Check out Hughes Exterminator’s editorial calendar for tips and ideas to include pests in your stories and the best time of year to cover certain pests.
January
- New Year’s Resolutions for a healthier life and healthier home – clean-up the kitchen, toss old foods and get rid of those pantry pests
February
- Cockroaches – a catalyst for serious Asthma attacks, especially for infants and children
March
- Termites – what every homeowner should know about these destructive pests
- Spring pest proofing – keep pests out with simple fixes around the house
April
- Fire Ants – look out for those tell-tale mounds around your home’s foundation to avoid painful stings
- Scorpions – as temperatures heat up, these potentially lethal pests appear in the Phoenix area
- Sustainability/Earth Day – Integrated Pest Management (IPM), the most environmentally responsible approach to pest control
May
- Biting insects – fleas, ticks, mosquitoes... keeping your family and pets healthy in the summer
- Snakes – Poisonous snakebites prevalent problem, especially involving children, in Phoenix area
June
- Spiders, fleas, ticks – spring cleaning tips to keep pests out of the home
July
- Ants – The United States’ most common and problematic pest
- Africanized Honey Bees – “Killer bees” very common in the Phoenix area
August
- Stinging insects – painful stingers, especially the ever-annoying ground bees, send 500,000 to the ER each year in the U.S.
September
- Bed bugs – don’t bring home these blood-sucking souvenirs from your summer vacation and be on the look out for them as students head to college dorms
- Fall pest proofing – keep pests out with simple fixes around the house
October
- Nuisance wildlife – how to stop creatures from getting inside your home or encroaching on your property
November
- Winter pest proofing – keep pests out with simple fixes around the house
December
- Holiday pests – how to keep unwanted house guests out, who are attracted to the extra food and garbage the holidays can bring
- Rodents – when they want to come in and get out of the cold