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Blog: And the Pest of the Year is…

New statistics released puts bed bugs as the 2018 Pest of the Year for the second consecutive year. Canadians searched for information about these pests an astounding 600,000 times during 2018.
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New statistics released puts bed bugs as the 2018 Pest of the Year for the second consecutive year. Canadians searched for information about these pests an astounding 600,000 times during 2018. The announcement is a chronicle of the year in pest trends, covering Internet searches to social media. The Pest of the Year title was resulting from total Internet searches over the last 12 months. While bed bugs hit the top spot again, the list did see some noteworthy upheavals. Rats overtook mice for the number-two spot, and squirrels darted their way onto the list. It’s no shock that bed bugs have been named Pest of the Year again, as they have been on the increase since the early 1990s. Certain vexations rule the social media chat more than others. Most tweeted pest was spiders, followed by rats and mice. Over the last year a few movies have made an impact in pop culture making it no surprise these pests ranked high on the list for social chatter with the release of Ant-Man and the Wasp, and the Spider-Man movie.

Go Green Pest Control owner Randy Bilesky is a long-time South Delta resident. Trained and certified, Bilesky has first-hand knowledge of the pest problems that local homeowners and business owners encounter.