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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 26, 20253 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 14, 20253 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 7, 20252 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 25, 20253 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 14, 20252 min read
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Creepy Crawlies - Centipedes Around Town
Learn more about the varieties of centipedes in the Central Virginia area

Mike Balas
Feb 5, 20252 min read
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How Do Bugs Survive The Winter?
Learn the answers to: how do insects survive in the winter and how can you protect your home, even in the cold.

Mike Balas
Jan 24, 20253 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 16, 20252 min read
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A Thousand Legs?
Learn about millipedes in and around the Central Virginia area

Mike Balas
Jan 6, 20252 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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It's Not A Spider, It's A Cricket
Learn more about camel crickets (aka cave crickets or spider crickets) in Virginia and surrounding areas

Mike Balas
Dec 18, 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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While the cat's away...
Learn more about how to keep mice out of your Chesterfield home this winter

Mike Balas
Nov 26, 20243 min read
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Beetle Juice
Learn more about Japanese Beetles in Chesterfield and Richmond, Virginia. Are they harmful?

Mike Balas
Nov 19, 20242 min read
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Mythbusters: Ladybug Edition
Learn more about ladybugs in Virginia and whether the things you've heard are true

Mike Balas
Nov 8, 20242 min read
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Ah, Rats.
Learn more about how to keep rats out of your Chesterfield home

Mike Balas
Oct 27, 20243 min read
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Boxelder Bugs
Learn more about Boxelder Bugs in Central Virginia, Chesterfield, Richmond, Henrico, Midlothian

Mike Balas
Oct 16, 20242 min read
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Halloween = Spiders
Do more spiders come out at Halloween? Learn more about spiders in Virginia

Mike Balas
Oct 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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