Hulett Blog

10-03-2017
Ant Spotlight: Fire AntsAs South Florida homeowners can attest, red fire ants are capable of turning outdoor athletic events, picnics and yard work activities into unpleasant, painful scenarios. There's really no mistaking, "what just happened?" when people and animals...
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08-31-2017
Parent Termites Reproducing Millions More & Other Termite NewsLarge families have always been a favorite motif in Hollywood's pop cultural themes, witnessed by the popularity of movies, like Cheaper by the Dozen and countless TV sitcoms, including The Brady Bunch and Eight is Enough, as well as a current...
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08-02-2017
Protect Your Home: How to Keep Termites OutEach year, over two million homes in the United States will be treated for a termite infestation. Termite damage in the United States costs homeowners more than $5 billion in property damage every year. South Florida homeowners are at higher risk...
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07-21-2017
Termites 101: A South Florida Homeowners GuideSouth Florida is an attractive place to call home. It's no wonder termites also love Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and other South Florida neighborhoods. In fact, termites are predicted to damage over 50% of South Florida structures by 2040,...
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07-19-2017
To Tent or Not To Tent?In South Florida, with moderate temps, high humidity and tropical conditions, termites present a major concern for homeowners. It has been said that, "There are two types of homes in South Florida; those that have termites and those that will have...
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06-14-2017
Ant Spotlight: Caribbean Crazy AntsOriginally thought to be Paratrechina pubens, an ant from the Lesser Antilles that were imported in shipping containers to South Florida's shores in the 1950s, the large populations of crazy ants found in Florida in the 1990s were a slightly...
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05-22-2017
No Tent Fumigation: Advantages of the No Tent ApproachSeveral different types of termites can cause expensive, time-consuming headaches for South Florida homeowners, including native and invasive drywood, dampwood and subterranean wood–eaters. When young drywood reproductives, aka alates, swarm,...
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05-15-2017
Termite Spotlight: Formosan Subterranean TermitesThe cornucopia of household pests that thrive in South Florida's ideal conditions certainly won't object. While most of us are familiar with Florida's mosquitoes, ticks, rodents and other pests that carry pathogens and transmit diseases, other pests...
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04-03-2017
Termite Spotlight: Conehead TermitesConehead Termites No doubt long-time SNL fans will be amused at the mention of the1970s sketch centered on an extra-terrestrial family's struggles to adapt to Earth life, featuring Jane Curtain, Lorraine Newman and Dan Ackroyd. Like the...
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