share. On the way back, she will leave pheromone or odor deposits to mark the trail for others to follow. If ants are trailing indoors, most generally, baits are the most effective way of controlling them. The object is to kill out the colony. The ants you see trailing are, at most, 10% of the colony. Therefore, if you kill the ones you see, 90% or more of the colony remain alive.
If we let the ones we see carry the bait back to the colony, they become our messengers to feed the pesticide to the others. Ants share their liquid foods with other ants and in this way share the pesticide bait with the rest of the colony.
There are primarily four varieties of roaches that we are typically concerned about in the Las Vegas Valley and the surrounding areas. There are some approximately 3,500 varieties of roach, which includes termites! The roach that most people associate with filth is the German roach. It is the most difficult to control and the most common household roach pest.
They are most generally found in the kitchen and bathroom; however, in large infestations, we have found them in all rooms of the house. It is also the insect that is most generally associated with commercial kitchens or dirty homes. The reality is, if you have recently acquired them, it's most likely not your fault.
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