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Bugs can fall prey to various predators and they have to use clever insect defense mechanisms to survive.

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Scorpions give birth to LIVE babies, rather than l

Scorpions give birth to LIVE babies, rather than laying eggs.
She gives birth to up to 100 babies and then carries them on her back.

What is a baby scorpion called? Can you guess?

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A baby scorpion is called a SCORPLING.

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Crickets, grasshoppers and locusts HEAR with their

Crickets, grasshoppers and locusts HEAR with their legs!
They have tiny ears located on their front legs.

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Flies TASTE with their feet!? Actually the 'taste

Flies TASTE with their feet!?
Actually the 'taste' receptors on their legs are called CHEMONSENSILLA. This is why they walk all over your sandwich before settling down to vomit (regurgitate last meal) to liquidize it before sucking it in.
Gross! We know!

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Mosquito's find you by smell not sight. Stinky fee

Mosquito's find you by smell not sight. Stinky feet and certain soaps, deodorants or perfumes my attract or repel mosquitos.

#mosquito #mosquitocontrol #ServiceMasterSA #pestcontrolservices #pestcontrol

One of the reasons rats and mice must be treated a

One of the reasons rats and mice must be treated as vermin is the degree of disease/pathogen impact they have on their environments.
Urine and feces is not the only things they leave behind. Rodents are notorious SHEDDERS. Their fur holds dander, mites and microscopic bacteria that make an infestation of this particular pest a health problem.

#rodent #rodentcontrol #ServiceMasterSA #pestcontrolservices #pestcontrol #rats #mice

We have cave paintings of bedbugs. Bedbugs and hum

We have cave paintings of bedbugs. Bedbugs and humans have lived and slept together from the beginning of time it seems. We ALMOST got rid of them duing the 1940's and 50's. But they are back with VENGEANCE now!

Bedbugs have a unique way of teaching their offspring many generations ahead of themselves how to be resistant to chemical annhiliation, unfortunately.

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Eew! Mice have terrible bowel and bladder control!

Eew! Mice have terrible bowel and bladder control!
One of the reasons #RodentControl is so essential in any food manufacturing plant is the level of contamination that can occur if these pests get into your food stores. Droppings of feces and thousands of little droplets of urine accompany the journey across your shop floor.

#rodents #mice #micecontrol #ratcontrol #rodentmanagement #ServiceMasterSA #hygieneservices

If you thought to yourself; "it's just one, probab

If you thought to yourself; "it's just one, probably not a big issue..." Think again!
Cockroaches multiply VERY quickly. That lone cockroach will quickly escalate to 40. And then it's just a kreeply crawly NEST of disgusting?

#cocroach #cockroachcontrol #cockroaches #ServiceMasterSA #pestcontrolservices #pestcontrol

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻! 🦂 Say hello to Opisthacanthus capensis, the Cape Creeper, a sleek, shiny-black scorpion found along the South African coast from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town and as far inland as the Swartberg. With its rugged pincers and mild venom, this little night-time wanderer is more of a shadowy explorer than a threat.
At around 9 cm long (tail extended), it thrives under rocks, bark, and coastal debris, sometimes even sneaking into homes. But don't worry—it's docile and rarely stings. If it does, the sting is painful but not dangerous, making it more of a misunderstood guest than a menace.
So, next time you're out exploring the Cape’s wild side, keep an eye out for this fascinating little arachnid. It’s just another mysterious marvel of the South African landscape! 🌿✨

👉 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁
Call: 0861 222 244 | Email: customercare@servicemaster.co.za | WhatsApp: 072 224 1116 | Website: www.servicemaster.co.za

📸 Photo taken by Louise Jordaan

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🚨 𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼

🚨 𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 – 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 & 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱! 🚨🐜🏠 Spotted cockroaches in your home or business? Don’t wait for the infestation to spread—Service Master is here to help! Our comprehensive cockroach control solutions target infestations effectively, ensuring a cleaner, pest-free space.

🔹 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀:
✅ Gel Bait Treatment – Targets hidden cockroaches
✅ Dusting Powder – Reaches deep crevices
✅ Residual Spray – Long-lasting protection
✅ Thermal Fogging – Eradicates infestations fast

𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆!

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Gross! Flies VOMIT on your food before sucking it

Gross! Flies VOMIT on your food before sucking it in?!?
It is true, flies suck liquified food through their probuscis. In order to liquify your hearty steak, the fly first regurgitates a little of what he is recently eaten (dog feces, garbage scraps or rotting rat?) onto your food. These juices liquify the next meal for ingestion.

This is one of the reasons flies are such dangerous pathogen carriers in a kitchen.

#flies #flycontrol #flymanagement #pestcontrol #pestcontrolservices #ServiceMasterSA #hygieneservices.

𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗱

𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗕𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱? That single ant on your counter isn’t just lost—it might be scouting for an invasion! Learn why lone ants appear and how to stop an infestation before it starts.
🛑 Keep your home ant-free with expert pest control from Service Master!
📖 Read more: https://www.servicemaster.co.za/blog/lone-ants-wandering-what-does-it-mean-and-should-you-be-concerned/

☎️ 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹!
📞 Call: 0861 222 244 | 📧 Email: customercare@servicemaster.co.za | 💬 WhatsApp: 072 224 1116

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🦟 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗶

🦟 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 ? 🚨 "𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌." — 𝑻𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒔𝒐𝒏
Nothing humbles a person faster than a relentless, buzzing mosquito at 2 AM! 😵‍💫 These tiny bloodsuckers don’t just ruin your sleep—they also carry diseases and make outdoor spaces unbearable.

