The American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) warns of elevated mosquito populations in East Coast communities in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
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Innovative card deck teaches IPM concepts
Frannie Miller, pesticide safety and IPM coordinator at Kansas State University, came up with the idea of using a card...
Purdue honors industry Hall of Famer
Stoy Hedges, BCE, has been selected to receive the 2019 John V. Osmun Alumni Professional Achievement Award in Entomology.
Ace Exterminating honored for business ethics
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Ace Exterminating earned the Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Center for Ethics.
ABC Home & Commercial Services owners earn philanthropic award
Caritas of Austin awarded Jan and Bobby Jenkins — owners of ABC Home & Commercial Services — the Harvey Penick...
NPMA updates wood destroying insect report form
The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) licensed ServiceMark to print the updated National Wood Destroying Insect Report form NPMA-33.
PPMA selects new executive committee leadership
The Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA) names John Myers of Rentokil Steritech and Matt Stevenson of Terminix to its executive...
NPMA launches PestWorld 2019 day of service
The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) is offering pest management professionals an opportunity to give back during PestWorld 2019.
Cats USA deploys ContraPest in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif., will begin implementing SenesTech Inc.'s ContraPest solution in its current integrated pest management (IPM) programs.
Arrow celebrates top performers at annual event
Arrow Exterminators hosted the company’s top performing sales and management team members at its annual Premier Club and Circle of...
Mating temporarily blinds honey bee queens
New research from the University of California (UC) Riverside finds male honey bees inject toxins during sex that cause temporary...
Truly Nolen selects district manager of ‘Team Thunder’
Truly Nolen promoted Tom Larrabee to district manager of “Team Thunder,” a district of six up-and-coming service offices in Florida,...
Waynes purchases Dayton’s Pest Control
Birmingham, Ala.-based Waynes Pest Control expands its operations to eastern Tennessee with the acquisition of Knoxville, Tenn.-based Dayton’s Pest Control.
ServiceMaster enters European pest control market
ServiceMaster acquired Stockholm, Sweden-based Nomor Holding AB, the fourth largest pest control company in Europe with operations in Sweden and...
Terminix acquires Desert Pacific Exterminators
Terminix International — a subsidiary of ServiceMaster — acquired Desert Pacific Exterminators, located in Yucca Valley, California.
Rockwell earns patent for ant bait
The United States Patent Office issued patent number 10,398,141 to Rockwell Labs for the company’s invention entitled “breakable non-flowing gel...