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Charleston Common Pests

Ants

Ants have the ability to harbor and subsequently transfer pathogenic or toxigenic microorganisms to food prep surfaces. There are more than one million ants to every person on earth.

Roaches

When cockroaches travel throughout your home, they leave a path of urine, feces, and regurgitated saliva and digestive fluids. Cockroaches carry disease and bacteria, such as strep, staph and salmonella and are an allergen source and asthma trigger.

Spiders

The Black Widow is the 2nd most venomous spider in North America and a bite from a venomous spider can be fatal to children and the elderly. They produce more than 5,000 eggs every summer.

Bed Bugs

Bedbugs are small, reddish-brown parasitic insects that bite the exposed skin of sleeping humans and animals to feed on their blood. Although bedbugs aren’t known to spread disease, they can cause other public health and economic issues.

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Six Brothers Pest Control Corporate Headquarters – Orem, Utah

Phone Number

(843) 779-6500

Address

334 East Bay Street #253
Charleston, SC 29401

Email

service@sixbrotherspestcontrol.com

TICKS!

It’s the peak season for tick nymphs across many parts of the United States, and experts are warning that this could be a particularly bountiful year for the minuscule, potentially disease-carrying bugs.

Each spring and summer, Jean Tsao dons a white tick suit and goes out into fields throughout Michigan to study the prevalence of the black-legged tick, which transmits Lyme disease, the most common vector-borne disease in the U.S. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that approximately 476,000 Americans are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease each year.

Along with her team, Tsao, an associate professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Michigan State University, will drag a white cloth along thousands of meters to see how many ticks they collect. So far this season, they have already collected more ticks than they did all of last summer, when they dragged until mid-July and covered a greater distance.

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ANTS!

1. Home Damage

You probably already understand the potential damage termites can cause to your home, but you may not realize that some types of ants can cause similar damage. Ants are known for causing significant damage to wood structures over time, but carpenter ants can also cause a lot of similar damage in homes.

2. Health Concerns

Some ants have even stingers, and ant stings are completely different from ant bites. If a fire ant, for example, stings you, they inject venom with their stinger. This sting is painful, and the venom can lead to serious issues that are not only uncomfortable, but even life-threatening in some cases.

3. Other Pests Ants Invite

Finally, remember that ants are viable food sources for other pests. This means other pests will find the ants in your home appealing, making them more likely to enter and remain in your home. Many spiders, including the dangerous black widow and brown recluse spider, will consume ants if given the opportunity.

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SPIDERS!

What Spiders Are Really Telling You

Spiders could be used as a warning sign that you have a bigger pest problem at home. Since spiders feed on other insects, you likely already have a pest problem if you are finding an abundance of spiders inside. In this case, you’ll need the help of a pest control professional to get things under control.

When You Should Become Concerned

It is important to remember that spiders are not out to get you and they actually prefer to avoid human contact. However, if they feel threatened or become trapped in your shoe, for instance, they can and will bite you. Fortunately, there is really only one spider that you have to worry about in Canada and that is the Black Widow. The neurotoxins in their venom can cause severe muscle cramps, sweating, headaches, high blood pressure, and in rare cases, seizures and death. Thankfully, black widow spiders are not very common in Canada and only the female is dangerous to humans. You are more likely to come in contact with a garden spider, dock spider, house spider, cellar spider or jumping spiders which are harmless.

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BED BUGS!

Where Bed Bugs Hide

Bedbugs may enter your home undetected through luggage, clothing, used beds and couches, and other items. Their flattened bodies make it possible for them to fit into tiny spaces, about the width of a credit card. Bedbugs do not have nests like ants or bees, but tend to live in groups in hiding places. Their initial hiding places are typically in mattresses, box springs, bed frames, and headboards where they have easy access to people to bite in the night. Over time, however, they may scatter through the bedroom, moving into any crevice or protected location. They may also spread to nearby rooms or apartments.

Because bedbugs live solely on blood, having them in your home is not a sign of dirtiness. You are as likely to find them in immaculate homes and hotel rooms as in filthy ones.

When Bedbugs Bite

Bedbugs are active mainly at night and usually bite people while they are sleeping. They feed by piercing the skin and withdrawing blood through an elongated beak. The bugs feed from three to 10 minutes to become engorged and then crawl away unnoticed.

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MICE!

