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		<title>Living Free: A toxic free life&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to our new blog!  We will be bringing you information here bi-weekly in an attempt to show how important it is to keep toxic products out of our lives as much as possible.  The Bugman has been in the pesticide business for over 40 years and is familiar with all kinds of pesticides and &#8230; <a href="http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/334/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthebugman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28537966&amp;post=334&amp;subd=askthebugman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CLOTHES MOTH</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I have encountered the unpublished plague from the Bible: Wool-carpet- eating-moths. They have severely damaged the wool carpet in my library/office. I have two Persian rugs in nearby rooms that I am horrified will be infected. I had the office carpet sprayed twice with pyrethrum and &#8217;565&#8242;, whatever that is. The sprayings were two &#8230; <a href="http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/clothes-moth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthebugman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28537966&amp;post=337&amp;subd=askthebugman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Invisible Biting Bugs</title>
		<link>http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/invisible-biting-bugs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I have invisible bugs on me. I have thrown out my couch, my bed, my bedding, bagged my clothes and books. I wash my clothes in borax and ammonia, I mop with vinegar, I spray my room down with ammonia. I have tried peppermint oil, baking soda, fly traps, sticky tape, hydrogen peroxide, tea &#8230; <a href="http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/invisible-biting-bugs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthebugman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28537966&amp;post=318&amp;subd=askthebugman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Springtail Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I have an infestation of small black bugs on my boat which were described to me as &#8220;Grass Flies&#8221;. I got the infestation when I had my boat stored on land in the Napa Valley. The bugs are about one eighth to three sixteenth of an inch long and are black with wings that &#8230; <a href="http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/springtail-question/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthebugman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28537966&amp;post=316&amp;subd=askthebugman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Book is here: Do-it-Yourself</title>
		<link>http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/298/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My newest book, “The Bugman&#8217;s Bug Book” Do-it-Yourself Safe Pest Management is now available. It will tell you how to control most household pests without using any toxic pesticides. I do have to say that anything you use to kill bugs has to be used carefully as nothing is completely safe. The materials I recommend &#8230; <a href="http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/298/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthebugman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28537966&amp;post=298&amp;subd=askthebugman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ant Identification</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Classifying ants into one of three artificial groups makes their identification a little easier. Group one is composed of ants with one node (the node is the projection on the pedicel separating the thorax from the “gaster,” or abdomen) and a tuft of hair at the tip of the gaster. Group two is composed of &#8230; <a href="http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/ant-identification/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthebugman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28537966&amp;post=254&amp;subd=askthebugman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bed bugs&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/bed-bugs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first control methods for bed bugs was to hang the foot of a stag at the foot of the bed. That probably didn’t work very well. One of the first exterminators for bed bugs was a company called Messrs. Tiffin and Son, known as “Bug destroyers to Her Majesty and the Royal &#8230; <a href="http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/bed-bugs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthebugman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28537966&amp;post=221&amp;subd=askthebugman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some non-pesticide methods&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to discuss several non-pesticide methods of controlling pests. Bug season will be here before we know it and we don&#8217;t need to break out the pesticides. Here are some good products you can use: Baking Soda &#8211; Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, is a mined alkaline mineral. When it is eaten by insects &#8230; <a href="http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/some-non-pesticide-methods/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthebugman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28537966&amp;post=218&amp;subd=askthebugman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going extinct&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/going-extinct/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are 714 species of insects and other arthropods on the Endangered Species List (ESL). If that number isn&#8217;t high enough there are 944 species of snails on the ESL. There are 105 species of clams, 17 species of worms and 1 centipede on the ESL. There are undoubtedly thousands more that have became extinct &#8230; <a href="http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/going-extinct/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthebugman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28537966&amp;post=205&amp;subd=askthebugman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is a pest?</title>
		<link>http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/what-is-a-pest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pest is an organism so designated by the pesticide industry to promote the use of their chemicals. In reality, most so-called “pests” are nothing more than nuisances we occasionally encounter in our homes or business. Bed bugs don&#8217;t carry any diseases and are not dangerous. But they are one of the most profitable “pests” &#8230; <a href="http://askthebugman.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/what-is-a-pest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthebugman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28537966&amp;post=178&amp;subd=askthebugman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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