Orkin – Bug-Education

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We all know Orkin as the bug people.  They are the ones you call when you want to get creepy crawlers out of your house or yard.  But in order to really be good at their job they must know their targets.  “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer”.  This is especially true of bugs, the more you know the more effective the treatment can be.  You don’t want Orkin to come by with bee killer when there are termites eating away at your floor boards.  So in order to do so Orkin has created “The Ecologist”.  This website studies everything bug and has some very interesting articles, like top 10 bug phobias .

The article covers the top 10 fears of bugs, including the infamous arachnophobia, fear of spiders and scoleciphobia, a fear of worms.  I found most interesting the fear of worms.  I personally have always found worms to be great helps to the soil and even though hey are slimy and wiggly, never something to be afraid of  But to each their own.  On the other hand spheksophobia, a fear of wasps, hits home.  I hate wasps and pretty much run away whenever I see one.   One particular time while chasing Little Man around in a field, there was a single wasp which scared me clear across the field right into a small stream… Not my proudest moment by far, but at least we didn’t get stung. #BugOut

Do you have a particularly memorable BugOut moment? Share here with a comment or go a bit more social and use Facebook, Twitter and the like with the tag #BugOut.

Picture from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vespula_germanica_Richard_Bartz.jpg)

The Ecologist is a great source for useful knowledge for all lovers or haters of bugs and definitely worth the look around.  Make sure you also Like Orkin Ecologist on Facebook and follow on Pintrest as well.