Archive for the Natural Pest Control Category
Posted on April 4, 2012 with No Comments
Scarsdale High School
JP McHale Pest Management Inc. services the tri-state area including Scarsdale! Our techicians love visiting the village of Scarsdale where we offer all of our services, including Full Service Pest Control,Tree & Turf Programs as well as EnviroCare Air Quality Restoration Programs.
Did you know that according to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 6.6 square miles, of which 0.15% is water and that the Scarsdale Union Free School District operates five elementary schools in the elementary school districts Edgewood, Fox Meadow, Greenacres, Heathcote and Quaker Ridge made up of parts of the several neighborhoods, well as Scarsdale Middle School and Scarsdale High School.
JP McHale Pest Management is located in Buchanan, New York, a town in Westchester County. Here at JP McHale the customer’s satisfaction is our #1 priority. We want to make sure your family stays healthy and pest free in and around your home. If you have any way we can protect your family, please tell us. We value all feedback and we want to make sure your experience with us is pleasant.
Posted on March 4, 2012 with No Comments
Scientists find fungus that kills Lyme disease-carrying ticks
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Local scientists have found a way to control the ticks responsible for passing Lyme disease on to humans. A new natural pesticide, derived from a strain of fungus that is deadly to the black-legged tick could help keep tick populations under control.
Unlike some synthetic pesticides that can be dangerous for more than just ticks, the fungus does not harm honeybees, earthworms or other beneficial insects.
The product was developed by a Fairfield-based company that was bought out by the Danish industrial biotechnology company Novozymes.
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station’s field trials of the fungus helped obtain federal Environmental Protection Agency registration. Novozymes has built a plant in Canada to mass produce the product, Tick-Ex.
It will be commercially available in 2014, said Kirby Stafford, the station’s vice director and chief entomologist.
“A lot of people do have their yards sprayed with pesticides, and they are quite effective, because synthetic materials will give you an 85 to 100 percent success rate,” Stafford said. “But there are a special number of people who don’t want to use them. The (organic product) may be slightly less effective, but it’s giving people options. It certainly would fit in to organic land care.”
The pesticide is made of the F52 strain of the Metarhizium anisopliae fungus, which occurs naturally in soil. The station tested it on residential properties in northwestern Connecticut and found up to 74 percent fewer ticks after treatment.
Although rates dipped slightly in 2010, the number of people in Connecticut with Lyme disease has been steadily rising, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Connecticut has the nation’s highest number of cases, relative to population. The first symptoms of the disease include headache, fever and rashes. But if left untreated, the disease can spread to the joints, heart and nervous system.
The overabundant deer population is one reason the disease is so widespread, according to the state Department of Public Health. Black-legged ticks feed on large mammal hosts, which in Connecticut are usually deer.
Many Lyme disease experts have said the solution is to cull the deer, but research shows that is only really effective when the deer are culled to very low numbers, said Louis Magnarelli, director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
The station has researched a number of methods to control Lyme disease.
It found nootkatone, a component of essential oil from Alaskan Yellow Cedar and grapefruit is toxic to ticks, and is highly effective.
As tests wind down, there is a small chance a company will pick it up because the cedar oil is only produced at a grade suitable for cosmetics and foods, making it expensive. Until production is scaled up for more commercial uses, it won’t be used to eradicate ticks, Stafford said. The station has also tested a garlic spray product, which suppresses tick activity for around two weeks. Scientists in Maine discovered that a rosemary oil product, EcoEXEMPT, will eradicate ticks for at least two weeks.
The nationwide tick control research community is pretty small, Stafford said. Between 2001 and 2012, the state Department of Health and the agricultural experiment station have received a little more than $2 million for public outreach and tick control research from the CDC. The CDC was expected to hand out two tick control grants in 2011, but based on available funds ended up only distributing one, which went to a research laboratory in Rhode Island.
Studies have found the fungus strain is also effective in killing bed bugs, but it won’t be marketed for that use just yet.
“I can’t see spreading the spores of this fungus into a bedroom,” Stafford said. “But it begs for a formulation of how you expose it to just the targets and not the rest of the environment.”
(c)2012 the Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, Conn.)
Distributed by MCT Information Services
Posted on November 30, 2011 with No Comments
Are you looking for pest control service for your commercial property? JP McHale Pest Management services New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and will customize a service plan based on your industries needs.
In addition to residential pest control we are experts in the following markets:
- Hospitality: Each location has a unique set of risks and vulnerability. Our expert
s have confronted each and everyone. Let us help you protect your brand!
- Pharmaceutical: These locations require the highest level of service. Bar coding, documentation and early detection are key components to an effective pest elimination program. When do we start?
