PMP Staff | Pest Management Professional

believe it or not: Stinging Insects

The world’s biggest hornet is wreaking havoc in northwestern China where 42 people have died after being swarmed and stung....

did you know? Spiders

The world’s largest known spider (it holds the Guinness World Record) is a male goliath bird-eating spider (Theraphosa blondi) collected...

Face Off: New Year’s Resolutions

+Pros Marty Whitford – Publisher/Editorial Director I’m a work in progress. I always will be. I’m a man of many...

Pets with a capital P-U

From the To Each Their Own Dept., file this under “One Person’s Pest is Another’s Pet.” Deborah Cipriani owns the...

Once Bitten – Understanding the flea bite

We have just passed flea bite season. Hopefully, it was productive for you and you weren’t bitten. Speaking of bitten,...

Food Plant & Stored Product Pests – Moths

While some moths, particularly the corn earworm, are significant agricultural pests, many others are important pollinators. Their hairy bodies pick...

Quest Heat Systems

The new Quest PowerHeat 980 Pro is a 990,000BTU central hydronic heater. Like the CHH300 Pro, it is constructed in...

Bird-B-Gone releases Spanish installation videos

IRVINE, CA—Bird-B-Gone Inc. announces the release of its new commercial installation videos in Spanish. The videos are now available on...

Bird-B-Gone: Bird Net 2000

Featuring a 10-year guarantee, Bird Net 2000 is a heavy-duty polyethylene bird net used to block birds from entering unwanted areas. The...

It’s an insect, it’s a stored product pest, it’s … spider beetle!

Of all the insects and arthropods that can be classified as a stored product pest, the spider beetle (Ptinidae, a...

dos & don’ts: bed bug sops

Dr. Stuart Mitchell – Technical Editor Incompetence is lacking the necessary skill set to carry out a task. With an...

J.T. Eaton awards $2,000 scholarship

TWINSBURG, OH—During the 78th annual Purdue Pest Management Conference, which takes place Jan. 6-8 in West Lafayette, Ind., J.T. Eaton...

Doc Mitchell earns eighth degree

SARASOTA, FLA. — Dr. Stuart M. Mitchell, principal technical specialist for PestWest Environmental and technical editor of Pest Management Professional (PMP) magazine earned a...

EPA approves CSI’s FUSE Termiticide/Insecticide label

PASADENA, TEXAS —On Nov. 7, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the label for FUSE, a new liquid termiticide/insecticide...

Maxforce on a Mission helps animal shelter

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.—Bayer’s Maxforce on a Mission initiative has continued to grow this year, with its most recent activity...