<![CDATA[Arkansas Pest Control at a Better Price. Bed Bug Treatments Guaranteed. - News]]>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 02:07:33 -0500Weebly<![CDATA[Summer is here!]]>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:45:54 GMThttp://www.hometownpestcontrolar.com/news/summer-is-hereWhy Summer Is the Best Time to Schedule Pest Control
As temperatures rise and summer kicks into full gear, pests become more active—and more invasive. Ants trail through kitchens, mosquitoes swarm backyards, and wasps, spiders, roaches, and rodents look for food, water, and shelter. That’s why summer is prime time for pest control.

At Hometown Pest Control, we know how important it is to protect your home and family during the busiest pest season of the year. Here’s why now is the right time to act—and what you can do to stay ahead of the pests.

🐜 Why Pests Are Worse in Summer
During the warmer months, many insects and rodents emerge from hiding or hibernation to breed and forage. Your yard, home, and even your pet’s food bowl become targets. Common summer pests include:
  • Ants – Seeking food and moisture, often in kitchens and bathrooms
  • Mosquitoes – Breeding in standing water and attacking at dawn and dusk
  • Wasps and Hornets – Building nests in eaves, sheds, and trees
  • Roaches – Attracted to heat, food crumbs, and damp areas
  • Spiders – Following other insects inside your home
  • Mice and Rats – Finding cool, shaded areas in garages and basements

🛡️ Benefits of Summer Pest Control

1. Prevent Infestations Before They Grow
Early summer treatments stop small problems from turning into full-blown infestations.
2. Protect Your Family's Health
Mosquitoes, ticks, and rodents can spread diseases like West Nile Virus, Lyme Disease, and Salmonella. Proper pest control helps protect your loved ones.
3. Keep Your Yard Enjoyable
Enjoy cookouts, gardening, and outdoor fun without swatting at bugs or dodging wasps.
4. Long-Lasting Protection
Professional treatments in the summer provide a barrier that keeps pests away into the fall.

🏠 What You Can Do
  • Seal entry points – Check screens, door seals, and cracks in your foundation
  • Remove standing water – Mosquitoes only need a capful to breed
  • Clean up crumbs and spills – Especially in the kitchen and pet areas
  • Schedule a professional inspection – Catch hidden problems before they get worse

📞 Call Hometown Pest Control Today

Summer pests won’t wait—and neither should you. At Hometown Pest Control, we offer fast, friendly, and affordable service to keep your home pest-free all season long.
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Article: https://weather.com/news/news/tropical-bedbugs-return-to-florida-after-60-years
​by: The Weather Channel

Story Highlights
  • There hasn’t been a confirmed case of tropical bed bugs in Florida since the 1940s.
  • Common female bed bugs can lay 200 eggs; tropicals lay 500.
  • Researchers are asking people to send bed bug samples in for analysis.

The United States is facing an invasion threat that the country hasn’t seen since World War II.
Researchers in Florida have discovered a case of rare tropical bed bugs, which are larger and more prolific breeders than common bed bugs, on Merritt Island near the Ulumay Wildlife Sanctuary, Florida Today reports.

Common female bed bugs can lay 200 eggs; tropicals lay 500, Ivan Starkey of Fort Myers Pest Control told NBC-2. "They multiply at a faster rate, they lay more eggs than are common bed bugs that we are dealing with today," he said.

The tropical bed bug, which hasn't been seen in Florida in 60 years, has resurfaced in the state, researchers say. (Screenshot courtesy of Inform)

Though common bed bugs are, well, common in Florida and other states across the country, there hasn’t been a confirmed case of the tropical variety in Florida since the 1940s. Experts fear this new case may be the frontline of a resurgence in population.

"I personally believe that in Florida, we have all of the right conditions that could potentially help spread tropical bed bugs,” University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences doctoral student Brittany Campbell, who coauthored a recent journal article about the discovery, said in a press release. “As long as you have people traveling and moving bed bugs around, there is a real potential for this species to spread and establish in homes and other dwellings.”
Biologically, the release says, tropical bed bugs aren’t that much different from common bed bugs. They feed on human blood and bites can cause itchy, blistery reactions.

(MORE: Invasive New Guinea Flatworm Is Spreading Through South Florida)

“They are stimulated when we go to bed at night. We release a pheromone, and that pheromone attracts them,” Barry Inman, Brevard County Health Department epidemiologist, told WESH. “You get a female who gets a blood meal from someone, she can lay thousands of eggs and may not need another blood meal for some time -- weeks and weeks.”
Researchers don’t know where the new infestation originated from, but suspect that Port Canaveral may be ground zero. 
"A lot of pests that do get into Florida, a lot of them do pop up in ports," Campbell told Florida Today.
Campbell is asking people who think they may have an infestation of tropical be bugs to capture specimens and send them to her and her colleagues for analysis.

Researchers are worried that the bugs may spread to other states. (Screenshot courtesy of Inform)

“I have been asking people to send bed bug samples to our laboratory so that I can properly identify the species,” she said. “If they do have a bed bug infestation, because they are so difficult to control, I ask that people consult a pest-control company for a professional service.”

Campbell recommends people place specimens into a small plastic container or sealed into a plastic bag, folded over multiple times to help cushion the insects from being smashed.
They can then send them directly to Campbell at the UF/IFAS entomology and nematology department; University of Florida; 1881 Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, Florida, 32611 or to the identification lab at UF (http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/insectid/).
(MORE: Poisonous Toad Plaguing Florida Puts Pets in Peril)
Campbell hopes that further study will help researchers figure out how to deal with what could be a growing pest problem.
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“There isn’t as much research available on tropical bed bugs as common bed bugs,” Campbell said in the press release, “but hypothetically they should be able to be controlled the same way as the common bed bug species because their biology/behavior are similar.”

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