- Property Managers: JP McHale Pest Management Inc. is your one stop shop to manage all pest problems that confront you. Partner up with us to deliver a seamless experience to your residents.
- Multi-Family Dwellings: Aggressive pest programs designed to crash existing cockroach, rodent, and bedbug populations. Enough said!
- Warehouse and Storage Facilities: Rodents and invasive pests can take up harborage, destroy and contaminate product. We can help you protect inventory from these disease carrying creatures. Call us today for an immediate appointment.
- Retail Stores: It only takes one pest sighting to spoil a clients image of you! Let us help you deliver the best product to your clients.
Posted on October 14, 2011 with No Comments
One of our valued customers, Ilana Donna Arazie, wrote an great article published by the Huffington Post titled Five Ways to Reboot and Recharge!
In the article Ilana talks about living in the country, dealing with bugs and how JP McHale’s Pest Management uses the best environmentally friendly products!
Keep it Clean and Environmentally Friendly
“Give yourself a full-day, or three, to organize and clean your home. When you clean and get rid of things you don’t need, you make room for new things and opportunities to come into your life. I also discovered that living in a country home means staying on bug alert. Good thing I met JP McHale out here who uses the best environmentally friendly products. He tells me, “Effective pest control is not just about killing bugs. It is about peace of mind, scientific expertise, immediate response and protecting this great earth we all live in.”
Posted on October 12, 2011 with No Comments
KILLS: Cryonite kills insects by freezing. The freezing process is rapid and reaches a very low temperature. The speed is essential for effectiveness. The cooling medium is carbon dioxide snow, which the Cryonite unit sprays from the specially designed and patented nozzle.
DRY: Frozen carbon dioxide is also referred to as “dry ice”, as it sublimates, is converts from ice/snow directly to gas with no liquid phase in between. This enables treatment in areas such as electrical sockets, motors, pipes, cabinets and more. For example, when used in the food processing facility, flour will not turn into gooey dough!
SWIFT: Through an optimal combination of snow particle size and speed, the cooling is quick enough to ensure that bugs, including eggs and larvae, will not survive.
ERGONOMIC: The Cryonite unit is ergonomic in design, with a telescope function for extended reach and easy working posture and a “goose-neck” which can be angled up to 90° or more for optimal spraying angle.
PENETRATES: The Cryonite snow penetrates easily into deep cracks and crevices, complicated machines, and reaches far into long pipes.
POISON-FREE: As the method is non-poisonous, there are many advantages:
- use it anywhere, anytime.
- even on surfaces in contact with food (e.g. bakeries, kitchens).
- if your production line can’t be stopped, any critical problems can still be dealt with quickly!
- since there is no residue, apartment tenants or hotel guests can inhabit room immediately.
Posted on October 12, 2011 with No Comments
Cryonite is an innovative, non-toxic patented technology used for the elimination of crawling insects in all stages of life. The Cryonite system releases CO2 as “snow” which, when applied to the infested sites, kills bed bugs on contact.
Cryonite is not a consumer product but it is a technology employed by JP McHale’s Pest Management, Inc. to eliminate insects without leaving a residue or requiring post treatment work. This will minimize down time for hotels, food industry, schools & hospitals. Cryonite can be used directly on mattresses, electronic equipment & food production.
Posted on April 22, 2011 with No Comments
Here at JP McHale Pest Management we have taken many initiatives to continue to make our company more environmentally friendly. Earth Day is here! Over the last few years we have rolled out many new programs, services and products to every aspect of our business from typical office processes, to the services we perform every day in your homes.
We have laid out the many changes and improvements we have made as a company to improve out carbon footprint on this wonderful earth!
Office Programs
- JP McHale has a recycling program that recycles all plastics, metals (soda cans) as well as paper from our offices. We collected over $1750 last year, which is matched by the McHale family, personally. All of these funds are donated to local charities.
- Here at JP McHale we use many paper marketing materials to promote out products to customers, we have switched to a recycled paper called Neenah Green paper which is chlorine free and carbon neutral, which helps saves trees, water and energy.
- In the past, we were required to provide customers with a copy of every label from every product that we used on their property, the Department of Environmental Protection now allows us to provide this in digital format. We are now providing customer with CDs as well as offering all of our labels on our website. This drastically cuts down on the amount of paper we must use.
Field Programs
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a technique we have used for a very long time. Specifically, we use passive traps (snap traps, glue boards, etc.) as well as active traps (insect light traps [ILTs], pheromone traps) to monitor and determine the level of infestation. Only when problems reach an action threshold do we employ chemical treatment. One available treatment is insect growth regulators, which act specifically on insects and are therefore non-toxic to humans. We also employ biological control (the BMRT microbial drain cleaner), which is a living organism that feeds on organic debris in drains. The benefit of biological controls is that they are population dependent. When all the gunk in the drain is gone, the microbes wash away and are perfectly harmless. Cultural controls such as the use of mattress covers and making suggestions for improved sanitation also reduce chemical applications.
