Lake Highlands Pest Control

09/26/2026

They’re really harmless, though. They’re very clean creatures, that are just trying to escape the elements and looking for moisture.

09/10/2026

Don’t worry, most roaches are not interested in your snacks.

Nice place you got here

09/09/2026

Hello!

JAMMY’S with Lake Highlands Pest Control, HERE!!

This year Jammy’s and her team will participate in the exhibition at 3rd Annual Dallas Mid-Autumn Moon Festival!

🚨 ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT 🚨

Come and support y’all BUG GUY’s Wife…Lol

🌕 Save the Date on y’all calendar!

📅 September 12, 2026

📍 Flag Pole Hill Park, Dallas

8015 DORAN CIRCLE, DALLAS, TX 75238

⏰ 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Come by to see us ❤️

And try our the delicious Thai Street Food 🍲🍚🧉
(Vegan options available at our booth💚)

👉🏻 Admission is free. Bring your family and friends and celebrate with the community.

We look forward to celebrating with y’all!



COME SEE US AT DALLAS MOON FESTIVAL 📣

09/05/2026

08/24/2026

THE EFFECTS OF NOT USING PESTICIDES

Nature is not benevolent to humans who abandon science and technology. There is nothing "natural" about planting fields of crops or raising a herd of domestic animals. Nor is it "natural" for large human populations to live without coexisting vermin and the diseases they transmit.

In the United States each year, pest-borne diseases and attacks by pests themselves still account for hundreds of deaths, thousands of serious disabling illnesses and injuries, and millions of episodes of illness or injury serious enough to require medical attention. Without deliberate human interven-tion, nature would rapidly eradicate the world's food-producing capacity and unleash plagues of long-for-gotten virulence. In short, huge numbers of humans would suffer and die.

Pesticides provide three important benefits. They make possible an abundant supply of food at reasonable prices. They are the first line of defense against food shortages. And they protect health by stopping pest-transmitted diseases and sanitizing food- handing and health facilities.

Properly used, pesticides improve the environment for desirable plants, domestic animals, and human survival.

In prosperous modern America, small-scale experiments in food production without pesticides can be an interesting and occasionally useful diver-sion. However, in countries where food is scarce, such practices can be catastrophic.
Without insecticides, increasing numbers of mosquitoes would spread malaria, yellow fever and encephalitis. Without rodenticides, a growing rat population might produce another epidemic of bubonic plague, the "Black Death" that killed one-fourth of the population in medieval Europe and caused outbreaks in major U.S. cities during this century. Without herbicides, brush would replace grass in rangeland, provoking drought, erosion, and starvation for domestic animals. Without fungicides, many roots and seeds would rot in the ground, and another "potato famine" could occur.

Without disinfectants, hospitals would find it impossible to sanitize their facilities and contain infectious diseases.

Yes, a world without pesticides would not be a pleasant place in which to live.

by Leonard T. Flynn

Leonard T. Flynn, Ph.D., M.B.A., is a regulatory and scientific consultant.

08/13/2026

It’s always better to buy your squirrels in bulk.

Home Depot Garden Center Offering 1.5 Cubic Feet Of Squirrels

08/13/2026

I know why.

A. Culex mosquitoes spend most of their life in the treetops and birds are their primary food source. They tend to breed in flooded hollowed out tree branches which are below the canopy and don’t dry out like other water sources. I chopped down a 50 year old crepe Myrtle in my backyard in the middle of summer draught and one branch had about 3 gals of water in it. Crepe Myrtle’s are tiny in comparison to most trees so you can imagine how much water is stored in pockets in larger trees.

B. Less Aedes mosquitoes because of drought gives people confidence to be outside without mosquito repellent.

C. Culex mosquitoes are dusk and dawn biters. That’s the only time the come down from the treetops. Because of the extreme heat, that’s the only time people want to be outside.

Mosquitoes are disappearing across parts of the U.S. – as the West Nile virus is doing the opposite.

Mosquito counts have fallen by roughly 50 percent in parts of the West and Midwest this summer. In Colorado, some estimates suggest a drop of up to 70 percent.

Severe drought is the leading explanation. With fewer pools and flooded areas available, many mosquitoes have lost the standing water they need to reproduce.

But West Nile cases are rising unusually early.

The CDC had recorded 143 human cases as of August 4, the highest number reported by this point in the season since 2004. Arizona accounted for 71 cases, roughly half the national total, and has reported five deaths.

It sounds impossible, but the total number of mosquitoes is not the only thing controlling disease risk.

West Nile circulates mainly between birds and Culex mosquitoes. During drought, birds and the mosquitoes that survive can crowd around the same shrinking water sources. That creates more opportunities for mosquitoes to pick up the virus from infected birds and later transmit it to people.

Some drought-tolerant mosquito species can also remain abundant even as the nuisance mosquitoes people notice most begin disappearing.

The result can be fewer mosquitoes overall but a greater chance that one of the remaining mosquitoes carries West Nile.

Most infected people never develop symptoms. Others experience fever, headaches, body aches, vomiting, diarrhea, or a rash. Severe infections can inflame the brain or surrounding tissues, cause muscle weakness or paralysis, and sometimes become fatal.

The CDC says West Nile causes more than 1,300 severe illnesses and 130 deaths in the U.S. during an average year. There is no licensed human vaccine or specific antiviral treatment.

The long-term picture is also shifting. An analysis of 239 U.S. cities found that 95 percent now experience more days with temperatures suitable for West Nile transmission than in the early 1970s, averaging 18 additional days each year.

Even when mosquito numbers fall, the risk does not necessarily disappear.

Use an EPA-registered repellent, wear long clothing outdoors, repair window screens, and remove standing water around your home.

Learn more:
"Where have all the mosquitoes gone? Parts of the US are seeing a huge drop — and that has experts worried." Independent

07/18/2026

My wife did a thing…