Technical | Pest Management Professional

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Dos & Don’ts: Eastern Subterranean Termites

■ Do eliminate termites, particularly the commonly encountered Eastern subterranean species, Reticulitermes flavipes, though integrated pest management (IPM), an environmentally...

Bird Management: Not as Simple as One Might Think

To many, bird management equates to merely tackling pigeons, sparrows and starlings. But our industry must foresee myriad other challenges,...

Ask the Expert: Erythraeid Mites, Pyrethoids and Moths

Q: We service a hospital that has what looks like clover mites entering rooms on the third floor. The nearest...

Fact vs. Fiction: Odorous House Ants

Fiction: Odorous house ants (OHA) or Tapinoma sessile, are easy to kill. Fact: OHA can be managed with customary professional...

Most Wanted: American Cockroach

Also known as the kakerlac (from the Danish word meaning cockroach), the ship cockroach and the Bombay canary, Periplaneta americana...

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Fact vs. Fiction: Indianmeal Moths

Fiction: I froze my foodstuffs, but I still have Indianmeal moths (IMM) flying around my cabinets. Fact: Freezing stored products...

Dos & Don’ts: American Cockroaches

Don’t let American cockroaches, Periplaneta americana, invade and contaminate structures and threaten public health. Control cockroaches by counting on integrated...

Fact vs. Fiction: Pigeons

Fiction: Feeding pigeons makes the world a better place and doesn’t hurt anybody. Fact: Feeding pigeons, deliberately or unintentionally, is the...

Most Wanted: The 411 on the Odorous House Ant

As the most abundant of social insects (estimated at 1 quadrillion at any given time), more than 12,500 of an...

Dos & Don’ts: Odorous House Ants

Do the applied myrmecology. Don’t let the odorous house ants (OHA), Tapinoma sessile, invade structures and offend inhabitants. Do eliminate them...

Ask the Expert: Phorid Flies, Migrating Cockroaches and Carpet Beetles

Q: A residential customer has a phorid fly problem. The house is on a slab. The drain lines have been...

Fact vs. Fiction: Ticks

Fiction: Tick populations die during the winter. Fact: Ticks aren’t as active during cold months, but they don’t die. They...

Most Wanted: Plodia interpunctella

“Cleptoparasitic stored product pests are guilty of contaminating up to 10% of global grain supplies. Stored product pests can originate...

Dos and Don’ts: Indianmeal Moths

■ Do the applied biology and eliminate the moths through integrated pest management (IPM). ■ Don’t let Indianmeal moth (IMM),...

Dos and Don’ts: Pigeons

An essential part of eliminating pest pigeons is safety-centric, pre-environmental and postenvironmental cleanup of biological waste. Effective interventions result in...