- Over the last few years we have been rolling out more environmentally friendly programs that include our Tree and Turf Organic Lawn Program, as well as utilizing the power of garlic concentrate and many different soaps to achieve the same results as other, less green materials.
-During any of our work, if we need to dispose of any metals from our customer’s homes, this is brought back to our shop, and recycled.
- All of our trucks are equipped with high mileage oil filters. Rather than having to change our trucks oil every 3,000 to 5,000 miles, we extend the oil’s usage to about 30,000 miles!
- We have begun to roll out electronic handheld devices to our termite department. This allows more accurate reporting, as well as eliminating the need for service tickets.
From our family to yours…have a great Earth Day and change something in your daily routine to further reduce your carbon footprint!
Posted on October 1, 2010 with 1 Comment
Remember the MASSIVE lady bug swarm in Colorado? Well don’t let it happen to your home!
This summer’s news has been riddled with stories of bed bug infestations around the New York area yet this time of the year the pest that has most experts worried about stink bugs. While they do not cause notable physical harm, they can destroy crops, smell when crushed and they will find a way to get into your home. Stink bugs (aka Western Conifer Seed Bug), like other pests, are going to find refuge from the cold harsh climate of the winter season…and your home is a perfect place. The significant difference is that stink bugs usually try and start finding a warmer spot about a month earlier than other bugs. This means that as the temperature drops during late September and October the amount of stink bug complaints will be on the rise. If you spot a stink bug make sure u do not commit the cardinal sin of crushing them. They release a foul odor, hence the name “stink bug,” therefore, one should gentle pick the insect up with a piece of paper of some tissue like substance (paper towel, toilet tissue, etc…), or vacuum them up. Stink bugs have a very similar lifestyle to Lady Bugs as well, the most common room that you will find these bugs are in the bathrooms.
We offer an Overwintering Insect program that is designed to prevent these pests from gaining access to your home. Please contact us today for more information before it’s too late.
Posted on September 8, 2010 with 1 Comment
Bedbugs make strange bed fellows. Don’t have your college student sharing a bed with these unwanted visitors. Prevent bedbug infestations by acting early. JP McHale Pest Management Inc has pulled together a “BED BUG CARE PACKAGE” for the upcoming travel season. Boarding Schools, College Dorms, Military Baracks and other facilities are extremely vulnerable to infestation. Contact us immediately to invest in a specially designed, environmentally sound mattress encasement, 4 climb up interceptors and a BDS glue monitor. These discrete components protect your loved ones from infested neighbors and roomates. Peace of mind for only $99.00 plus tax, S/H.
Do not delay!
Contact Us at 914.788.4400 or email us to place your order today.
Posted on April 14, 2010 with 5 Comments
There is nothing more pleasant than the smell of fresh air in the spring. After three or four months of battleing the elements of the winter, nothing brightens your day like walking outside in a t-shirt and shorts. So naturally you open the windows in your house and let that spring air filter through your house. Yet, of course, when there is a positive, a negative must find its way into the equation. Having screens in your windows helps you avoid a lot of negative hassles that would arise if you did not have screens installed. Some of you may have screens installed, yet they may be in rough shape and need replacing.
Why Do Screens Make Life Easier?
- They keep out flies, bees, gnats, etc… during the day time.
- They keep out mosquitoes, bats, moths, etc… during the night time.
- Allows young families to open windows knowing that children are safe from falling out of windows.
- Shows visitors and guests that you are invested in the well being of your health and others.
Why Should I Buy/Replace Screens?
First and formost, screens reduce the amount of insects and pests that can enter a home when the windows are open. Let’s look at some of the dangers that these pests can bring into a household. The first and most annoying critter has to be the mosquito. Mosquitoes are a trending topic these days with the introduction of West-Nile Virus into the USA. With many reports in the northeast in recent years, many are taking further precautions to keep mosquitoes away. One way to reduce the number of mosquitoes entering your home at night are by installing new screens or repairing damaged ones. Let’s look at the next and maybe most important animal to keep out of your house. Bats come back out during the spring and are looking for those newly hatched mosquitoes to eat. While bats aren’t the worse animal in the world to have around your property, they help control mosquito populations, they are sure not the animal you want in your house. Bats carry the feared rabies disease which has been proven a fatal over and over again. Even if the saliva of an infected bat reaches your blood system, you have the chance of being infected. Screens are the best way to keep bats out!
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Category: Bees, Can You Believe It?, Flying Insects, Fruit Flies, House Fly, Mosquitoes, Natural Pest Control, Pests, Spiders
