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Welcome to our Pest Control Blog page!  With over 25 years of pest control experience and knowledge, we have given you everything you need to know about getting rid of unwanted pests, whether it be ants, spiders or rodents.  We have done our best to write quality DIY pest control articles that will direct you step by step, that even a beginner could do.  As we always say here at HowToPest.com, knowledge is power and we want to empower you to take control of your home or business all while saving money!

What are Argentine Ants - How To Get Rid of Argentine Ants - HowToPest.com
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Don’t Cry For Me Argentine Ant!

While Argentina won’t be crying for you, there’s a good chance you might cry for (or curse) Argentina for sharing the Argentine ant with you. Native to Argentina, hence the super-creative name, Argentine ants stowed away on a cargo ship

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How To Get Rid of Ticks - Insecticides - HowToPest.com
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Are We in For Another Terrible Tick Season in 2024?

Everything you need to know about ticks. In 2023 we saw one of the worst tick seasons on record! Neighborhoods that never encountered ticks were now removing them from their dogs and cats, left and right! The number of tick-on-human

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What a cricket looks like - How to get rid of crickets - HowToPest.com
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Jiminy Cricket!

If all crickets could give advice and dress like Jiminy Cricket from Disney’s Pinnochio, they’d be far more welcome than the house crickets that make their way into our homes or chirp the night away outside our bedroom windows Lifecycle

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What a Red Imported Fire Ant Looks like - How To Get Rid of Red Imported Fire Ants - HowToPest.com
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The (Fire) Ants Go Marching…

The nursery rhyme about the ants that go marching one by one and then two by two is very sweet and all, but if those ants happen to be Red Imported Fire Ants, you are in for a rude awakening.

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What a Brown Recluse Spider looks like - How to get rid of brown recluse spiders - HowToPest.com
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The Monks of the Spider World..Brown Recluse Spiders

While appropriately named due to their preference for living in seclusion or isolation, the arachnologist, a fancy name for someone who digs spiders in a big way, who was in charge of naming the brown recluse spider on spider-naming day

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How To Get Rid of Earwigs - HowToPest.com
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Earwigs…Pincher Bugs? Which is it already?

Let’s see, they are strange-looking, they stink, and they crawl into your ears and eat your brains. But don’t worry, they won’t eat your brains until after they burrow in and lay their eggs in there. At least that is

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Do Mosquitoes transmit Covid 19 Coronavirus - HowToPest.com
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Mosquitos…Covid 19, You Are NOT The Father!

Ahhh, who doesn’t love Maury Povich! While mosquitoes are known to father other bacteria and diseases, thankfully Covid-19 is not one of them. The Center for Disease Control has reported that it is not possible for Covid-19 to be spread

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