Uncategorized - Lloyd Pest Control https://www.lloydpest.com Residential and Commercial Exterminators Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:44:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.lloydpest.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-lloyd-pest-control-icon-1-32x32.png Uncategorized - Lloyd Pest Control https://www.lloydpest.com 32 32 The Journey of the Argentine Ant https://www.lloydpest.com/blog/the-journey-of-the-argentine-ant/ Wed, 06 Mar 2019 22:27:47 +0000 https://www.lloydpest.com/?p=901 In Southern California, we see our share of ants. In fact, we’ve written several posts about why you get ants in your home, how to prevent ants, and how to treat ants. Here at Lloyd Pest Control , we are always on the lookout for news and discussions about our favorite topic – pests! Recently, […]

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Here at Lloyd Pest Control , we are always on the lookout for news and discussions about our favorite topic – pests! Recently, we came across a podcast that outlines the history of the Argentine Ant . We can thank a steamboat out of Buenos Aires in the 1890’s for transporting them to Louisiana and then the great advancement of cross-country trains to land them in California by 1907.

Argentine Ants are an invasive species. Their strategy is simple: kill anything that isn’t one of us. Argentine Ants have managed to do just that. The super colony they have created spans every continent except Antarctica.

During the podcast, David Howay, an ecologist and evolutionary biologist from UC San Diego takes you to a driveway in Escondido, California where he demonstrates the nasty and loyal habits of the Argentine Ant.
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]]> How to Set a Mousetrap https://www.lloydpest.com/blog/how-to-set-a-mousetrap-2/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 20:34:35 +0000 https://www.lloydpest.com/?p=496 Trap: Use a Victor Mousetrap. Note: mice are neophobic, which means they are afraid of new things, so it will take them some time to get to know the trap.  Don’t be discouraged if the trap isn’t sprung the first day. Bait: Contrary to popular cartoons, mice prefer peanut butter to cheese. It works best […]

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Use a Victor Mousetrap. Note: mice are neophobic, which means they are afraid of new things, so it will take them some time to get to know the trap.  Don’t be discouraged if the trap isn’t sprung the first day.

Victor Snap Mouse Trap

Bait:

Contrary to popular cartoons, mice prefer peanut butter to cheese. It works best when you sprinkle a small amount of oatmeal on top of the peanut butter. Mice are attracted to the smell of the oils in the peanut butter and the grains of the oatmeal.

 

Placement:

Perpendicular to the wall – so that the mouse will be caught no matter which direction it is coming from. Mice have poor eyesight and use whiskers to feel their way around, staying close to the wall – using their whiskers like little curb feelers. You may see droppings or oily brown streaks (from the oil on the fur) along the base of the wall

 

(DIAGRAM FROM JAMES HERE)

 

Disposal

 

Don’t:

Never use poisonous rodent bait for interior rodent infestations. If ingested, baits can be dangerous to children and pets. Additionally, after mice eat the bait, they’ll go somewhere else to die (like between your walls) and will eventually rot and smell.

 

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