Will You?

Darkness falls over the land.

Creatures of the night begin to evolve.

All has gotten out of hand.

Problems now to big to solve..



Keep it clean out there.

Ew York City will be back next week.

(Today's words borrowed from Shakespeare's 95th Sonnet.)

Double Double Toil and Trouble

My technician Charles sent me this interesting picture.

It almost looks like a scene out of Law and Order.

Pest Victims Unit.

There are two mouse traps in this picture.

Obviously, there is the good old snap trap, made of wood, metal, and plastic.

And then there is the repeat catch box trap.

The mice were so active in this particular restaurant that we were catching them in the silver box and on the snap traps.

So a snap trap was placed on the box trap, and, well, "snap."

That's a nice looking mouse.

Thanks.  I just had it installed.

Man, look at the tail on that thing.

Ew york city, making dreams come true, one dream at a time.

(Tomorrow's episode might make more sense than today's.)

Catching Some

This restaurant was seeing some serious mouse activity in the kitchen, and one quick look under the ovens was all I needed to see that there was some serious penetration going on, and that major exclusion was needed.

In the above picture, you can see the entry point where the floor meets the wall, and you can see the blue goodies that I put in there for the mice to eat.

Here's another view.  The problem that I had was that I really wanted to use cement to close it up, but I didn't have any one me.  So I ended up having to go back to the office to grab some.

But I didn't want to just leave the defenses down, so before I left to go get the cement I set out a glue board to act as a first line of defense in case any bad boys decided to sneak out while I was gone.

Sure enough, I came back and looked in the same spot, and there was Mr. Cutie stuck on my glue board.  My instincts paid off, and I outsmarted nature, THIS time.  I'm amazing.

But don't worry Mr. and Mrs. America, your mousy friend is ok.  I simply took a little Extra Virgin Olive Oil and poured it on the mouse, and he slid right off the glue board in perfect health.  Then I sauteed him with a little garlic and onion, and plated him nicely alongside some farfalle with asparagus.

One thing about this job: you eat good, brother.

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Please stop doing your own pest control, unless you know what you're doing.

Poor tree.

Ew York City will be back soon.

Battle of the Giants

Here's a buprestid beetle.

People in a very nice NoMad neighborhood restaurant started seeing these crawling around the dining room.  And this was in the middle of winter no less.

How can this be happening?  Is it a sign of the end of the world?  Should we be preparing for the zombie apocalypse?  Are they ever going to make Butterfinger BB's again?

No need to worry.  These little beetles actually sit dormant in the woody parts of plants in a larval stage, and then, whenever they feel like it, they pop out and starting doing their little beetle dance.

I don't want to nag everybody, but if you're going to bring nature into your restaurant (plants, flowers, Anthony Kiedis, etc.), then don't be surprised if nature is in your restaurant (beetles, flies, Les Claypool, etc.).

Ew york city will be around.

Ruggy Road (Buggy Road)

Here are some not so clear pictures of a nice carpet beetle infestation on the Upper East Side.

The resident had a lot of clutter sitting on this rug for a long time.  The beetles were able to live there nicely for many years.

All they wanted was their rug back.  I assure you.

Ew york city will be in and out this week.  In and out.

Steel your drink

The ice cube bin at the restaurant.

Under the seam of stainless steel is this collection of something nasty.

It's just what the flies needed.

Next stop: your wine.

Ew York City will be back tomorrow.  Rough Monday.