Hulett Blog

01-29-2020

What are these Large Brown Spots in my Yard? Brown Patch Fungus.

Most South Floridians embrace the cool winter weather, if we are lucky. And just as we finish battling Chinch Bugs all summer long, now we have a new problem in our lawns: Brown Patch Fungus. If you notice large circular patches of brown grass in...

08-11-2015

Pest Profile: Chinch Bugs

Chinch Bugs Hot and dry weather is ideal for pests like chinch bugs. A few small dead areas in the lawn can quickly spread, killing large sections that are costly to replace. If you have a St. Augustine lawn, you likely know that the southern chinch...

06-24-2015

The Call of the Wild Grub

The Call of the Wild Grub If you have a lawn, they live in it, feed on it, and burrow underneath it.  Grubs eat the roots of grass and therefore can do a lot of damage before they are spotted.  Brown patches of dead grass will be the first...

06-04-2015

Fruit-Eaters Come in All Shapes and Sizes

Summer is here and fruit trees are nearer to producing their delicious cornucopia of juicy, sweet delicacies ripening in back yards across Florida.  Yet humans are not the only creatures waiting.  An amazing number of insects enjoy fruit...

06-02-2015

Hungry Grubs Call for Three-Pronged Strategy

Hungry Grubs Call for Three-Pronged Strategy Lurking in your turf may be a large white grub.  You can see its signs by noticing holes and brown patches in your lawn, and it may need to be treated. Before trying an insecticide, there are two...

10-16-2014

Rugose Spiraling Whitefly – Information Sheet

Rugose Spiraling Whitefly – Customer Information Sheet The most noticeable symptoms of an infestation of this whitefly is the abundance of the white, waxy material covering the leaves and also excessive sooty mold. Like other similar insects,...

07-14-2014

FL Pest Control Reviews: Hulett Environmental services on Yelp Pt. 2

"They inspected our home and showed us the termite damage.  We needed the traditional tenting, not the tentless method.  Theyare very professional about their work, and explain everything they do. We will now follow up with the...

07-11-2014

Studying bugs on a body can help solve murders

As it turns out insects can tell you a lot more then you might initially believe.  It is known as forensic entomology and it is helping detectives solve murders.  By studying the kind of bugs that are on a body a investigator can learn a...

07-10-2014

10 Very Dangerous Insects

07-03-2014

DNA analysis reveals butterfly and moth evolutionary relationship

(Phys.org) —A pair of researchers with the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida has conducted a through genetic analysis of butterflies and moths and in the process has revealed some of their evolutionary history....