Pest Control Help (and trivia too!)

We offer Portland pest control, Seattle pest control, Phoenix pest control, as well as pest control throughout Idaho, Washington, Arizona, Oregon, Colorado, and Texas. Alpha Ecological cares about you, your family and the environment. For more than 20 years, we have also cared about offering effective green pest control services to protect your home and workplace from unwanted visitors who may not only be a nuisance, but who can also pose dangerous threats to your home, health and safety. Many people wonder if it is possible to offer reduced impact pest control that really works and the great news is — yes, it is!

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Blow flies are the first kind of insect attracted to an animal carcass following death.

Bug trivia: Blow flies are the first kind of insect attracted to an animal carcass following death.

(fact source: SI. edu)

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Some ants sleep seven hours a day.

Daily bug fact: Some ants sleep seven hours a day. (fact source: http://bit.ly/MFVMGK) Alpha Ecological not only controls pests, we educate you about them too!

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The Brazilian wandering spiders are the most venomous spiders in the world.

Bug trivia from Alpha Ecological Pest Control: The Brazilian wandering spiders are the most venomous spiders in the world.  (fact source: http://bit.ly/MFVMGK)

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Daily bug fact: Tarantulas can live 30 years.

(fact source: Stuff n Thingz .com)

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The Jungle Nymph Stick is one of the heaviest insects. In Malaysia they are often kept by people who feed them guava leaves and use the droppings to make tea.

Alpha Ecological knows bugs. Here’s some trivia for you: The Jungle Nymph Stick is one of the heaviest insects. In Malaysia they are often kept by people who feed them guava leaves and use the droppings to make tea. (fact source: http://bit.ly/IO6kEx)

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Did you know the bite from a black widow spider is not automatically fatal?

Alpha Ecological knows bugs. Here's some trivia for you: Did you know the bite from a black widow spider is not automatically fatal? In fact, less than 1% of all people bitten by this spider run the risk of dying, and most of them are saved with the use of antivenin? (fact source:http://bit.ly/LWes4l)

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A midge fly holds the record for the fastest wing beat - 1046 times a second!

Bug trivia from Alpha Ecological Pest Control: A midge fly holds the record for the fastest wing beat - 1046 times a second! (fact source:http://bit.ly/MFVMGK)

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A cockroach can live without its head for about 9 days.

Alpha Ecological knows bugs. Here's some trivia for you: A cockroach can live without its head for about 9 days. After that it dies of starvation. (fact source: http://bit.ly/IO6kEx) Add us to your circles for more bug trivia everyday!

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There are about 1,700 varieties of praying mantis

Daily bug fact: There are about 1,700 varieties of praying mantis.  (fact source: http://bit.ly/MFVMGK) Alpha Ecological not only controls pests, we educate you about them too!

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Beetles account for one quarter of all known species of plants and animals.

Another bug fact from Alpha Ecological Pest Control: Beetles account for one quarter of all known species of plants and animals. There are more kinds of beetles than all plants. (fact source:http://bit.ly/9JGQxU)

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Some worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food!

Another bug fact from Alpha Ecological Pest Control: Some worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food! (fact source:http://bit.ly/IO6kEx)

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Approximately 2,000 silkworm cocoons are needed to produce one pound of silk.

Bug trivia from Alpha Ecological Pest Control: Approximately 2,000 silkworm cocoons are needed to produce one pound of silk. (fact source:http://bit.ly/MFVMGK)

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The female yellow jacket wasp lays both fertilized and unfertilized eggs. Female workers develop from the fertilized egg and male drones develop from the unfertilized egg.

Alpha Ecological knows bugs. Here's some trivia for you: The female yellow jacket wasp lays both fertilized and unfertilized eggs. Female workers develop from the fertilized egg and male drones develop from the unfertilized egg. (fact source:http://bit.ly/LWes4l)

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A German cockroach can survive a month or more without food...but less than two weeks without water.

Daily bug fact: A German cockroach can survive a month or more without food...but less than two weeks without water.  (fact source:http://bit.ly/MFVMGK) Alpha Ecological not only controls pests, we educate you about them too!

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Of the 35,000 species of spiders, only 27 species are known to have caused human fatalities

Daily bug fact: Did you know of the 35,000 species of spiders, only 27 species are known to have caused human fatalities? (fact source: http://bit.ly/LWes4l)

Alpha Ecological not only controls pests, we educate you about them too! Click over to www.AlphaEcological.com for info about our Green Pest Control services.

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Praying mantids are among the few insects which can rotate their heads so they can literally look over their shoulders.

Another bug fact from Alpha Ecological Pest Control: Praying mantids are among the few insects which can rotate their heads so they can literally look over their shoulders.  (fact source:http://bit.ly/MFVMGK) Circle us for daily bug knowledge! Click over to www.AlphaEcological.com for info about our Green Pest Control services.

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Honeybees have to make about ten million trips to collect enough nectar for production of one pound of honey.

Daily bug fact: Honeybees have to make about ten million trips to collect enough nectar for production of one pound of honey. (fact source:http://bit.ly/9JGQxU)

Alpha Ecological not only controls pests, we educate you about them too! Click over to www.AlphaEcological.com for info about our Green Pest Control services.