by Good News Pest Solutions Team | Sep 10, 2020 | Caterpillars, Good News Pest Solutions, Invasive Species, Moths, Sarasota Pest Control, Southern Flannel Moths
As we turn the calendar pages and look forward to the high temperatures easing off (they will, soon!), we know our perennial snowbirds will soon be headed to the Sunshine state. But another seasonal guest is also headed our way. And it carries more danger than a...
by Good News Pest Solutions Team | Jul 23, 2020 | Butterflies, Caterpillars, Good News Pest Solutions, Holiday, Moths, Sarasota Pest Control
It’s not a federal holiday – yet – but for lepidopterans across the globe, it’s been a time of celebration during this last full week of July for nearly ten years. National Moth Week celebrates the beauty, life cycles, and habitats of moths. A largely maligned cousin...
by Good News Pest Solutions Team | Mar 12, 2020 | Good News Pest Solutions, Living Green, Minimal Risk Pest Control, Moths, Organic Products/Services
There’s a popular belief that moths eat clothing – specifically, the wool in our sweaters. But that’s not entirely true. It’s really no surprise why the mistake is so commonly made. After all, when we open the closet or attic, only to find clothes with bug holes in...
by Good News Pest Solutions Team | Feb 14, 2020 | Caterpillars, Crickets, Good News Pest Solutions, Grasshoppers, Holiday, Love Bugs, Minimal Risk Pest Control, Organic Products/Services, Scorpion
So if you’ve been in Florida for any time at all, you’ve probably encountered Love Bugs. Every year from the end of March through May, the Plecia nearctica come out, fly around and mate. And because the exhaust fumes from cars is somewhat of an aphrodisiac for these...
by Good News Pest Solutions Team | Feb 6, 2020 | Butterflies, Caterpillars, Good News Pest Solutions, Holiday, Roaches, Sarasota Pest Control, Spiders
Here at Good News Pest Solutions, we talk a lot about how to keep bugs out of your home. After all, it’s one of our primary missions and has been for more than 30 years. But one of our other goals is to educate people. So this week, we’d like to talk about the bugs...
by Good News Pest Solutions | Nov 10, 2017 | Caterpillars, Extreme Bugs, Good News Pest Solutions
Any school-age child can tell you that a creepy crawly caterpillar folds itself into a cocoon and dies, only to emerge as a beautiful butterfly. It’s a story of transformation, resurrection, and beauty. Except it doesn’t always work that way. Our latest Extreme Bug is...