By: Michael Newhouse Queen Creek, Ariz., experienced an exceptional amount of rainfall in 2005. A typical rainy season in Arizona usually consists of wet weather in February, however, last year steady rainfall started in February and didn’t really end until April. With rain and excessive moisture come pests. Shane Buntin, owner of Arizona’s Best Choice Pest […]
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Crow Problems Plague Cortland, N.Y.
CORTLAND, N.Y. — The city of Cortland, N.Y. is considering hiring a pest management company to deal with a growing problem with...
Black widows lurking in grocery bags
LONDON, Ontario — A Candian family was surprised to find a deadly black widow spider in a bag of organic...
Small Flies Are Big Pests
By: Stephen A. Kells How to troubleshoot small fly infestations As a pest management professional (PMP), how many times have you...
Pest Mystery
If you’ll recall from the July mystery (page 72), a mysterious critter digging in yards was immortalized in rhyme. The...
From the Field: Bayer Mobile University, Cleveland
CLEVELAND — When I arrived at Bayer’s Mobile University at the Southern Mill Creek Products of Ohio’s location here, the overflow from the parking lot...
Treatment countdown
By: Austin Frishman If Perry Mason were a PMP… One of my favorite TV shows is Perry Mason. Each show began with someone...
Birth control for geese and pigeons
By: Dr. Philip Whitford Research shows a bait pending EPA approval accomplishes long-term population suppression Expanding resident Canada goose populations have...
Borates: In Search of the ‘Sweet Spot’
By: Dr. Robert Krieger, Dr. Michael Rust, Dr. John Klotz, and Dr. Chris Amrhein Borates are popular insecticides, as evidenced by the number of...
Pest population increasing
Exotic pests tend to increase to high populations when they are accidentally introduced into new geographical areas. This is largely...
Pest population increasing
By: Hanif Gulmahamad Exotic pests tend to increase to high populations when they are accidentally introduced into new geographical areas. This...
J.F. Oakes presents trap for beetles and moths
YAZOO CITY, MS — J.F. Oakes introduces the Xlure R.T.U. Inspector pheromone trap for stored product insects. The Inspector contains...
Oil blend draws rodents to traps
SIMSBURY, CT — Kirk’s Gold Magic Rodent Lure from Wildlife Control Supplies, LLC is a blend of nut and fruit oils formulated to...
NJPMA has spitting good time at annual clinic
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Chris O’Donovan, a manager at Cooper Pest Control, Lawrenceville, NJ, wins the state’s first-ever cricket spitting contest...
Brown widows get a lesson in IPM
By: Hanif Gulmahamad In early February, a brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus (Koch), was discovered by a fourth grade student in Torrance, CA....
Lesser housefly
By: Dr. Kyle Jordan Species: Fannia canicularis Order: Diptera Family: Muscidae The lesser housefly (LHF) is a nonbiting fly found throughout...