MINNEAPOLIS — Sector Misting Concentrate is a new water-based insecticide from McLaughlin Gormley King Company (MGK). Sector is specially designed for residential mosquito control systems and barn misting systems for fly control. Sector achieves high-level performance by combining the active ingredient permethrin with the insecticide synergist piperonyl butoxide (PBO). Sector is designed for situations with extremely high […]
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American Mosquito Control Association Annual Meeting Declared a Success
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — The American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) wrapped up its 74th Annual Meeting with unprecedented attendance and a superior...
VPC Shows Its Backbone
By: Dale E. Kaukeinen Industry experts gather in San Diego for the 23rd Vertebrate Pest Conference to share the latest on wildlife...
Comprehensive Food Processor Resource Guide Available from BASF
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — BASF Professional Pest Control announced the availability of a new publication for the food processing industry titled, Pest...
BASF Announces New Termidor SC & WG Termiticide/Insecticide Labels
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a label amendment for Termidor SC termiticide/insecticide and Termidor WG termiticide/insecticide, a...
Whitmire Micro-Gen’s Allure MD Controls Stored Product Moths
ST. LOUIS — Whitmire Micro-Gen’s Prescription Treatment brand Allure MD reduces stored product moths through mating disruption. This new technology controls by...
U.S. Mortgage Crisis Causing Concerns for Increased Mosquito Populations and West Nile Virus
FAIRFAX, Va. — From foreclosed homes to an inability to sell properties, the recent mortgage crisis in the United States...
Got Geese?
Geese eat, poop and make noise on your customers’ lawn all day long. At dark, they move into the water...
Put Some Distance Between You and Birds
Repel all birds from any site with Fog Force. It can be used indoors and outdoors to rid all birds...
Pest Spotlight: Caribbean Crazy Ant
By: Gerry Wegner Ph.D. The so-called Caribbean crazy ant is yet another nuisance ant species to flourish in Florida and possibly...
Groundhog Day
By: Jason Maus, Gerry Wegner Ph.D. The biology, behavior and control of America’s favorite weather-predicting pest. Biology The groundhog, Marmota monax (Rodentia: Sciuridae), is...
Cool Tools: The Gophinator
The Gophinator is a newly designed stainless steel pocket gopher trap quickly gaining popularity as the trap of choice for...
New Transport GHP Insecticide Available from FMC
Pest management professionals (PMPs) have a new tool to combat ants and a broad range of other household pests more...
Bird ID Essential to Management
By: Dan Collins My interest in birds began at age 15. At that time, I simply couldn’t believe all the different...
Study: Argentine Ants Change Diets to Survive
According to an article from PhysOrg.com, researchers have found the ability of Argentine ants to change from carnivorous insect eaters to...
Pest Spotlight: Meal Moths
By: Gerry Wegner Ph.D. The meal moth is a stored product pest that occurs throughout the United States, but is less...