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A few years back I was on a well known social media site, on a neighborhood forum. Someone in the neighborhood had a bee problem and was looking for recommendations to deal with their problem. Being the helpful neighbor I am (ahem) I recommended ourselves for this job. We had handled jobs like this in […]

The army worm caterpillar is rightly named. Known for launching attacks against lawns, shrubbery, and even vegetable gardens, leaving patches of brown dead lawn where green grass had once been. Lawns of suburban Oklahoma have come under fire in recent days, taking out the lawns of entire neighborhoods. While many families are treating their lawns

At Flatline Pest Control we understand that whether you are active duty military, serve on the police department, or with the fire department that there is a certain sacrifice involved both to you and your family. That when the call comes you put your lives on the line for the sake of your families, your

In the early 1900’s a book called Camp and Camino in Lower California was published by Arthur Walbridge North. Considered a historic work, it is a story of a young man exploring Baja California in the early 1900’s. In this book was a song written for adults called Blooming, Bloody Spider. Well the words have

It was inevitable. This summer Americans are shaking off the cabin fever of quarantine and exchanging it for a renewed passion for travel. Airline prices are going up as travel increases and vacation season is in full swing. This is great news for the tourism and travel industries, but they aren’t the only ones rejoicing

So you are moving into a new home, or apartment, how can you protect you and your family from suffering from the previous owners or tenants infestation? This can be tough, not all bugs are obvious when initially looking at a home, and some bugs can hang around a residence for over a year without

Several years back I was working with a client,(we will call her Jane) who had been absent for a longer period than normal. I asked Jane about her absence, if she had been working out of town, or on vacation. I was shocked to find out that neither was the case, in fact she had

Late Spring and Summer are prime tick season in Oklahoma and lately we have been getting calls left and right from customers finding ticks on their pets and even themselves. There is a very real concern with this, as Ticks can carry a variety of life altering ailments including Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Lyme disease,

Have you ever heard the saying “the average person swallows 8 spiders a year while sleeping”? Well you can relax because it’s really not very likely. According to an article by Scientific American “The myth flies in the face of both spider and human biology, which makes it highly unlikely that a spider would ever

You can’t judge everything by size. Take tarantula’s for instance. They are HUGE in spider size and really hairy, and when scared they tend to raise their front legs to make themselves look bigger, and scarier. Scary move right? I’m secretly convinced Tarantula’s have encouraged this reputation, and Hollywood has been more than happy to