These are the adults of the crane fly. During summer, adults emerge, mate and deposit eggs. It is not practical to try to kill crane flies at this time. Keep window screens sealed and screen doors shut to keep flies from becoming an nuisance in your house. Adult crane flies do not damage your lawn, nor do they bite or sting. They are harmless.

The larvae of pest crane flies, also known as leather jackets, feed on the roots of plants, mainly turf grass. Sometimes crane fly populations get high enough to cause damage to lawns.

Before any decisions are made, the best thing to do is figure out if you even have a problem by sampling. Sampling crane fly populations is easy and takes just a short time.

You will need to first decide if you have a crane fly problem. Most of the time, you don't need to do anything! Vigorous lawns recover from crane fly damage. If action is needed, apply treatments in early to mid-April. Do this only after you've sampled your lawn for crane flies. If the problem is very bad, consider other methods for managing crane flies such as replacing the problem area with a lawn alternative plant.

Crane fly activity and life stages change with the seasons. Visit the "Crane Fly Calendar" to see what the European crane fly is doing and what you should be doing.

Gnats and other small flies are common in tropical amphibian tanks when the substrate is either too damp or there are many rotting plant leaves in the tank. To get rid of them change the substrate in the cage and remove any dying or dead plants. If they continue to persist consider switching to a new substrate.

I suggest using our Poison-Free? Fly Trap. We have a gallon size trap that you can purchase in our online store. It is very effective. If you have any doubts, feel free to read testimonials that other customers have sent us.

These are a nuisance and are generally found on the underside of leaves. Systemic sprays and soap solution can be used but expect to use 4 treatments. A nearby yellow surface (e.g. a piece of cloth) can attract them.

Contact your wastehauler for information. Twice a year the Village has a "Brush Pick-up" program. Contact Public Works at 847-669-3450 for more information.

This happens when your e-mail box is full and can't except anymore emails and why you need a big e-mail box. You should check it regularly. The SafeList owners tend to suspend or delete members who bounce e-mail often and you are no longer part of their membership.

I think for good reason, based on ethical intuition, that we are more impressed by the kind-hearted soul who nets the flies to let them out of the house alive versus the person hunting them down for certain chemical death with a bottle raid. Even if our great White Suburban hunter of houseflies uses a fly-swatter for ecological reasons, the more admirable course pertains to the person who uses a butterfly net to simply capture the fly for relocation outside.

First, if the reason you want to get rid of them is because of noise, take a moment to realize just how many mosquito bites you ARE NOT getting thanks to these big-eyed creatures! Most gardeners will tell you what a blessing it is to find a toad living in the garden because these are the best natural pesticide you can imagine! (They don't hurt plants, and eat the bugs!) Plus, you'll probably find that frogs make noise only for short seasons and usually folks get used to it and are sad when the b.

Good luck! Once crows have decided to come to your yard, it might be hard to convince them to leave. Plastic owl decoys will work, ... for about 15 minutes. A dog could be more effective, especially if it was encouraged to chase them. If, however, something really special was attracting the crows to the yard (like readily available food), the crows probably would figure a way how to get it and avoid the dog. The idea is to make the yard an unattractive place for the crows.

First of all, chances are extremely low that you'd ever get spores in your house. If you did, the spores would be very difficult to kill. But that's OK. The spores exist naturally throughout the United States. They're out there, along with many benign vacteria and other, virulent bacteria.

Yard waste recycling is important for Fairfax County's environment because it reduces the amount of material destined for disposal while providing soil-improving properties to lawns and gardens. Fairfax County encourages property owners to recycle yard debris on their own property. Also, trash collection companies are required to offer yard waste removal services, and you can contact your collector for more information on those services.

Another form of recycling is composting. Composting is the controlled biological decomposition of organic matter, such as food and yard wastes, into humus, a soil-like material. Composting is nature's way of recycling organic wastes into new soil used in vegetable and flower gardens, landscaping, and many other applications. To learn more about composting, click here. Grasscycling, the practice of leaving grass on a lawn after mowing, is an effective way to deal with grass clippings.

The best possible way is to trap them in a cage trap and relocate the animals. Havahart has a live cage trap sized for chipmunks. Please go to the Havahart live cage traps list for more information.

Some are relatively easy to remove. Check out my links page for guidance. Others are more troublesome, and seem to keep coming back no matter what you do. If you’re experiencing any of the above problems, please consider using our services. We’re happy to help.