Invasive/Occasional Species | Pest Management Professional

Handle overwintering occasional invaders differently

Overwintering pests are strictly outdoor insects that find their means of survival outside of structures.

Handle occasional invaders with different levels of control

There are different levels of occasional invader issues that require different treatments.

Rockwell Labs Chemistry Manager Todd Fleischmann and student intern Kathryn Monahan discuss a new formulation with Dr. Cisse Spragins. (Photo courtesy of Rockwell Labs)

Treat overwintering pests with botanicals

Overwintering pests can be difficult, because pest management professionals often get called in once these pests have emerged indoors.

Properly identifying springtails

In their natural habitat, springtails typically feed on fungi, plant material or algae.

How to gain control over occasional invaders

Ants, cockroaches, rodents, bed bugs and termites. Chances are you are well-trained to control these pests, which probably make up...

Springtails: The pest insect that isn’t

Springtails are such an ancient group of arthropods that 400-year-old fossils exist.

Stink bugs featured in The New Yorker

The magazine found this story particularly newsworthy because the number of stink bugs in the home had reached 26 thousand.

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PMP interviews a fruit fly

No more Mr. Nice Fly: Pest Management Professional magazine interviews a fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).

Know your termite species

Not every termite is Reticulitermes flavipes. Be alert for signs of unexpected termites. We have dozens of termite species, but...

Boy’s educational insect video goes viral

My brother is an animal genius and wanted me to share it w you guys. He titles this: Trees danger...

Overwintering pests as dermestid snacks

Multi-colored Asian lady beetles (Harmonia axyridis), brown marmorated stink bugs (Halyomorpha halys) and cluster flies (Pollenia spp.) are just a...

Research entomologist Catherine Pruszynski. Photo: Florida Keys Mosquito Control District

Bacteria-infected mosquitoes released in Florida to fight Zika

The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District is testing a new way to control Aedes aegypti mosquito populations by releasing bacteria-infected...

Don’t be fooled by Asian longhorned beetle look-alikes

Since its discovery in New York in 1996, the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis, or ALB) has attacked many valuable...

Experts share unusual WDI, WDO encounters

What unusual wood-destroying insect/organism (WDI/WDO) situation have you encountered? Two Pest Management Professional contributors weigh in: “In 1967, we worked on...

Spider control measures from ‘Truman’s’

Author’s Note: Information is taken from Truman’s Scientific Guide to Pest Management Operations, available online at the PMP Bookstore. Spiders...