💡 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻!
Service Master offers expert mosquito control solutions to keep your home and business bite-free. No more swatting, itching, or sleepless nights—just a mosquito-free environment, guaranteed!
📞 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹: 𝟬𝟴𝟲𝟭 𝟮𝟮𝟮 𝟮𝟰𝟰
📧 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹: 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲@𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿.𝗰𝗼.𝘇𝗮
📲 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽: 𝟬𝟳𝟮 𝟮𝟮𝟰 𝟭𝟭𝟭𝟲
🌍 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁: 𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿.𝗰𝗼.𝘇𝗮
🔹 Stop mosquitoes before they take over! Contact us today. 🦟🚫

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Tenacious little critters! Cockroaches can live al

Tenacious little critters! Cockroaches can live almost two weeks without their heads because they have holes all over their body that serve as an airway.

What is more disturbing? The idea that these headless horrors could be scurrying about your kitchen or imagining the science nerd who thought up the experiment? 😳

#cockroaches #cockroachcontrolservice #cockroachcontrol #cockroach #pestcontrol #pestcontrolservices #ServiceMasterSA

🐝"𝗙𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹" 𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗙𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺? We've all heard the phrase "a fly on the wall," but do you really want these buzzing little eavesdroppers hanging around? Just imagine what they’ve seen... and where they’ve been! 🤢

🚨 Time to show them the door! 🚪

If flies are turning your home or business into their personal gossip hub, Service Master has the perfect fly control solutions to keep them out—for good!

📞 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹: 𝟬𝟴𝟲𝟭 𝟮𝟮𝟮 𝟮𝟰𝟰
📧 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹: 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲@𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿.𝗰𝗼.𝘇𝗮
📲 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽: 𝟬𝟳𝟮 𝟮𝟮𝟰 𝟭𝟭𝟭𝟲
🌍 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁: 𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿.𝗰𝗼.𝘇𝗮

Say goodbye to unwanted guests—unless you really want to know what they’ve been hearing! 😂

Meme artwork: @nakedpastor

#FlyControl #PestFreeLiving #ServiceMaster #NoMoreFlies #PestFreeLiving #ServiceMasterPestControl #EcoFriendlyPestControl #ProtectYourHome #HealthyEcosystem #ServiceMasterSA

📰 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑹𝒂𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒔𝒑-𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑷𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏! 🏺📜 After Gutenberg’s printing press took off in the 1450s, demand for paper skyrocketed. But with no bamboo in Europe, what did they use? Old cotton and linen rags! 👚➡️📖 A truly effective recycling system—yesterday’s worn-out knickers became tomorrow’s newspapers. (Insert your own joke here! 😉)
By the 1700s, the paper shortage was so dire that England even banned cloth burials to save fabric for papermaking! But a French scientist, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, had an aha! moment while studying yellowjackets (aka paper wasp). 🐝 These wasps were making paper without rags - just wood fibers. His 1719 discovery inspired the modern paper industry, proving that trees could be pulped into paper! 🌲📝
Next time you scribble on a notepad, thank a wasp! 🐝✍️

🔥 𝑮𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒑 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎? While they may have inspired modern papermaking, they can also be a real nuisance! Let 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 help you get rid of unwanted wasps and other pests—quickly and professionally.
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🔧 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 & 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 – 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀! 🏭🚫🐜 Nothing disrupts business operations like unwanted pests invading your workspace! From factories to warehouses, keeping your premises pest-free is crucial to ensuring a safe and hygienic environment.
At 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, we specialize in 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, designed to eliminate pests effectively and prevent future infestations. Our expert team uses top-tier methods to safeguard your property, equipment, and valuable goods.
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𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀! Click below to learn more about how we can help:
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The reason some business owner's consider the 'nuc

The reason some business owner's consider the 'nuclear option' when it comes to cockroaches is that they are notoriously difficult to kill. Even without a head, a cockroach can live for up to a week!
A month without food, two weeks without water... these critters are will outlast all but the most meticulous pest management protocol: regular hygiene services are crucial, but baiting your prey works best over a longer time. Cockroaches will feast on almost anything - including a fallen comrade in the colony. Which makes the trojan horse method of introducing a poisoned cockroach into a nest an effective way to kill 'em from the inside out!

#cockroach #cockroachescontrol #pestcontrol #pestmanagement #Servicemaster #ServiceMasterSA

🏠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫

🏠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 – 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫! Whether you manage apartment blocks or rent out holiday homes, regular pest inspections are key to preserving property value and keeping tenants happy. 🐜✨
🔍 Early detection can save you from costly repairs and tenant complaints. Learn how routine pest checks protect your investment and health standards.
👉 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://www.servicemaster.co.za/blog/the-importance-of-regular-pest-inspections-for-rental-properties/
📞 Call: 0861 222 244 | 📧 Email: customercare@servicemaster.co.za | 💬 WhatsApp: 072 224 1116
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If their dirty, oily foot prints and gnawing destr

If their dirty, oily foot prints and gnawing destructive habits were not enough... rodents shed fur worse than any terrier! Not only do they leave bits of fur about, their coats are a veritable smorgasbord of dander, mites and other pathegenic bateria too!

Not so cute and cuddly after all!

#rodents #rodentcontrol #rats #ratcontrol #ServiceMaster #hygieneservices.

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