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pring is suitable named to illustrate the type of action required by community association

property managers as it relates to pest control issues. The fleeting weeks of the season

represent a window of opportunity for property managers to spring into action and

prepare for the anticipated summer onslaught of insects. Rest assured, they will be coming in

droves from every direction.

Underground, there will be attacks by subterranean termites. On the surface, there

will be foraging ants, not to mention blood-sucking ticks patiently waiting for their next

blood meal. If that is not enough, all sorts of flying insects will be coming at us from

the air including biting mosquitoes literally out for our blood, bees, wasps, and

hornets looking to sting us just for the fun of it.

Granted, many things in life defy prediction,

but the seasonal cycle of insect popula-

tions is not one of them. This summer,

as all summers, property manag-

ers will be guaranteed to have

pest control problems just as

sure as there will be bumper-

to-bumper weekend

traffic on

Community Property Managers:

Spring into Action and Prepare for Summer’s Inevitable

PEST CONTROL PROBLEMS

By Randy Vogel, VP Operations,

Cowleys Pest Services

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“...many things

in life defy

prediction, but

the seasonal

cycle of insect

populations is not

one of them.”