Yellowjackets are aggressive pests located throughout Maryland. Whether you’re having a cookout on your deck or eating an ice cream cone on the boardwalk, yellowjackets can ruin a fun moment (and sting you) in seconds. Every year, yellowjackets bother Maryland homeowners and lead to thousands of painful stings and emergency room visits. Yellowjacket 101 Yellowjackets
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Sherlock Holmes has nothing on the Brody Brothers. At least when it comes to solving your pest mysteries. We get a lot of calls from homeowners who suspect that they have a pest problem, but don’t know what they’re dealing with and don’t know where to start. We relish the challenge to figure out what
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Owings Mills — Are Umbrella Wasps Raining on your Parade? Owings Mills is known for many things: A long history dating back to the early 1700s Being a landmark for nationally acclaimed corporate headquarters The home of Public Television’s Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser With all this going for it, it’s no wonder that
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Once Bitten, Twice Shy If you were asked what creature is the most dangerous to humans, what would make your list? A great white shark? An angry elephant? Or a mother lion defending her cubs? Think again. The tiny mosquito has killed more people than all the wars in history combined. And even today,
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You probably already know from experience that bees can be a nuisance when you’re trying to enjoy a meal outside. The smell of food attracts them like crazy, and before you know it, they’re crawling around near your plate. Annoying, isn’t it? But there are several things you may not know about bumble bees that
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Finding a wasp nest near your home is always an unpleasant surprise, especially if you have outdoor pets or children who play outside frequently. Wasps can be particularly dangerous to people who have allergic reactions to their stings, so it is important to get rid of a wasp nest quickly once you’ve located it. While
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Nothing ruins a beautiful summer day like being stung. By knowing what to look for and how to handle a nest of paper wasps, hornets or yellow jackets, you can keep your family and guests sting-free. Paper wasps, hornets and yellow jackets, oh my! It can be difficult to distinguish between paper wasps, hornets and
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The yellow jacket wasp is one of Maryland’s most aggressive stinging insects; they don’t need much reason to attack. Yellow jackets do have barbed stingers, but they can sting multiple times before dying. Although there are several yellow jacket species found in Maryland, the most common is the native Eastern yellow jacket. They are usually
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As much as you want to appreciate how cool nature is, you sometimes have no other options when it comes to pesky insects but to get rid of them. And sure, sometimes you can co-exist peacefully with even the most bothersome of bugs. But when it comes to bumble bees, they can definitely become a
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Brody Brothers is not a team of exterminators; we are eliminators. We know you want to get rid of mosquitoes, so we don’t stop at simply applying treatment at regular intervals. Having a mosquito-free yard does not just require one to kill mosquitoes, but also to eliminate areas that could be potential mosquito breeding grounds.
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