Posts By: Home Defenders Termite and Pest Management

Hello, reader, grab a box of Kleenex and read this sad tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. (But it’s a great way to blow off steam.) I’m an old dog and I remember doing pest control from the 80s. Back then, before today’s great pest products, the most challenging… Read more »

I always feel good when I see a flying squirrel. On a lucky evening, I glance at the handrail on my back deck and see one of the nocturnal critters happily munching on sunflower seeds. On a really good evening, I see a pair eating seeds like two teens sharing a chocolate malted after the… Read more »

Today I have a scary story about my recent face-off with a creature that freaks out some folks. If you suffer from fear of spiders, or have ever had a confirmed case of the heebie-jeebies, you may want to stop reading. Thanks. I was squirming through a cobweb-infested crawl space yesterday when I felt the… Read more »

My name is Matt Saticoy and I’m a detective with the LAPD. I can handle an angry dame poking a stiletto at my jugular or a jealous husband swinging a baseball bat at my noggin, but I go bonkers at the sight of a spider. Last week Captain Gordley barked the words my arachnophobic brain… Read more »

This week I’m reviewing Riot in Juvenile Prison, a 1959 film warning of the dangers of teenage “sex maniacs.” The action takes place in Ditman Hall, a reform institution for boys, where the no-nonsense warden offers a potpourri of therapies against anti-social behavior, including: a) solitary confinement in a cell affectionately called “The Jug”; b)… Read more »

“Those darn mice!” I thought, looking over the dead mice in my mousetraps. “Don’t they ever give up?” Though I was glad to be catching mice and keeping my customer happy, I was one frustrated pest professional. Not only was I crawling on my belly in a dark, soggy crawlspace, but to get to my… Read more »

It happened to me on Highway 18 at 50 miles per hour. I was in my work truck driving to my next appointment when a big wasp appeared from out of nowhere and started going berserk inside the cab. After years of working with wasps I knew it wouldn’t bother me, so I calmly rolled… Read more »

I love dirt paths. As a rookie bug guy, every three months I would perform a pest service at a vacation cabin where the parking spot was over a hundred feet from the front door. To get to the cabin, you had to walk a dirt path. I loved walking that path, Hudson sprayer in… Read more »

I was reading a news network’s internet page where thousands of people were sounding off on a controversial political story when a light bulb went off in my head: the key to attracting readers is to get political. Why didn’t I think of that before? Here are three political views that will get your blood… Read more »

By the age of twelve I felt I had mastered most of life’s important do’s and don’ts and I mostly stopped listening to adults giving out warnings. I did, however, make exceptions. I remember the day on our grandparent’s Illinois farm when my brother Dave and I told Grandpa we were going back to Bear… Read more »