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In Tribute William Eugene "Bill" Blasingame, Sr. August 7, 1924 — February 25, 2024 Entomologist • Regulator • Mentor • Industry Icon GRIFFIN, Ga. — Blasingame Pest Management is honoring the life and legacy of its founder and technical advisor, William Eugene "Bill" Blasingame Sr., who passed away February 25, 2024, at age 99. A 2011 inductee into the Pest Management Professional Hall of Fame and past president of both the Georgia Pest Control Association (1967) and th

You were up late, walked into the kitchen for a glass of water, turned on the light — and something scurried under the refrigerator. Or you opened a cabinet and something moved quickly into the corner. Or your spouse found one on the bathroom floor and came to get you. It was a cockroach. Just one. And now you are wondering what it means. The short answer — and the honest answer — is that a single cockroach sighting in a Griffin or Spalding County home almost never means ther

Termites vs. Flying Ants in Georgia: How to Tell the Difference Every spring and summer, homeowners throughout Griffin, Spalding County, and surrounding Central Georgia areas contact us after discovering winged insects swarming near their windows, doors, or lights. The question is almost always the same — are these termites or flying ants? It is one of the most important pest identification questions a Georgia homeowner can know the answer to. Both insects look remarkably sim

Newnan, Georgia is one of Central Georgia's most vibrant and growing communities — and Blasingame Pest Management has been proud to serve Newnan and Coweta County homeowners for years, bringing the same family-owned expertise and honest, personalized service that has defined this business since Billy Blasingame began his career in pest control in 1977. Pest control in Newnan, GA comes with challenges shaped by Coweta County's unique combination of rapid growth, established ne

If mosquitoes have been making your Griffin or Spalding County yard uncomfortable this summer, you have probably already tried at least one of the popular solutions — a citronella candle, a bug zapper, a store-bought fogger, maybe a clip-on fan repellent. And if you are reading this, those solutions probably did not work as well as you hoped. You are not doing anything wrong. Those products simply do not address the problem the way most people assume they do. Getting rid of m

Finding ants in your kitchen is one of the most common pest complaints we hear from homeowners throughout Griffin, Spalding County, and surrounding Central Georgia areas — and it is one of the most frustrating, because the ants that show up in your kitchen rarely respond the way you expect to the products most people try first. You spray the trail. The ants disappear for a day or two. Then they are back — sometimes in greater numbers, sometimes in a completely different locat