ROYAL TREATMENT FOR BLACK WIDOWS MAKES NEWS

From under the rocks, yet another pest emerges

Sunday, June 28, 2009

By BRENDAN MONAHAN, Staff Writer, DAILY LOCAL NEWS

For the past several days, Anne Bookout has been avoiding her stone walls and doing yard work only in grassy areas.

Typically, the stone walls and other nooks around her outside gardens don't scare her, but ever since an exterminator discovered black widow spiders hanging in stone crevices, Bookout has been careful about where she gardens.

"It gave me the willies," Bookout said.

Bookout, who owns more than an acre, decided to have her West Goshen property inspected after her extermina tion company treated a place infested with more than 200 black widows in Elkton, Md.

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RODENTS AS DISEASE VEHICLES

In the past century alone, more than 10 million people have died from rodent-borne diseases. Although rodents are not major threats to our everyday health, it is justified to be concerned over the potential for rodents to transmit diseases. By their very nature and design, rodents make excellent “vehicles” for harboring and rapidly transporting diseases.

Let’s examine WHY ...

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Royal Turns The Dogs Loose on Bed Bugs

The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) has reported a 71% increase in bed bug infestations in the U.S. since 2001. “Bed bugs remain unnerving because they inject an anesthetic-like liquid that numbs the skin as they bite, leaving their victims undisturbed,” said Greg Baumann, senior scientist for NPMA. “Unless you experience an allergic reaction, you may not even know you’ve come into contact with bed bugs—that is until an infestation appears in your own home, business or property.”

Man’s Best Friend is Bed Bugs’ Worst Enemy

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