Category Archives: Pest Control

Posted by Kirk Dean | Pest Control

Have you ever looked up on your wall or ceiling and notice some dark spot? You get up to look at it, and upon closer inspection, it moves? What happens next depends on your tolerance/disposition towards bugs in your house. But I think we can all agree, then what happens next isn’t pretty. Most often …

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Posted by Kirk Dean | Pest Control

I got a call from a customer the other day who and some lawn problems. I went and found some chinch bugs! Chinch bugs are a native species whose natural host are grains and turfgrass. Change bugs, and all lifecycles feed on the juices of the grass. Chinch Bug saliva inside the grass causes yellowing …

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Posted by Kirk Dean | Pest Control

A little while ago I posted about goat control as a possibility for the future of Barrier pest-control in the Boise area. Well, I was wrong. Stuffed raccoons seems to be the ticket: Whether it be goats or stuffed raccoons or your more traditional spiders, ants, earwigs, mice or wasps, you can count on us …

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Posted by Kirk Dean | Pest Control

Pest Control is something we’ve done for years, and typically we are very confident in our abilities to help ANYONE with their pest control needs. But in June we were witness to a pest problem you dont see very often, and though it pains us to say, we were out of our depth!  These aren’t …

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Posted by Kirk Dean | Pest Control

Paper wasps can be prolific! In Boise, at the Hidden Springs Subdivision, I ran into to some paper wasps that had attach their nests a house. How many nests can you see? Spoiler alert: The answer is below! Though it’s difficult to see, there are seven nests on this eave! Still can’t see the seventh? …

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Posted by Kirk Dean | Pest Control

After a recent pest control treatment in Nampa, Idaho we noticed this classified with the picture attached:  Wasp Classifieds: 5 single yellow/black male wasps looking for new housing as housing was destroyed recently by a pest control company (Barrier). Want to be as close to humans as wasply possible so we can endanger their family …

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