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Posted by Kirk Dean | Pest Control

Boise area homes are often bombarded with these webs that are created. If not taken care of, these webs instead of catching prey, end up catching dirt and sand and mud. After a rainstorm or two, or your sprinklers hitting them, you have the beginnings of a material that will not extract itself from your …

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Posted by Kirk Dean | Pest Control

I took the following picture of a paper wasp situation at Oakmont sub in Nampa, Idaho:  Notice these paper wasps congregating, and not around a nest? In my experience, It usually means one of two things. 1. The nest has grown too large for a small space–like inside vinyl siding. Or: 2. Their nest has …

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Posted by Kirk Dean | Pest Control

While meeting with a customer in the Bridgetower subdivision in Meridian, Idaho, I saw quite a sight: A wolf spider! And not only a wolf spider, but a wolf spider with hundreds of babies on her back! Won’t that make you sleep good tonight! While observing this particular spider, she tried to escape our gaze …

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Posted by Kirk Dean | Pest Control

Imagine this: you get up one morning after a wonderful nights sleep. Imagine that you wake with a zest to start working on your backyard, to prune some trees that you have been needing to prune for a while. You go out your back door to begin on your Apple tree first. Imagine this is …

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