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The next time you’re treating for wasps, hornets or fire ants, inspect the following to ensure “spring doesn’t sting” your clients: Play equipment — Swing sets and treehouses can be......

Spring has sprung — and with the change of season, cockroaches are getting ready to emerge. You can expect to see more cockroaches in the coming months, so now is......

The busy travel season is here — bringing with it a greater risk for bed bugs in hotels. While this is the most common non-residential site for treating bed bugs,......

Different ant species require different treatments, thanks to unique character traits, so be sure to properly identify the invaders before you start a control plan. To help identify different ant......

Follow these three steps to limit fly populations and give your customers some relief from these nuisance pests....

To ensure minimal nest activity, plan to treat for stinging insects early in the morning or very late afternoon....

Tips for identifying an occasional invader infestation....

Mel Whitson with Zoëcon Professional Products discusses a preventive, pre-construction treatment for destructive termites....

As temperatures begin to rise, overwintering mosquitoes will start to emerge out of the dormant stage....

Besides swarms, a common sign for subterranean termites is the presence of mud tubes. These tiny tunnels are built and used by the pests to travel to food sources. Termites......