Tips and Tricks | Pest Management Professional

Paper wasps can become aggressive when their colonies are disturbed. If they continue to grow and expand, they can become...

As with many pests, scorpions have a unique set of complications, but PMPs face the challenge and work to manage...

Cockroach populations can grow extremely fast in the moist, food-rich environment of a commercial kitchen. Here's steps to get a...

Using glue traps for monitoring will allow for proper identification and better measuring the level of a cockroach infestation.

As we evolve in how we perform cockroach applications, dust formulations have become a lost art for interior treatments for...

Don’t forget monitoring as part of your integrated pest management (IPM) program for cockroaches. Monitoring will help determine the exact...

An IPM approach is necessary to effectively control cockroaches, which can induce asthma attacks and potentially transport pathogens.

When your clients ask you what they can do to keep cockroaches from coming back, here are some helpful hints:...

With common, widespread and persistent species, it’s important to “mix it up” with products and techniques to lower the risk...

When it comes to controlling cockroaches, maintaining a sanitary interior and applying the right products will provide long residual control.

Cockroach management programs should begin and end with improved sanitation, HEPA vacuuming, and pre- and post-program monitoring with glue boards.

As with any insect, identification is key when controlling cockroaches, even in situations where you might be “sure” of the...

As a pest management professional, probably one of the hardest things to do is to tell customers they may still...

Bed bugs can be maddening. These pests are small, mobile, cryptic hitchhikers, and their activity may remain undiscovered until the...

One common question I get from pest management professionals (PMPs) is “why are spiders so difficult to control?” The answer,...