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By Karen Hawthorne
Summertime rituals are in full swing – heading up to the cottage, hosting a backyard barbecue or enjoying a campground cookout. These popular pastimes attract insects, especially with this season’s early hot weather. Whether they’re buzzing around the picnic table or... more
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The Top 5 Insects to Watch Out for this Summer
By Kelly Hanly
Late spring and throughout the summer months is the prime time for pests to thrive. Pests are either coming out from their eggs or returning from hibernation. Here are the top 5 insects to watch out for in the summertime:
Mosquitoes: Everyone hates the itch you keep scratching once... more
Natural pest control: Mosquitos and fleas
These are the two most common insect pests New Englanders loathe. They both can carry bloodbourne pathogens that can be harmful and sometimes even deadly. Nasty little bloodsuckers that they are the best way is to prevent that they ever show up on your person!
Natural Mosquito Repellents
First of... more
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New research finds bedbugs are carriers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
The resurgence of bedbug infestations have been a nuisance at best for hotels and homeowners as scientists have always said that the tiny blood-sucking creatures didn’t carry infectious agents that could harm humans.
However, new research out of Canada reported Wednesday sheds some different... more
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National Online Bed Bug Registry locates hotels with dreaded infestations
We all know the old adage: "Good night, don't let the bed bugs bite." But who would imagine that there is a growing pest problem in some of the leading hotels where beg bugs are being identified and reported?
A new web site, www.bedbugregistry.com, is a useful tool to see up-to-date information... more
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Bedbug invasion in Boston
They lay in wait for you as they crawl around inside your mattress and now apparently, no one is immune no matter how much you have in your bank account.
According to the Boston Herald, bedbugs are taking over throughout the city to the horror of many, especially in the Back Bay and South End where... more
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Bicyclists…It’s Tick Season
After two weekends of enduro racing and a tough week last week that included lots of hard digging on the dirt, I am rolling into a much needed rest week with Trans-Sylvania sitting just two weeks down the road. That means it is what I like to call “tick season.”
I'm so ready to rock.
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For Boston hotels, dogs lead the charge in finding bed bugs
"A dog's keen sense of smell can detect bed bugs in all crevasses quickly while it takes an exterminator hours to perform the same inspection," says Carl Massicott, owner of Advanced K9 Detectives, in Milford, CT.
As reported in the Boston Globe, in the past 5 1/2 years at least ten Boston area... more
Tick season in Chelmsford
By Monica Jimenez / Wicked Local Chelmsford
GateHouse News Service
Posted May 18, 2011 @ 08:31 AM
Chelmsford —
April showers bring May flowers. But with flowers come weeds and with weeds come ticks – and with these eight-legged creepy-crawlies come a host of malaises that can ruin... more
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