Precise Pest Control

A baby Bald Faced Hornet nest. Don't wait, call before you get stung.

Ticks don't fall from trees. They can't jump. They can't fly. They climb grass blades, extend their front legs, and wait for something warm to walk past.

The tick climbs to the tip of a blade at ankle to knee height, anchors with its hind legs, and spreads its front legs wide. Sensory structures on the front legs detect carbon dioxide, body heat, and vibration. When a host brushes the vegetation, the tick grabs on.

Then it crawls upward — sometimes for hours — until it reaches bare skin. The tick on the back of your neck started at your ankle.

🌿 What actually works:

- Tuck pants into socks — the grab happens at ankle height
- Permethrin-treated shoes and pant legs neutralize ticks at the contact zone
- DEET or picaridin on exposed skin blocks the heat signature they follow
- Tick check after every outing — armpits, hairline, behind ears, waistband
- Mowed paths through tall areas reduce the questing zone
- Ticks concentrate at edges — where vegetation meets open ground, trail margins, fence lines

The myth is one of the most persistent in outdoor recreation. She was never in the tree. She was at your feet 🌿

The mouse in the garage with enormous eyes and white feet isn't a house mouse. She's a deer mouse — native, and the most common wild mammal in North America.

The house mouse is uniformly gray-brown with small eyes and a naked tail the same color on both sides. She's introduced, lives permanently in human structures, and chews wiring. She's the one that colonizes kitchens.

🌿 The deer mouse has large dark eyes, white belly, white feet, and a sharply bicolored tail — dark on top, white below. She lives outdoors in woodlands and fields. She enters garages and sheds in fall for warmth but doesn't move into the house.

She eats seeds, berries, insects, and fungi. She's a primary food source for owls, foxes, and snakes.

🐾 The one-second diagnostic:

- Large eyes + white feet + bicolored tail = deer mouse. Native.
- Small eyes + uniform gray + scaly uniform tail = house mouse. Introduced.

One safety note: in some regions, deer mice can carry hantavirus. Don't sweep or vacuum droppings — wet-clean with disinfectant and ventilate the space first.

Two mice. One native visitor, one permanent resident. The eyes tell you which 🌿

Its spider spraying season!!Spider season is here — and spots for June are still available! 🕷️

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Bed bugs are every where including Norfolk.

Flies are a very diverse group, from typical flies to mosquitoes to lovebugs. Learn about flies and other pests here: https://pestsinthehome.extension.org/

In case anyone wants information on Hantavirus and how it spread.

Pest control works so much better when you don’t wipe out the helpful bugs too 🐞 A few gentle tricks I’d try first:
🥚 Use crushed eggshells as a rough barrier around tender plants
🧻 Slip toilet paper rolls around seedlings to protect young stems
🧄 Try garlic-soaked water for aphids, but test a few leaves first
🪙 Copper tape can help around pots where snails keep showing up
🍎 Apple cider vinegar traps work best away from the plants you’re protecting
The goal isn’t a perfect bug-free garden, it’s keeping pests under control without hurting the helpers.