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 […]
Blooming Bloody Spider 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 1900s. In this book was a song written for adults called Blooming, Bloody Spider. Well,
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
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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
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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,
Eaten a spider while sleeping Have you ever heard the saying “the average person swallows 8 spiders a year while sleeping”? This myth about eating spiders can be quite unsettling, but you can relax because it’s not very likely. The notion that people eat spiders while they are sleeping is a myth. According to an
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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
There aren’t many things worse than finding your very own roach infestation. German cockroaches in particular are hardy bugs, they are crazy hard to kill and seem to have the ability to take a hit and just keep coming back. Roaches are like people in some ways. They look for the good life: plenty of
Bedbugs are nothing new. Humans have lived with bedbugs for thousands of years. The ancient Romans once thought Bed Bugs to be a cure for multiple ailments. An easily accessible health trend one might say. Eye infection? Mash up some bed bugs and you have yourself a poultice. Fever? throw some bedbugs In your stew.
