Swoboda Posts Tagged ‘house flies’
Fly Season and The Gang Is All Here
Flies belong to the order Diptera, and they are one of the largest groups of insects that spread disease. Inside we look at a long list of flies the trouble they cause. The House Fly Generally, these are larger flies that include the bottlefly, house fly, and sarcophagus fly. These are also referred to as […]
Outdoor Living and Outdoor Pests
With much of the usual activities shut down and as many families shelter in place, the need for outdoor living has never been greater. With outdoor living comes outdoor pests – flies, wasps, ants, birds, spiders, ticks, fleas, wild animals, biting flies, and more. Many are coming to your family dinners, BBQs, swimming pools, or […]
Drain flies are small fuzzy flies that you find around your home during the warmer months of the year. They seem to appear and sometimes by the hundreds. There are several types of drain flies, and most people are familiar with the fuzzy, heart-shaped fly that plagues the bathroom and kitchen areas. Why Are There […]
Of all the insects around the world, flies are most likely to spread disease. The mosquito alone spreads many diseases, some of which have no cure – Malaria, zika, West Nile virus, chikungunya virus, dengue – to name but a few. There are over 120,000 species of flies found around the world. The Mosquito The […]
Bryan and College Station Pest Control
The Season of the Pest is here and from now until the cold weather hits pest control issues will continue to emerge. April is a short jump to biting fly season. By April many snakes have emerged and of course the standard pest populations are beginning to thrive with the longer days and warmer weather. […]
What’s Making You Ill? Pest In Bryan & College Station That Make You Sick.
Pests, whether you are talking about rodents or insects, can have a significant impact on human health. In this blog, we look into diseases caused by house flies. Mechanism of Injury In the medical world, we talk about the mechanism of injury as the most significant cause of an illness or injury. In the case […]
Flying Pests that Pester Bryan and College Station Homes
It seems that no sooner has winter begun to fade then flying pests show up by the droves. One of the biggest flying pests around is actually a delicate little flyer – The mosquito. So, what else might do fly-bys and pester you t his coming summer? This blog looks at a few of the […]
What’s on the pest calendar for Bryan and College Station? Mice – This is still the time of year where we see a lot of rodent issues. Those few mice that you had in December have now had a litter of babies and the babies are not foraging and having litters of their own. People […]
Fruit Flies, Drain Flies, House and Kitchen Pests in Bryan, Texas
As their name implies, fruit flies are attracted to aging fruits and many types of vegetables too. It is the fermenting or turning of fruit from ripe to over-ripe that attracts fruit flies. Drain flies are usually heart-shaped flies that are small and black. They are called drain flies because they lay their eggs in […]
