Ants on a Potted Plant in Murfreesboro, TN

Ants on a Potted Plant

It’s the first day of spring! And with our warm weather comes lots of ants. Lots and lots and lots and lots of ants. And then more ants.

‘Ant’yways, one of our Quarterly Pest Control customers recently called us to see what we could do to get rid of an ant invasion at her home. Dan Cassidy, owner of The Bug Man, captured a video of the pesky ants.

If you continue to find ants indoors, there is a good chance that they may be nesting inside the house.  Many times the ant nest is relocated indoors with a potted plant.  They will nest inside the soil and when you move the plant inside, the nest of ants will move with the plant.  Always check between the potted plant before bringing them inside.  This will help deter this problem.

Ants will also be attracted to potted plants on patios, sunrooms, porches, and even indoors.  The ants like the frequent watering the plant requires, many of the plants also have aphids that the ants are attracted to.

Visit Murfreesboro’s Main Street JazzFest on May 6 and May 7

Main street

Dan Cassidy–owner of The Bug Man–has been on the Main Street Jazz Fest Committee every year since the beginning of The Bug Man. In honor of Dan’s very Tennessee-appropriate volunteerism, please make a trip out to Main Street Jazz Fest on May 6 and 7. Visit jazzfestmainstreet.com for more info. Dan Cassidy–the owner of The Bug Man–has been on the Main Street JazzFest Committee every year since the beginning of The Bug Man.

Let’s do a little math. He’s been on the committee since 2001. He’s volunteered at least 50 hours every year. It’s 2011 now. So that’s 10 years of 50 hours. Coming out to…over 500 hours of volunteering! Yeesh!

That’s a lot of volunteering, Dan-o!

In honor of Dan’s very Tennessee-appropriate volunteerism, please make a ‘note’ to make a trip out to Main Street JazzFest on May 6 and 7. Maybe you’ll see Dan sport the jazz hands he developed as a result of being on the committee for 10 years. 🙂

For a schedule of events (ranging from middle schoolers to college kids to high schoolers), visitjazzfestmainstreet.com.

A highlight of JazzFest is the U.S. Army Ground Forces Band the Jazz Guardians. They play Saturday night at 7 p.m.