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It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner already. Since several local radio stations have started playing Christmas music, I thought now would be a good time for our annual spider reminder blog. Prior to retrieving the holiday decorations from the attic, basement, shed, crawlspace […]
“Charlie” with Mr. Bugg’s Pest Patrol was privileged to put in an appearance at Oak Mountain Elementary School’s Fall Fun Fest this past Saturday, October 18th. Being young at heart himself, “Charlie” fit right in and had a great time with all the kids. Though he was tempted to try […]
Fall temperatures, football and back yard barbeques, what could be better?! Many homeowners are taking advantage of the cooler days to enjoy some quality time in the yard with family and friends. Sometimes the “quality time” is cut short when, instead of enjoying a meal, we become one thanks to […]
While it’s quite common to hear of raccoons feeding from bird feeders, outdoor pet food dishes and trash cans, we ran into something a little different this week. Apparently this guy had a different interpretation of “coon-dog” and decided to make use of a doggy door to get into the […]
Ants have inhabited the earth for the past 100 million years so chances are, they aren’t going away any time soon. A queen ant only has to, how to put this, “have coffee” once in order to produce eggs for the rest of her life. A male is allowed only […]
Over the past several months we have expanded our Mr. Bugg’s family with the addition of 4 local companies which we have purchased. As any new parent is fully aware, the attention our new additions initially required has somewhat limited my “free time”. In order to continue to provide quality […]
You may be one of MANY people seeing an abundance of swarming wasps around their homes currently. Though a little scary and somewhat of a nuisance, they actually are not interested in us at all. An interesting bit of information is that each of the wasps you are seeing is […]
It would seem that we are hearing more frequent reports of somewhat unexpected visitors of the “wild” variety … and we don’t mean the nieces and nephews! A number of various wildlife species are making their presence felt around our homes and businesses. The turkey that greeted us one morning […]
The winter storms central Alabama experienced earlier this year, complete with snow and ice, led many to question if pests would be less of a problem this year. However, many pests have a dormant “over-winter” stage leading us to believe that the brief period of extreme cold and snow would […]
The final countdown is underway for the Building and Remodeling Expo scheduled for March 7th through the 9th at the Pelham Civic Center. This event, hosted by The Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders, provides an opportunity to see the latest in design trends and to meet the building and […]
