by Good News Pest Solutions Team | Nov 19, 2020 | Beetle, black bean bug, Invasive Species
Thanks to our wonderful subtropical weather, a thriving international seaport, and visitors from far and wide, Florida holds an unusual record. We have more invasive species than anywhere else in the world. And it’s not just retirees and snowbirds, LOL! We’ve worked...
by Good News Pest Solutions Team | Nov 12, 2020 | Good News Pest Solutions, Invasive Species, Lady Bugs, Organic Products/Services
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...
by Good News Pest Solutions Team | Oct 22, 2020 | Black Widows, Good News Pest Solutions, Invasive Species, Minimal Risk Pest Control, Sarasota Pest Control, Spiders
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....
by Good News Pest Solutions Team | Oct 15, 2020 | brown marmorated stink bug, Good News Pest Solutions, Invasive Species, Living Green, Minimal Risk Pest Control, Sarasota Pest Control
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...
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 | Aug 27, 2020 | Good News Pest Solutions, Houseflies, Housefly, Invasive Species, Sarasota Pest Control
The last time the media found out about an invasive Asian insect, we were subjected to horrifying tales of Murder Hornets. Never mind the fact that there were only a few Giant Yellow Hornets spotted in North America…or that mosquitoes are a far more dangerous...
