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Pest Exterminator License: Rules, Regulations, and Renewal

Pest Exterminator License: Rules, Regulations, and Renewal

Thinking about getting into pest control or maybe you're already in the business and need to renew your credentials? This article is for you. We're going to break down what you need to know about getting and keeping a pest exterminator license. It's not just about...

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Understanding the Role of a PCO Pest Control in Canada

Understanding the Role of a PCO Pest Control in Canada

When you've got critters making a mess of your home or business, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. That's where a PCO pest control service comes in. Think of them as the pros who know exactly how to handle everything from ants marching across your kitchen counter to...

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Skunk Breeding Season: How to Keep Them Out of Your Yard

Skunk Breeding Season: How to Keep Them Out of Your Yard

Ever wonder why you're seeing more skunks around your place lately? Well, it might have something to do with Skunk Breeding Season. These little critters get pretty busy this time of year, and sometimes that means they end up in our yards. Nobody wants a surprise...

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What Mosquitoes Look Like

What Mosquitoes Look Like

Adult mosquitoes, like other insects, have three body parts. These are their head, thorax, and abdomen - each featuring long legs connected by membranous wings with scaled surfaces attached at their thoraces; three pairs of long legs connect these scaled wings...

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What Kinds of Termites Are in Canada?

What Kinds of Termites Are in Canada?

In Canada, the most common types of termites that bug people include the eastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes), the western subterranean termite (Reticulitermes Hesperus), and the Pacific termite (Zootermopsis). These critters hang out in different parts of...

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How to identify Ticks?

How to identify Ticks?

Ticks are small creatures similar to spiders and mites, yet with eight legs instead of six and no antennae. Ticks attach themselves to animals such as mammals, birds, and reptiles by latching onto them and sucking out blood for sustenance while often spreading...

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How to Spot Wasps

How to Spot Wasps

Wasps differ from bees by being smooth with no hair. Their three body parts include the head, thorax, and abdomen--connected by an intermediate part called a "waist." Wasps typically have six legs for flying with two pairs of see-through wings connected at their...

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How To Recognize Fleas

How To Recognize Fleas

Fleas are very small wingless insects measuring approximately 2.5mm long that can be identified with ease by any person using the naked eye. Their bodies appear flattened along their sides for visibility while their hind legs have evolved for jumping purposes and can...

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How to Identify Wildlife

How to Identify Wildlife

Canada is home to an extraordinary diversity of wildlife species, such as 26 snake species and over 20 squirrel species alone! There's also wide variation when it comes to where wildlife pests choose to settle down in Canada. Raccoons build their dens in tree cavities...

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How to Spot a Spider

How to Spot a Spider

Spiders come in all forms and sizes, yet their basic identification remains fairly easy due to several shared characteristics that allow easy identification. Notably, all spiders possess four pairs of segmented, thin legs allowing easy tracking when trying to spot one...

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Where Can Rodents Live

Where Can Rodents Live

Rodents are adaptable animals that have spread all around the globe, famously spreading diseases such as the Black Death in the 14th century. Millions died as a direct result. Canada is home to three main types of rodent pests - house mice, Norway rats, and roof rats....

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Where do Other Pests Live?

Where do Other Pests Live?

Canada is home to an astounding variety of pests and their respective environments are vast. Aphids favour living on newly planted flowers while bed bugs prefer multi-unit buildings; wasps nest in eaves and decking while centipedes favour dark basements millipedes...

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