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The Odorous House Ant.
Your worst nightmare. You wake up one morning and stroll into the kitchen in a sleepy stupor. You open the cabinet to reach for the honey to discover with horror a seething black mass of small, writhing ants. Welcome to spring!
With recent questions raised from the community with regards to distinguishing Odorous […]

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The call came through as “unidentified, long, thin bugs on the ceiling”. Okay, what next? I arrived to find precisely that. Suspended from the ceiling in an otherwise ordinary living room, 1/4-1/2″ “cocoons”. I counted 15 of them.
When asked how long this interesting phenomenon had been taking place, Mrs. […]

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You learn something new every day. I was just googling American Pest Management to see how many links actually had to do with our company and I found this link to the EPA and a membership in the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program. Pretty fascinating.
Check it out! http://www.epa.gov/oppbppd1/PESP/member_pages/apm.htm
TAGS: Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program, American Pest Management, Mark […]

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Controlling neighborhood rodent populations
Bird feeders. Dog poop. Compost piles. Oh my! These seemingly innocuous backyard mainstays may not spell trouble to you, but to a seasoned pest control professional, they add up to just one thing: Rats!

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Sorry about the title……but good video……..some of the bed bugs used in this video were undoubtably sent to Dr Potter from me!!!

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Yesterday, I saw termites above ground in an apartment. They were on the carpet probably above a plywood sub-floor. As I poked and prodded the workers became obvious. Seems like a good case for Sentricon.
Tags: termites, sentricon, workers

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Today, I had a small part in the launch of American Pest Management’s new blog site. The site is now live at http://www.americanpestmanagement.com. I am the technical contact for this site’s authors. I find this whole concept exciting.
Mark Miller
American Pest Management, Inc.
mmiller at americanpest dot net
AIM: nkslaughter
MSN: nkslaughter at hotmail dot com
Skype: nkslaughter
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American Pest Launches Industrial Strength Bug Blog
Company-wide effort aimed at helping Northern Virginia, D.C. and Maryland nieghborhoods
Takoma Park, MD - March, 7, 2007 - American Pest Management, the oldest local pest control management firm serving homeowners, commercial properties and government buildings including The White House, today announced that it has launched a […]

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