When it comes to household pests, rats seem scarier to deal with than mice, right? They are larger than the usual mouse and tend to live in dirtier places. Compared to the rat (or other household pests that are hard to get rid of), mice seem pretty tame. But don’t let their smallness fool you—mice can be quite dangerous lurking around your house.First, let’s talk lifespan. A mouse only lives up to 9 to 12 months. In that lifespan, the mouse does get quite busy. After six weeks of living, a mouse is sexually active and ready to start producing young mice. In that short time span, a typical mouse will have 5-6 young mice up to 8 different times per year. So that means if this small mouse is living in your home, she’s producing up to 40 to 48 little mice in 12 months time. Now consider the fact that these mice will also become sexually active, producing mice of their own. That, my friends, is a lot of mice.Not only will you be dealing with hundreds of mice scurrying within your walls, but you’ll be dealing with a lot of mouse activity. Unlike rats, mice can climb well. This means finding mice on the top shelf of your pantry isn’t actually uncommon. Plus, their droppings are scattered (unlike a rat, who tends to just go in one place), so if a mouse got in your food you should probably throw it away immediately. Who knows what’s in there!

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MOSQUITOES!

That’s right: The most dangerous animals on the planet can be killed with a single swat — but if they’ve had time to bite, they may have already transmitted a fatal disease.Illnesses transmitted by mosquitoes and their ilk kill more than a million people each year and infect more than a billion, causing debilitating pain, brain damage, blindness, and other serious effects.

Half of the world population is considered at-risk for diseases transmitted by blood-sucking bugs like ticks, sandflies, and mosquitoes. For World Health Day 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) wanted to highlight that very real risk with a snappy slogan: “small bite, big threat.”

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SNAKES!

Snakes like to hide in garages, crawl spaces, sheds, basements and areas with tall grass. For most people, seeing one sends off an alarm which causes panic in the body, followed by a need to flee. There is no such thing as a harmless snake because they all can bite you, it’s just a matter of whether or not they are venomous. Snakes can cause problems for a lot of people, such as damage to a home, yard or garden.

Not only can snakes bite, they can also contaminate your home with salmonella bacteria. So, they need to be removed as soon as they are found. However, sometimes they slither all over your yard before you know you have an infestation. A couple of things you might notice when you have one is a pieces of shedded skin and droppings.

It’s important never to try to remove a snake on your own. There are many different types of pest control companies that can remove a snake for you, safely and hassle-free. First and foremost, a company can work to remove any pests from your home but they can also figure out what is attracting snakes or other pests. For example, it’s possible you have mice or rats in your garage or barn. Snakes will slither in so that they can find food. They could be looking to regulate their body temperature also.

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SCORPIONS!

You Never Know How You Will React To Scorpion Stings

You should never underestimate the potential health problems that a scorpion sting can cause, especially when you haven’t been stung before. You never know how your body will react to a scorpion sting. Everyone reacts differently; some people have little to no reaction to their stings while other people have serious allergic reactions that can require hospitalization. It’s safer to assume that a scorpion is dangerous rather than not dangerous and it’s a good idea to call pest control when you see even one in your home.

Children and Elderly People are Susceptible

You should also keep in mind that children and elderly people are more susceptible to scorpions, so if you have children or any elderly visitors or members of your family you will definitely want to call pest control if you have scorpions. Just one scorpion sting can be seriously dangerous for children or the elderly, and no matter what type of scorpion it is, a sting will require medical attention and hospitalization in some cases.

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ROACHES!

It’s Time to Find a Cockroach Exterminator

Seeing a cockroach in your home can be both disturbing and shocking. Even if you keep your home as clean and free of crumbs as you can, you might still end up with these unwelcome visitors. If you feel that things are starting to get out of hand and your home remedies don’t seem to be solving your pest problems, you’re going to want to call a professional cockroach exterminator next.

While you might want to avoid paying for a professional cockroach exterminator, you’ll be thankful that you ended up calling one sooner rather than later. And when you have the right information at your disposal, you’ll realize just how useful a cockroach exterminator can actually be.

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TERMITES!

The most important thing to understand is that termite damage is almost never covered by homeowner’s insurance, meaning you’ll have to pay the costs of these damages out of pocket! Not only will termites damage any wood they encounter, including your subflooring, cabinets, and walls, but a large infestation can also destroy the entire wood framework of your home, making your home uninhabitable. Obviously, this type of damage can be costly. Termites are found throughout almost the entire country, including the northeast, and no home is immune to an infestation. The biggest problem with termites is that they are homeowners oftentimes don’t notice that termites have invaded their home until the colony has grown extremely large and the damage has become excessive.

Warning Signs of Termites

There are some telltale signs of termites that every homeowner should watch for:

Swarming insects around the property or inside the home
Discarded insect wings on windowsills or in other areas
Mud tubes around the foundation and exterior walls of the home or in the attic or basement
Piles of sawdust-like frass around in and around the home
Termite noises in the walls or floor
Wood inside the home that sounds hollow when knocked on

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