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Are There Different Kinds of Mosquitoes?
Learn more about mosquitoes in Virginia and how to protect your home and family from them

Mike Balas
May 163 min read
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What's Eating Your Lawn?
Learn more about the annual bluegrass weevil in Central Virginia

Mike Balas
Apr 252 min read
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Watch Your Step
Pavements ants are everywhere in Virginia. Learn how to keep them away from your home.

Mike Balas
Apr 153 min read
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What Are Treehoppers?
Learn more about the strange Treehopper bugs we have in Virginia

Mike Balas
Apr 72 min read
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How to Keep Carpet Beetles Out Of Your Carpets (and everywhere else)
Learn more about carpet beetles, something we have a lot of here in Richmond, Virginia

Mike Balas
Mar 263 min read
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If You've Seen One, You HAVEN'T Seen Them All
Learn more about brown banded roaches and how to keep them out of your Virginia home

Mike Balas
Mar 143 min read
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Spider Mites
They might be so tiny that you can barely see them, but their destruction will be very visible. What Do Spider Mites Look Like? Are...

Mike Balas
Mar 72 min read
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What Is That Bug Hiding in Your Food?
Learn more about the bread beetle in Richmond, Virginia and surrounding areas.

Mike Balas
Feb 253 min read
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What is a Spittlebug?
You may not have know what they were called, but chances are good that you've seen them around Richmond. Spittlebugs, also known as...

Mike Balas
Feb 142 min read
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Silverfish - Nuisance or Destroyer?
Learn more about silverfish and the damage they may cause in your Richmond Virginia home

Mike Balas
Jan 162 min read
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Not a Creature Was Stirring... Except The Squirrels
Learn more about squirrels in the Greater Richmond Virginia area

Mike Balas
Dec 26, 20242 min read
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'Tis the Season... for Illness?
Learn more about insect-borne illnesses in Virginia and how to protect your family

Mike Balas
Dec 5, 20243 min read
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Home is Where the Bugs Aren't
Tips and tricks to enhance your home pest control

Mike Balas
Sep 25, 20243 min read
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How Are Wasps Different From Other Stinging Insects?
Learn more about wasps and their differences from other stinging insects

Mike Balas
Sep 15, 20243 min read
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Do Ticks in Virginia Spread Disease?
Learn more about ticks in Virginia and the diseases they spread

Mike Balas
Aug 15, 20243 min read
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Why Do I Have Roaches?
Learn more about why your Richmond home has roaches

Mike Balas
Aug 5, 20243 min read
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Tips to Keep Your Outdoor Spaces Safe From Pests
Tips for keeping your outside spaces bug-free

Mike Balas
Jul 25, 20242 min read
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Friend or Foe?
Learn more about carpenter bees in Virginia

Mike Balas
May 24, 20243 min read
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Aquatic and Unusual: Mayflies in Virginia
Learn more about mayflies in Virginia

Mike Balas
May 15, 20243 min read
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Killers Loose in Virginia: Are You Prepared?
Learn more about mosquitoes in Virginia and how to protect yourself.

Mike Balas
May 6, 20244 min read
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