Fun Facts

It's time again for some Fun Facts!

Did you know. . .

• An ant can lift 20 times its own body weight. If a 175-pound man had the comparative strength of an ant, he could lift four tons. 
• Powderpost beetles larvae will tunnel into hardwood floors, wooden antiques and the like, turning the wood in its path into fine, powdery sawdust. 
• Adult German cockroaches can live up to one year. 
• The most common pest of stored products found in the home and in grocery stores in the U. S. is the Indianmeal moth. 

If you're concerned that you have insects or rodents in your home or place of business, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

Dave's Pest Control
1-800-400-6009
A Central Massachusetts Extermination and Pest Control Company
Worcester County Pest and Rodent Exterminators
www.davespestcontrol.net  

Reference: www.pestworld.org

Did You Know . . .

 . . . To survive the cold winter months, many insects replace their body water with a chemical called glycerol, which acts as an "antifreeze" against the temperatures.

 . . . All insects have a hard exoskeleton, six jointed legs, two antennae, compound eyes and a body divided into 3 main body sections - a head, thorax and abdomen.

 . . . One in five people surveyed fear pests.

If you're concerned about pest in your home or place of business, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

Dave's Pest Control
1-800-400-6009
A Central Massachusetts Extermination and Pest Control Company
Worcester County Pest and Rodent Exterminators
www.davespestcontrol.net

More Facts About Ants

Did you know all this about ants?

• If crushed, the odorous house ant worker gives off a rotten coconut odor, hence it's name.
• An ant can lift 20 times its own body weight. If a 175-pound man had the comparative strength of an ant, he could lift four tons.
• African weaver ants can haul prey weighing more than 1,000 times their own weight up trees to their nests mainly through the aid of large adhesive pads on each foot.
• Odorous house ants are common in California north to Washington and are the most common pest ant in the mid-south region of Arkansas and West Tennessee. They may be encountered occasionally throughout the Midwestern United States.
• Fire ants currently infest 14 states in the southern portion of the U.S.

Dave's Pest Control
1-800-400-6009
A Central Massachusetts Extermination and Pest Control
Company
Worcester County Pest and Rodent Exterminators
www.davespestcontrol.net

Reference: www.pestworld.org

Did You Know...

More pest facts to stimulate the mind...

• Firefly beetles are carnivores and eat insects (including other fireflies), insect larvae and snails.
• Large numbers of fire ant stings can result in death.
• Hantavirus is a viral disease that may be contracted through direct contact with, or inhalation of, aerosolized infected rodent urine, saliva, or droppings.
• Only female bees and wasps can sting. Males do not have the egg-laying "ovipositor" that is modified as the stinger on female insects.

If you're concerned that you have bugs or rodents in your home or place of business, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

Dave's Pest Control
A Central Massachusetts Pest Control Company
www.davespestcontrol.net

Reference: www.pestworld.org

Yup! More Pest Tidbits!

What can I say? I love bugs facts!

• Of some thirty or so insect orders, termites are the only one in which all species are categorized as highly social or "eusocial."
• 36% of homeowners surveyed said they had problems with spiders during the past year.
• Powderpost beetles larvae will tunnel into hardwood floors, wooden antiques and the like, turning the wood in its path into fine, powdery sawdust.

If you're concerned that you have pests or rodents in your home or place of business, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

Dave's Pest Control
A Central Massachusetts Pest Control Company
www.davespestcontrol.net

Reference: www.pestworld.org

More Facts About Pests...

Did you know. . .

• The most common pest of stored products found in the home and in grocery stores in the U. S. is the Indian meal moth.
• A mature Formosan termite colony can number in the millions.
• Men claim their number one pest concern to be termites (24%) while women put spiders as their number one pest concern (16%).

If you're concerned that you have pests or rodents in your home or place of business, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

Dave's Pest Control
A Central Massachusetts Pest Control Company
www.davespestcontrol.net

Reference: www.pestworld.org

More Pest Facts!

• About 400 people in the U.S. contract typhoid, a fly-borne illness each year. 75% of these cases are associated with international travel.
• The Madagascan Hissing Cockroach is one of the few insects who give birth to live young, rather than laying eggs.
• A rat can swim for 3 days before it drowns.
• The most common pest of stored products found in the home and in grocery stores in the U. S. is the Indianmeal moth.

Dave's Pest Control
A Central Massachusetts Pest Control Company
1-800-400-6009
www.davespestcontrol.net

Reference: www.pestworld.org

Did you know...

Did you know...

• Conservative estimates place as many as 14,000 people each year in the U.S. bitten by rats.
• Filth flies can carry diseases such as E. coli, leprosy, typhoid and polio.
• African weaver ants can haul prey weighing more than 1,000 times their own weight up trees to their nests mainly through the aid of large adhesive pads on each foot.
• 36% of the reported Hantavirus cases in the United States have resulted in death. Hantavirus is a virus spread by rodents.
• A queen bee can lay her weight in eggs each day, laying 1 per minute, all day and all night, for a total of 1,500 eggs in 24 hours, and 200,000 in a year.
• Earwigs got their name from the myth that they crawl into sleeping people's ears and tunnel into the brain.

Dave's Pest Control
Serving Central Massachusetts
www.davespestcontrol.net

Reference: www.pestworld.org

Pest Trivia...

Did you know...

• Cockroaches spend 75% of their time resting.
• Given enough time, termites will feed until nothing is left of the wood but a shell.
• The largest butterfly species in the world is a "Birdwing" butterfly from the Solomon Islands, whose wings span twelve inches.
• American cockroaches can produce 6-14 egg capsules, each containing 14-16 eggs each, in one mating season.
• House mice are said to be the most common mammal in the U.S.

Dave's Pest Control
Serving Central Massachusetts
www.davespestcontrol.net

Reference: www.pestworld.org