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June 19 — Learn about the bug that carries its own light. Hear a firefly story, play a game and see the bugs dance in the night with their lights all a glow. Firefly Friday - McKeldin area, 8:20 p.m. - 9 p.m. Meet at the McKeldin area Parking Lot near the contact station. For […]

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 I guess it’s the luck of the draw that I have Acrobat ants.  Fortunately, for the ants (and not so much for me) they do actually balance quite well on a tight wire - in my case, the cable wire that passes through the leafy foliage of the Dogwood tree in my front yard.
Although I don’t plan on leading a team of circus ants […]

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NPMA - National Pest Management Association, urges homeowners to take action against mosquitoes.  Read the full article below:
In Wake of Foreclosures, Mosquitoes Pose Serious Issues | RISMedia
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Pardon the language but “Bed Bugs Suck” 
I was reminded of that particular entomological fact last week at the EPA Bed Bug Summit…a governmental meeting sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency that brought together Government  bureaucrats, university researchers and Pest Management Industry leaders to discuss the growing ‘bed bug problem’.   At the Sheraton Hotel in Crystal […]

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          Did you know that the residue left behind by rodents can cause diseases and in some cases death? Well just in case you didn’t here is some very important information that you must know. Rodents are known to leave behind droppings and urine after parading through those areas you frequent the most such as, […]

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            Spring is definitely my favorite season of the year.  The weather is getting warmer.  The trees are beginning to blossom.  The days are getting longer.  What a wonderful time to enjoy the great outdoors.  But, there is just one thing about the spring that many people, particularly home and property owners are not too […]

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                It’s February 2nd, 2009 and Punxsutawney Phil just saw his shadow. He proclaimed to us that there will be six more weeks of winter.  Now not that I have any doubt in Phil’s prediction, but just in case, I’d like to mention what a difference a longer winter or sooner spring can make around […]

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               I’m not talking about the ones that you’ve invited in to share your home this season, I’m talking about the four, six, and eight-legged ones that can make your home their own before you may know it. But whether you know it now or later, you will soon find out just who you may […]

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The Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas phaeton) has been the state insect for Maryland since 1973. Named after the first Lord Baltimore because it exhibits the same orange and black colors found on the crest for the American Colonist as well as the Maryland state flag, the Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly is described as possessing a 2 […]

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Welcome to my world as a (very, very, very) novice beekeeper in Montgomery County and an employee of American Pest Management.  I call this Murder in the Hive, in three parts.
Act I: Beginning beekeeping 101
My interest began in the form of a 6-week course instruction on the basics of beekeeping, presented by the Montgomery County Beekeeper’s […]

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