Pest Control Blog

The first one is almost always shooed away or squished without further thought, but it never stops there. A second fruit fly quickly follows. Before you know it, these hovering menaces seem to be everywhere.  Your witch-like neighbor may be casting spells on you, but they are unrelated to fruit flies. Fruit flies, they seem […]

Novel coronavirus also known as Covid-19 have dominated the news. It is difficult to know how to protect yourself and others from Covid-19. Whether you are are on the front lines battling the virus or doing your best to avoid it, the personal recommendations are the same. The pest control industry has moved from the […]

If you are up to date on pest exclusion, you know that screened windows play a significant roll in keeping pests out. Unfortunately, some pests like to chew through these screens. More importantly, it is not just rodents that are the culprits. This covers how to stop pests from chewing holes in your screens. Who […]

The scholarship committee is excited to announce the 2019 Rove Pest Control Scholarship winner. We saw hundreds of more applicants this year. Congratulations and good luck to all the applicants headed to secondary education in the coming months. 2019 Rove Pest Control Scholarship Winner Congratulations to Abigail Weaver of Stillwater, Minnesota. First of all, she […]

As standard procedure, our bed bug inspector gathered a sample of bugs from an initial inspection to bring back to the lab to verify we were dealing with bed bugs and not bat bugs. Left in a plastic container in the service vehicle, the bugs were exposed to the extreme overnight temperatures of a Minnesota […]

Nobody likes to share their food with insects – we built homes to keep them out. Unfortunately, there are insects that want to consume your home as well. Seeing something suspicious quickly raises the question of whether it is a carpenter ant or termite infestation. Carpenter Ant vs Termite There are several ways to distinguish […]