World Pest Control Sunflower Services

Author:  Janet Weseloh

You drive by our offices, see our trucks on the street and have us spray your homes and businesses for pests.   You know we have been around for many years, but do you know how long pest control has been around?

Pest control has been around since our ancestors first started farming, trying to control insects from getting into their crops.

The first recorded instance of pest control is around 2500 BC when the Sumerians used sulfur compounds to kill insects. The Egyptians and Chinese used herbs and oils to control insects and pests.  The Chinese also used arsenic as an insecticide in gardens.

Other methods used were tilling of the soils. Such as spading and plowing, which buried disease organisms and covered some insects, preventing their emerging from the soil to destroy crops.

Through the years, man has used whatever intellect, skills and resources he possessed to ward off, control or kill insects and pests. People used such common sense methods as covering their beds with nets to protect themselves against insects. They used different herbs and spices to ward off pests in foodstuffs and used

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Author: Janet Weseloh

Spring is officially here!

As we till up those garden spots and flowerbeds, we are sure to encounter different creatures, such as the centipede and the millipede.

While we all think of anything that creeps and crawls as insects, the centipede and millipede are in fact not insects but Myriapoda (meaning “myriads of legs”) a subphylum of the phylum Arthropoda, which is a broader group of invertebrates to which insects and arachnids also belong.

Here are some ways to distinguish between a centipede and a millipede

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Author: Janet Weseloh

With our busy lifestyles we don’t need complications.  With spring coming on, the threat of termites can be a problem for any homeowner.  Most of the time we don’t think about termites until we happen to be confronted with evidence of damage, tunneling or termites themselves, around our homes.  Then we scurry to find information about termites and controlling them.

Here is some information to help you understand more about the termite.

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Author: Janet Weseloh

Photo:  Wikimedia Commons

Even the most stouthearted individual might take a step back if surprised by this bizarre, long legged, fast moving Arthropod.

While the house centipede might look freakish and eerie, it is actually a helpful insect residing in your environment. They feed on undesirable insects, such as spiders, silverfish and cockroaches that invade your home.

The house centipede needs a damp environment to survive. They prefer to make their home in dark, damp places such as bathrooms, closets, basements and cellars. They come out at night to hunt prey, usually hiding during the daylight hours.

The usual color of the house centipede is yellow or gray, with brown stripes running along it’s back. Their legs have alternating light and dark bands running around them. The adult house centipede has an

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By Janet Weseloh

Have you ever wondered where insects disappear to when the weather grows cold? Do they die?  Do they leave?  Where do they go?

Insects have different ways of dealing with the winter weather.

Two obvious ways that we humans see are migration and hibernation.  We have all noticed in the fall, the increased amounts of Monarch Butterflies, as they make their way south.  They, along with other insects and some crops pests, use migration

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By Janet Weseloh

Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Unless they are annoying us, most of us pay little attention to bugs outdoors.

Even when that bug is as distinctive as the box elder bug. This black bug, with its colorful reddish orange markings along its thorax and on its sides, is largely ignored, unless a homeowner finds large numbers gathered around their home or until it finds it way indoors.  The smaller nymphs are wingless and bright red in color.

In the fall, you may notice unusually large numbers of box elder bugs sunning along an outside south or west wall of a building.  At this point some box elder bugs, trying to find a warm place to overwinter, may find their way into your home. Sealing cracks and entrances may be of some help in keeping this pest outdoors.  They do seem to prefer the limestone buildings around our area.

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By Janet Weseloh

Image Credit: Baldur Helgason from New York, USA

The smell of evergreen puts one in the mood for the holidays.

While the warmth of our homes accentuates the evergreen smell, it may also rouse any insects hibernating in your tree.
Some small insects that may be over wintering in your tree are aphids, spider mites, beetles, praying matids and the occasional spider.
Don’t panic!  Most of them won’t be able to survive for long without

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By Janet Weseloh

Photo Credit: Necrophorus at de.wikipedia

As I was gathering information for my last blog on rodents, I came across this interesting little mouse.

This member of the rodent family can be found from Mexico, through the central United States and into Canada.
They prefer dryer sandier soils.   Here in Kansas you can find them in

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Author: Janet Weseloh

COME SEE OUR NEW FREE APP!

We here at World Pest Control have some thrilling technological news to share!

We are please to introduce our new World Pest Control app.

With our app, you will be able to access our pest library, Janet’s blogs, and videos of bedbugs, termites and more.
You will also be able to e-mail us photos of any pests that you have questions about.  If you happen to be traveling and you come across what you think might be a bed bug, just e-mail us a photo and we can help you identify it. This could save you a lot of headache and money down the road.

We invite you to download our app and browse.

Just go to the play store on your android phone and type in World Pest Control to download it. Our app has our logo of a sunflower on it, or just hit the “Download for Android” logo up at the top of this post.

Look for our app coming soon to apple.

So download our free app and enjoy the services we have to offer.
If you have any questions or suggestions just let us know.
We can’t wait to hear from you!

Author: Janet Weseloh

Rats and Mice? Mice and Rats?

Either way you say it, we have been trying to eliminate them for years, just as our ancestors before us.  Along with invading homes, markets, restaurants, warehouses and factories, they damage foodstuffs, causing large dollar amounts of damage each year. Because of their gnawing abilities they cause monetary damage to floors, walls, doors and electrical wiring.

Calls have been coming in about how to keep rodents out of houses, sheds and workshops.

Exclusion is your most effective move. Taking the time to locate and seal holes is the first thing you need to do. Remove any debris, which can serve as a hiding place for rodents.

Some types of mice found in our area are, the house mouse, harvest mouse and the

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