Fleas & Ticks | Pest Management Professional

Q: A commercial customer just installed a new security system with cameras under the eaves of his building. This system...

A tick’s range can change and expand over time, particularly with migrating birds, and deer that have been relocated or...

Email your questions about insect identification and pest management technologies and techniques to Dr. Mampe. Your questions most likely will...

You’ve probably received calls from customers complaining of a flea infestation, only to arrive on the scene to find that...

Springtails are members of the order Collembola. They do not bite, sting or transmit disease, nor do they damage food,...

A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases researchers Drs. Rebecca...

For indoor flea and tick control, concentrate on areas where pets are most active and use a product that can...

When managing fleas, the best offense is a good defense. Applying an aerosol containing a residual insecticide with an insect...

It might not be necessary to treat an entire outdoor area for ticks, which often can be found in shaded...

For fleas, concentrate on areas where pets most often rest. Spot treat those areas with a residual insecticide. Flies are...

Sanitation is the best way to reduce filthy fly numbers, but getting customer cooperation to help reduce breeding sites can...

Nuisance wildlife pests can invade structures, cause significant damage and interfere with the quality of life for clients in urban,...

I regularly stumble across columns online warning of how flea collars aren’t always the best bet for your cat or...

[Andy McGinty also contributed to this blog entry.] Over the last two years or so, we have observed that while...

Black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis, aka bear tick, deer tick) greedily engorge on the blood of hosts. DESCRIPTION: These hard-bodied ticks are...