Something TRULY special happened on July 20: Central Florida blogger and multimedia producer Jen Vargas, whom we have worked with in the past, is a big fan of our Truly Nolen MouseLimo. We actually ran into her at the Mascot Games on June 17 (five days after the awful Pulse shootings), and at that time, […]
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Flea Bites vs. Bed Bug Bites – Schooling Your Customers
You’ve probably received calls from customers complaining of a flea infestation, only to arrive on the scene to find that...
What You Need to Know about Zika – Part 1 of 2
[This week we welcome guest blogger, Dillon Stewart, associate editor of our sister publication, Landscape Management.] For those new to...
Are you using Snapchat?
As the parents of two teen-aged girls, my husband and I held off as long as we could regarding allowing...
The Ecological Impacts of El Niño — and why it’s good for the pest control industry
While the exact mechanisms of El Niño aren’t fully understood — not surprising, given it involves a complicated back-and-forth between ocean...
McCloud’s food safety coverage continues
In the July issue of PMP magazine you’ll find my “RoadTrip Roundup” of South Elgin, Ill.-based McCloud Services’ annual Pest...
UF’s Zika Challenge to Educate Faculty and Fla. Residents
The University of Florida’s (UF) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are holding a new Zika Challenge. As this is...
Going to the dogs
As promised in our June Photo Finish, we’ve rounded up a few more K-9s in the bed bug biz: •...
Dr. Stan Cope to host Twitter Chat re: Zika & Mosquitoes
Tonight, mosquito expert Dr. Stan Cope will be hosting a Twitter chat (#MosquitoWeekChat) via @Terminix to answer consumer questions about...
The Quigley Creed: The ABC’s of Running a Great Business
Today’s guest blogger is Patrick Quigley, president of Sales Training by Design, with some A to Z tips for running...
Happy National Pollinator Week
Nine years ago the U.S. Senate unanimously approved and designated a week in June as “National Pollinator Week” to help...
Flag Day is every day for Capital City Exterminating company
Happy Flag Day, America! Here’s a holiday-relevant story to make you smile. The Belknap family, whose company, Capital City Exterminating...
Pest Entry Management’s BATMAN kills bugs with bats
Forget Ben Affleck or Christian Bale — the newest Batman around is Jay Lee with Pest Entry Management in Nashville....
Tempering the risk of mosquito-borne illness
With Aedes aegypti in the news at nearly every turn, it’s important for pest management professionals (PMPs) to take the...
I.D. this blogger’s 8-legged invader …
Perhaps one of our readers can confirm something for me. Though I write for pest professionals, I am not one....
THE GIANT MUTANT NINJA COCKROACHES ARE (probably not) COMING!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=topVkP8WBb4 Horror movies are this blogger’s great love, with special affection reserved for sci-fi monster movies of the 1950’s “atomic...