Hanif Gulmahamad

In the urban and structural pest control arenas, customer wants, needs, desires, and perceptions are gradually shifting in the direction of green pest management. Customer concerns about health, safety, property, environment, and water pollution issues are going to continue to push the industry in...more >>

House sparrow nests under roof tiles and other areas of buildings are fire hazards because of windblown embers from the brush fires that often sweep the mountains, foothills and canyon areas of Southern California.

The Turkestan cockroach, Blatta lateralis (Walker), is rapidly expanding its range in the United States - and is also increasingly becoming a serious structural pest. While a good integrated pest management (IPM) program can help, it's especially critical to use nocturnal inspections to determine...more >>

Pest management professionals (PMPs) often are frustrated when they find mice snap traps sprung with no mice in them. And it's all the more frustrating to realize when you've been bested by peridomestic cockroaches.

Changes in rodenticide technologies are needed for all involved.

Changes in rodenticide technologies are needed for all involved.

Introductions of these pests have many of the same negative ramifications as those of alien species of insects such as red imported fire ants (RIFA) and Formosan termites.

When I received the call about snails plastering the walls of a building in Los Angeles, I was skeptical. After all, with more than 25 years of field experience, I have heard plenty of exaggerations of pest infestation levels.

The face of the Jerusalem cricket is the stuff of nightmares

Mother Nature uses her own brand of nonchemical pest management on pocket gophers