by Admin | Dec 4, 2018 | General Information
Smith and Son’s Pest Control in Aiken, SC is merging their company with Modern Exterminating, Inc. as of December 2018. Modern Exterminating, Inc will take over the daily operations of Smith and Son’s, doing business under the Modern Exterminating name. After many...
by Admin | Nov 21, 2018 | General Information
“They came out of nowhere!” is the most common reply I hear from our customers when dealing with fruit flies. Fruit flies can be a problem year round, but are especially common during late summer/fall because they are attracted to ripened or fermenting...
by Admin | Oct 30, 2018 | General Information
Northern Black Widow This cousin of the southern black widow is similar in color and size, but instead of an hourglass, the red on its body shows as splotches or dots. Sometimes the marks will look like an hourglass split in the middle, or an incomplete hourglass....
by Admin | Sep 10, 2018 | General Information
A tick(ing) time bomb is set to explode this season, in fields, forests, and yards across the country, as we head into what is expected to be an extremely heavy tick season. And with ticks, come the dangers of tick-borne disease, namely Lyme disease. Health and insect...
by Admin | Aug 6, 2018 | General Information
Rodney Dorn of Columbia based Modern Exterminating was inspecting a Lexington County house in June when he came across a colony of termites that were different than those native to the area. He took a sample to Dr. Eric Benson, an Entomology professor at Clemson, and...
by Admin | Apr 3, 2018 | General Information
Fire Ants Fire Ants have a protein based diet. We use a bait that draws them to it. When we do a treatment it is guaranteed for six months. If the mounds come back, within the six months, so do we. Argentine Ants Argentine Ants have a sugar based diet. We use a sweet...
