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How To Prevent Mosquitoes In Your Yard
There are many bugs that homeowners never want to see in their yards. Mosquitoes are at the top of the list. Not only are they a buzzing, biting nuisance, mosquitoes can also transmit serious diseases like West Nile and Zika. Keeping mosquitoes out of your yard is all about prevention. Homeowners can outsmart these pesky…
Read MoreChinch Bugs & Your Yard
The Southern Threat to Your Yard Central Texas has survived the scorching heat and flooding storms of Summer ‘16. Fall may still be a few weeks away from bringing cold temperatures our way, making it the perfect time to enjoy the outdoors and specifically your lawn. Unfortunately, with our wettest days behind us and temperatures…
Read MoreLadybugs Actually Love-Bugs?
Who would’ve thought ladybugs are actually love-bugs? In what one could refer to as a ladybug Bacchanalia, thousands of ladybugs converge every year for a mating ritual of epic proportions. If you stumbled upon one of these ladybug celebratory sites, you might mistake the spots on the trees for rust. If you stop to think,…
Read MoreHuman Trials for Zika Vaccine
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, based in Plymouth Meeting, Pa, in collaboration with GeneOne Life Science in Seoul, South Korea, announced that they will soon be conducting the first human trial of a vaccination for the Zika virus. The Zika Virus The Zika virus is a rare virus carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. It is considered…
Read MoreZika Virus: Protect Yourself
Recently the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of mosquitoes is the new threat of the Zika virus. The Zika Virus has not spread to the United States, but that does not mean that we shouldn’t educate ourselves on what to do in order to prevent the contraction and spread of the virus.…
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