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### Mosquitoes

Posted by askthebugman ⋅ February 18, 2020 ⋅ Leave a comment

Mosquitoes will be active soon and many agencies will start spraying pesticides from trucks and even planes in a futile effort to control them. These methods destroy the ecosystem, can harm people and pets and will chase bats out of the area, even though one bat can eat a thousand mosquitoes in one night. We … Continue reading →

### Free consultations

Posted by askthebugman ⋅ February 17, 2020 ⋅ Leave a comment

I have helped thousands of people do their own pest management over many years and I have never had a single person say the methods I recommended didnâ€™t work and they were going back to a pest control company. There are incidents when you have to hire a pest company. Certainly, if you have … Continue reading →

### How dangerous are pesticides?

Posted by askthebugman ⋅ February 14, 2020 ⋅ Leave a comment

How dangerous are pesticides? Based on information from hospital surveys, an estimated 20,000o people receive emergency care annually for actual or suspected pesticide poisoning, and approximately 10% are admitted to the hospital. Each year 20 -40 die of acute pesticide poisoning in the United States. We still allow pesticides to be sprayed in our homes, … Continue reading →

### Bed bug in the mail

Posted by askthebugman ⋅ February 9, 2020 ⋅ Leave a comment

Several years ago, I got a bed bug in the mail that was still alive. I posted his picture on FB several times. Because he wasnâ€™t a pest, but just a specimen for identification, I just couldnâ€™t kill him in cold blood. I couldnâ€™t put him outside as he would have starved, so I put … Continue reading →

### Offer to help international associations

Posted by askthebugman ⋅ February 1, 2020 ⋅ Leave a comment

It has been an interesting week and I think positive. I wrote several snailmail letters to organizations nationally and in NM about non-toxic pest management and I offered to help them with any pest issues they have. Here is who I wrote. On Monday I sent a letter to the NM Realtors Association offering to … Continue reading →

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