Thursday, March 12, 2015

Keep Digging


One of our senior service managers and NYS licensed applicators Nick sent me this little gem of a picture.

One of the things that's so fascinating about being an exterminator is that you really are a modern day version of an archaeologist like Indiana Jones, except without the princess and the wookie.

This photo holds several secrets of pest activity from a past era.

First, we see the mouse skeleton, preserved fairly nicely for us.  You can make out the spinal column and the hind legs as well as some of the tail.  You don't really see the mouse's head, and that's probably because someone is wearing it as an amulet around their neck to ward off cheese monsters.

Second, we see a wing of a Water Bug, i.e. American Cockroach.  It's the dark burgundy thing on the right side of the photo that looks like the wing of a Water Bug, i.e. American Cockroach.  It's dark and burgundy.  Right side of the photo.  Water Bug wing.  Burgundy.  Shaped like a wing.

Thirdly, we see the pupae of a housefly. It's the small burgundy thing on the left side of the photo that looks somewhat eggish, or similar in shape to the Fubol Americano pigskin.  Obviously, burgundy is a popular color this time of year, and pestilence is no exception.  As Spring starts to spring we will begin to notice more yellows, chartreuses, mauves, and Salmon egg shell reduction.

Now, what does all of this tell us?

This blog is gross.

Ew York City will be back tomorrow I think.

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