In response to health official recommendations concerning the spread of coronavirus, at Universal Pest Control we'll be taking steps to limit exposure to both our customers and technicians.
Inspections and treatments that do not require entrance to the home will continue as scheduled. (We’ll wave to you through the window.)
Inspections and treatments that require access to the interior of your home will be rescheduled until after officials have deemed the situation recovered.
By taking these measures, our dedicated team can protect your family’s health and theirs. If you have an exterior treatment coming up within the next month or two, please consider calling us to move it up. This will help to lessen the impact Universal Pest Control will surely face trying to reschedule treatments following the outbreak during an already hectic season.
We appreciate your patience as we all work together through these troubling times.
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Coronavirus Statement - Universal Pest Control
Yikes! The stuff of nightmares? We see this here in FL too.
http://ow.ly/7n4x50BBK1S
WEATHER.COM
Floating Fire Ants Left Behind in Texas Floodwaters After Beta - Videos from The Weather Channel | weather.com
I Love My Dog
May 19 at 10:13 PM ·
Repeat after me: “I will NOT eat bees!” 🐝 😝 🐶 🐾
This is Bam Bam. He supervised everything we did at his home yesterday. His mustache is the envy of every high school boy in the country!
An interesting lesson from the insect world 🐜
http://ow.ly/gJ4d50AQwEw
WIRED.COM
What Can Ants and Bees Teach Us About Containing Disease?
As boaters and sailors ourselves, we can attest that this would be a trip of gargantuan challenges--especially with only 24 hours notice! Some good news for your week.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/son-sails-solo-across-atlantic-to-reach-90-yo-father-in-pandemic/
GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG
After COVID Cancels All Flights, One Man Sailed Solo Across the Atlantic to Reach His 90-Year-old Father
Bat World Sanctuary
October 8 at 3:03 PM ·
It's that time of year when young bats are learning to migrate and hibernate for the winter. They sometimes get lost and end up in human structures. Bats are valuable, gentle, intelligent and clean and they need help when they are lost. If you find a bat trapped inside a building (or in any trouble otherwise) please remember to use gloves to place the bat inside a box with a lid, then contact us. We have rescuers across the US and will do our best to help. :)
We are very careful about the types of products we use when treating pests on boats and other areas around the water, because toxic chemicals can so easily infiltrate our water systems and poison the creatures living there. As a dedicated sailor, I also just love the ocean and everything in it. This was encouraging news to read.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/costa-rica-turtles-gps-eggs/
GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG
New Technology for Saving Endangered Sea Turtles Uses Decoy GPS Eggs to Catch Poachers – And it Works
How is this for some good news on your Friday?!
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bee-populations-growing-in-us-states-like-michigan-texas-and-maine/
GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG
Bee Populations Are Increasing in Many States–With Maine Seeing 70% Rise in 2 Years
Just in time for Halloween: https://bugandtermitecontrol.com/bug-blog/spider-myths-and-legends/
BUGANDTERMITECONTROL.COM
Spider Myths and Legends From Around the World - Universal Pest Control
A seasonally appropriate post for this month! 🦇 Bats are our friends. https://bugandtermitecontrol.com/bug-blog/backyard-buddies-all-about-bats/
BUGANDTERMITECONTROL.COM
Backyard Buddies: All About Bats - Universal Pest Control
BBC Earth
November 2 at 5:03 PM ·
Ready for the disco 🕺
No, you’re not hallucinating! Meet the chrysilla volupe, arguably the most colourful spider in the world. This particular species of jumping spider can be found across India and Sri Lanka but the jumping spider family contains over 6,000 different species!
#EarthCapture by Pavan Kumar
Joyce Ostrander Yonker
November 8 at 11:54 PM ·
It’s cold out there. Please be kind to opossums. Many of them find a cozy place to combat the cold. (so many we see are missing parts of tails , ears , toes , due to previous frost bite) Your porch, under your shed, etc. may be the only place they have to go. They won’t hurt anything and shooing them out may be certain death due to lack of shelter. They are Northern America’s ONLY marsupial. And these precious souls RARELY get rabies, they eat fleas, ticks and other pests.
Please ❤ This holiday season. Be kind. Be the change you wish to see in the world
Good tips if you're planning on getting a tree this weekend!
https://bugandtermitecontrol.com/bug-blog/how-to-avoid-bugs-in-your-christmas-tree/
Wow!
RETURNTONOW.NET
Here's How Bees and Butterflies See Flowers. No Wonder They Love Them!
This is good news!
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/20-new-species-found-in-zongo-valley-bolivia/
GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG
New Species, Devil-eyed Frog, and Satyr Butterfly Not Seen For a Century Found in Forests 30 Miles From the Capital
Microbats of Melbourne
January 23 at 12:09 AM ·
This is the kind of bat info we should be spreading :D
OK we know Christmas is still 10 months away but...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/worlds-most-interesting-insects-180974748/
SMITHSONIANMAG.COM
The World's Most Interesting Insects
Veriko KoCountry Corner
May 7, 2020 at 1:21 PM ·
Lorna Steele added a new photo to the album: Opossum Rehab.
March 18 at 12:32 PM ·
Wildlife baby season has begun, so I'll be posting some informational PSA's to help them out.
Many orphans can be left a few hours to see if mom comes back...NOT OPOSSUMS! If you see a baby like this one in a yard or anywhere, get it quickly in a little box or pet carrier with a blanket and keep warm and call a wild life rescue. Momma opossum can have up to 13 babies. As they grow, they don't all fit in the pouch so they ride on her back. If something startles her and she runs, one can fall off. Momma doesn't know she lost one so please never ever leave one thinking mom will come back...
