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Ladybugs, Often Called White Waxy Ladies
When the waxy lady bug is in the larvae stage, the larvae will devour several thousand immature scale insects. As an adult lady bug, the bug will eat many other harmful insects. Sometimes we do get a bit carried away and will eliminate beneficial insects along with the harmful insects. Lady bugs are very easy to identify: they are usually black with two red spots n the wing covers. Sometimes there will be yellowish spots or stripes on their backs... Read full article » |
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BOG does not provide care for indoor plants but we all have indoor plants to care for. The sin most prevalent problem with house plants is overwatering. Early symptoms include wilting an yellowing of the foliage. Water saturation will kill the roots because of the lack of oxygen in the potting mix caused by the overwatering... Read full article »
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Chickweed is an edible variety of weed. One can use chickweed in salads (wash thoroughly!!) Chickweed is very common and very easy to recognize. It appears in the spring, however, so far this winter we have seen chickweed on numerous properties that we manage. If we have a cool and wet early spring followed by rain in early summer we will have additional seasons of chickweed... Read full article »
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"Mosquitoes reign in region"
The above is the headline in the Evening Capital from October 3, 2011. The recent very heavy rains have resulted in a dire and dangerous situation.
We at BOG Pest Control have been very worried about the results of over 30" of rain in large parts of our service area. Yesterday one of techs came back to the shop with very disconcerting news: he had been bitten ... Read full article » |
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Emerald Ash Borer
The Emerald Ash Borer, as shown, has arrived into Howard County. This nasty pest is moving ever closer to Baltimore City. Baltimore City has approximately 300,000 Ash trees. The cost, just to remove a dead or dying tree is in the neighborhood of $500-1000. Read full article » |
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Sod Webworms
Sod webworms...well ominous name...but just what are these things? First: a rarity, these guys are
Native American! Unbelievable, very hard to imagine our very own insect problem!! Read full article » |
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Bagworms
Now is the time to find bagworms! The bags start off as very small silken containers on the underside of the stems on the trees. Most often the bagworms infest Leyland Cypress, Japanese maple and spruce (all varieties). Good description: the bags look like small pine cones! The bags are very difficult to tear open: they are silk! Read full article » |
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Moss
We do get calls frequently in regards to the presence of moss. We suppose there are choices: learn to love the moss, after all moss doesn't need to be cut, trimmed, poisoned or even fertilized., hate the moss and try to rid the property of moss, or simply put sell the home and move... Read full article » |
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WEEDS!!!! WEEDS!!!! WEEDS!!!! WEEDS!!!!
Want to have some fun? Look at the names of the following: Giant Foxtail, Creeping Bentgrass, Goosegrass, Green Foxtail, Large Crabgrass, Smooth Crabgrass (oh, come on!), Nimbleweed (kidding right!), Quackgrass (my favorite!), Yellow Foxtail, and the grand daddy of them all: annual bluegrass. Annual Bluegrass is found in every country! Talk about tough!.. Read full article »
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is transmitted in the United States by one of three varieties of ticks. Two of the ticks are known as dog ticks and are: the American dog tick and the brown dog tick. The third variety of tick is the Rocky mountain wood tick. The fever can occur anywhere in the United States... Read full article » |
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Termite Swarms: panic or...investigate or...call for help?
Choices! Spring time sure brings a lot of things to look out for! There are hundreds of insects that are fighting for their survival. Termites are wood destroying; as are carpenter bees! Every property has termites: the termites are eventually going to find your home... Read full article » |
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Wild Onion and Wild Garlic
In the central Maryland area we often find wild onion and garlic growing in our lawns. The dominate plant of the two in our area is the wild onion. You may have noticed the wild onion plant in lawns that late in the green up process in the spring... Read full article » |
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The Dangers of Dumping Live Bait into the Tidal Chesapeake
Very often anglers will arrive back at the dock, clean the fish that have been caught, hose off the boat, clean up the equipment and then make a potential very big error: dump the leftover bait into the dock area or even worse... Read full article » |
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White Tail Deer and Ticks
Ticks in our area generally involve white tail deer. We are aware that the deer population is a burden to the environment and presents a variety of challenges. One of the more serious challenges is the proliferation of Lyme disease. Lyme disease has more than doubled in the last decade... Read full article » |
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West Nile Virus
The reality of the West Nile Virus (WNV) is that the disease was first found in the United States in 1992 and since that date horses, birds and humans have been infected sometimes with catastrophic results. While the first outbreak was in New York City... Read full article » |
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Alert! Eastern Tent Caterpillars
Have you noticed the caterpillars? They are Eastern Tent Caterpillars. On the plus side the tent caterpillars will help you to identify wild cherry trees. Wild cherry trees are the preferred targets of the tent caterpillars. Initially you will notice the silk webs (yes, silk!)... Read full article » |
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Pest Alert: Indianmeal Moth
Have you ever opened the pantry, picked up a bag of flour and seen moths scatter? Or worse yet have you opened a box from the pantry and found what looks like maggots in the product? Read full article » |
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Pest Alert: Gypsy Moth
Early spring through mid to late May is the time frame for Gypsy moths. The moths emerge as caterpillars and feed on the tender leaves of hardwood trees. Severe infestations can and often do result in complete defoliation of trees, sometimes conifers... Read full article » |
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Army Ants
Sometimes it is just plain interesting to find learn about some of the more exotic insects in the world. This is especially true if the insect is not in the area where you live... Read full article » |
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Why use lime? Why not!!!
Of all of the applications you make to your lawn; the addition of the correct amount of lime is one of the most important. Without knowledge of the pH of your soil you are not able to supply your lawn with the appropriate nutrition for the lawn... Read full article » |
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Do your flower beds have weeds? My mother's flower beds did!!
I can vividly remember my mother discussing the problem she had with weeds in the flower beds. I guess that the better word, rather than discuss, was the condemnation of the weeds in the beds... Read full article » |
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My Mom's War Against Ants!!
If ever there was a word that upsets all women that word must be ants!
Ants (without using pest control) can invade an apparently clean environment literally overnight. So far there are over 22,000 varieties of ants recorded, with 12,000 fully identified... Read full article » |
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Mosquitoes: The Scourge of man!
I remember as a kid the lovely nights of playing outside in the summer months (to us that meant any night we could run, play hide-n-seek without having to wear a coat and most of the time wear short pants.) Mosquitoes sure messed things up... Read full article » |
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Voles and Moles: often confused but very different!
In my experiences with moles and voles I find that my customers really do not know the difference between the rodents. Yep, both cause untold damage to the property. Yep, moles like grubs but would rather eat earth worms as a preference. Moles in particular can really tunnel in their never ending search for food! Read full article » |
