Mark Sheperdigian

Using heat against insects is not new, but bed bugs add a whole new wrinkle to this unique method of control.

If you are providing services for an apartment community -- or even for condominiums -- several factors may complicate your efforts.

Of all the chin-scratching obstacles we face, residential stored product pest problems can be among the worst.

We have come to accept that a follow-up visit or three is part and parcel of bed bug work, but what do you do when the follow-up visits drag on for months?

We can discover with 100 percent certainty that an account is infested; we cannot discover with 100 percent certainty that it is not.

You can't be green until you know what green is and, let's face it: everyone has their own idea. If you look at a variety of definitions, however, several consistent themes will appear.

Bed bug detection dogs are beginning to show up everywhere. What effect might they have on the bed bug control business?

Every bed bug job is so different and the populations are so variable that the wisest course of action is to schedule follow-up visits.

Just because a material kills other insects well does not mean it will be equally effective against bed bugs.

Most of our problems stem from what we cannot see