Pest Control Help (and trivia too!)

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

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!

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)

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)

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!

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!

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)

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)

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)

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)

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!

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)

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)