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Giving Thanks Today and Always
The last couple weeks of November is probably our third favorite time of the year. On Easter, we honor Jesus' sacrifice on the cross and subsequent resurrection that brought us redemption and new beginnings. Creation, of course, echoes that new start. Christmas, as...
Ladybugs – Good Luck or Good Riddance?
You’ve probably heard the saying that ladybugs are good luck. And that was certainly true for farmers over 100 years ago when the US Department of Agriculture imported thousands of Coccinella septempunctata into our country. The seven-spotted species, also known as...
Scorpio? or Scorpions?
Thousands of years ago, the Babylonians looked up into the sky and made up stories about the stars as they saw them representing their pantheon of deities. Many of the constellations we still point to in the night sky came from those stories. But not all of the...
Trick or Treat – Bug Treats for Halloween
Whether you’re staying at home, doing a drive-by haunting, or heading out to trick-or-treat this weekend, we’ve got some tasty treats to make this Halloween a success! Brownie Spiders Okay, for this one, you’ll need brownie mix, chocolate chips, 18 candy eyeballs, and...
Black Widow Spiders – Hiding in the Attic?
For years, arachnophobia – the sometimes irrational fear of spiders – has dominated the lists of the top scariest things in the world. We don’t know where this primal fear originated from, but the scariest of the spiders has earned her reputation, if not her name....
Smells Like Stink Bug Season is Here!
It’s hard to believe when our temperatures are still climbing into the low 90’s that we’ve entered October...and we are almost a month into autumn! But we are. And while it may be a few weeks still before we get any actually cooler weather, we need to talk about the...
National Food Bank Week
Here at Good News Pest Solutions, we often refer to ourselves as a for-profit, Christian ministry, cleverly disguised as a pest control company. And we take that commitment very seriously. We are always open to share the true good news of the Gospel, but it doesn’t...
Carpenter Ants Don’t Build – They Destroy!
You’d think, with a good, Midwestern tradesperson and artisan name like 'Carpenter,' that carpenter ants would be a good thing. Unfortunately, as you may have guessed from the title, nothing could be further from the truth. The name comes from certain, but not all,...
The Fall Equinox … Already?
A lot of newcomers to the Sunshine State sometimes complain that we have no seasons. That's just not true! We have tourist season, hurricane season, mosquito season, snowbird season… Jokes aside, while we may not see quite as dramatic changes as many of our neighbors...
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