Dr. William H. Robinson

Outdoor lights are an important feature of the urban environment. While they provide safety and security to streets and buildings, however, they may also increase the number of insects and other arthropods in those streets and around those buildings.

Outdoor lights are an important feature of the urban environment.While they provide safety and security to streets and buildings,however, they may also increase the number of insects and otherarthropods in those streets and around those buildings.

Cockroaches groom their legs and antennae, a habit that PMPs can use against the pests.

When spraying surfaces with liquid insecticides, it's common to sweep back and forth to wet the surface. The common thought is that the insecticide should completely cover the surface to kill the target pest, but that's not true.

The phorid fly, Megaselia scalaris, occurs in restaurants, hospitals and houses around the world. At just 1/8-inch long, this brownish-yellow fly is often lumped into the just another small fly category by many pest management professionals (PMPs). That's unfortunate because these flies can be...more >>

Separate wood-spraying fact from fiction

People in the Balkan region of southern Europe used fresh leaves of field beans to control bed bugs in their homes. In 1942, a USDA entomologist discovered why this old folk remedy was actually very effective.

Cockroach movement: It's all about the legs.

Weather conditions provide clues to pest behavior in the coming year

You're going to like this bug-in the field and in the classroom.