Pest Control Archives - Home Fixated

House Centipedes – Friend or Foe?

Lauren — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 03:12:46 +0000

House centipedes (Scutigera coleoptrata) can be found invading homes around the globe. But should you break out the flyswatter or should you simply let them die another day? The common house centipede. Just the Facts ...

Murphy’s Naturals Mosquito Repellent Incense Sticks – Go Zen On Those Buggers

Lauren — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:34:12 +0000

Mosquitoes can be the vectors for horrible diseases but, for the most part, they’re an incurable nuisance. In fact, I wrote an earlier post about using natural plants to ward off the pests. Home Fixated ...

Adventures in Live Bee Removal – Don’t be a Serial Buzz Killer

Marc Lyman — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:29:33 +0000

A couple months ago I unhappily discovered bees swarming our house. DISCLAIMER – DON”T try this at home. I then proceeded to get a very long pole, stuck a wad of steel wool at the ...

Adjustable Window Screens – Just Say No to Zika

Marc Lyman — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 17:36:15 +0000

Our home is filled with traditional, double hung windows. Several are original to the home, which was built in the 1930’s (that’s prehistoric by California standards). One of the first things I did when we ...

How to Keep the Rascals OUT of YOUR Garden

Amy — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:47:12 +0000

Awww! So adorable! Right? Wrong! Don’t be fooled! This sweet little hippity-hop-bun-bun is one of the most notorious scoundrels to ever descend upon the gardener’s plot. It’s the reason you need garden pest prevention done ...

Garden Scourges – Coping with Typical Problems

Lauren — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:03:21 +0000

Sometimes it’s not what you do or how you do it that’s the problem. Sometimes your luck as a gardener just runs out temporarily. The bug armies of doom invade, leaving your plants silently screaming ...

How the Heck Do I Get Rid of Termites?

Eric — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:31:36 +0000

Termites. Even the mention of the word is enough to make wood tremble with fear. They could be in your home right now, munching away on your walls, ceilings and floors like stoners at a ...