A moment caught on camera on the “A” train gave literal meaning to the term rat race. Source: ABC7 New York
Winter is a good time to head off houseplant pests (via OregonLive.com)
Check indoor plants for sap-sucking insects like mites, thrips, mealybugs, scales, whiteflies and aphids. Spotting problems and responding to them early can keep populations from exploding. Source: OregonLive.com
This is how many spiders we actually swallow in our sleep (via New York Post)
It’s a thought that strikes fear into arachnophobes everywhere swallowing spiders in your sleep. The idea that we eat eight spiders a year has been doing the rounds for decades but there Source: New York Post
What were those small, black-winged bugs spewing out of the ground? (via The Mercury News)
Subterranean termites are among the most destructive in California, and homeowners need to be wary. Source: The Mercury News
Bed bugs found at elder housing (via Gloucester Daily Times)
George W. Carr says he’s been “lucky so far” living in the George W. McPherson Park senior housing complex. Source: Gloucester Daily Times
Bed bugs infest SAVE group homes; two employees resign (via bnd)
The St. Clair Associated Vocational Enterprises, or SAVE, group homes for developmentally disabled adults have been infested with bed bugs and a pest control company has begun a program to eradicate the insects, the organizationâs executive director said. Source: bnd
A gnawing pain: This year, tree-lighters ready for wire-chewing squirrels (via SentinelSource.com)
With an arsenal of 24 bar soaps and a humane squirrel trap, Peg Bruce hopes to save Christmas. Source: SentinelSource.com
Skunk makes presence known down town (via HarrisonDaily.com)
If you saw the doors of the Boone County Courthouse propped open Wednesday, you weren’t imagining things: It was necessary after a smelly encounter that morning. Source: HarrisonDaily.com
Why a female fly will ruin your drink, but a male is fine (via New Scientist)
A single fly falling into your glass of wine may be enough to ruin it. We’re able to sense tiny quantities of a pheromone released by female fruit flies, and just one nanogram is enough to give a drink an unpleasant smell and taste. Source: New Scientist
Anchorage health department cites hotel for cockroaches, bedbugs (via Kyle Hopkins )
The city health department cited the Black Angus Inn Tuesday for failing to exterminate pests and failure to properly maintain and clean rooms following a recent KTUU report. Source: Kyle Hopkins
