Tips and Tricks | Pest Management Professional

Tips & Tricks: To Control Cockroaches, Consider an IPM approach

Cockroaches can be potential vectors for the transmission of human diseases. Pest professionals should consider an integrated pest management (IPM)...

Tips & Tricks: How to Avoid Potential Cockroach Resistance Problems

If one thing is known about cockroaches, it’s they shouldn’t be underestimated. To avoid potential resistance problems, rotate a minimum...

Joe Barile, BCE, Technical Service Lead, Bayer

Tips & Tricks: Old-School Observations Contribute to Success

Although the following cockroach management observations and tips might be considered old school, this information will continue to contribute to...

Tips & Tricks: Commercial Kitchens with Cockroaches Require Focus-Zone Inspections

Commercial kitchens are complex environments that require thorough inspection to develop the best pest management plan for German cockroaches. Using...

Tips & Tricks: Cockroach Treatment Options

Here are tips covering cockroach exclusion and sanitation, as well as treatment options to help manage and communicate with customers:...

Tips & Tricks: Handling Cockroach Infestations

Much like humans, cockroaches need resources — food, water and shelter — to survive. Denying these commodities should be the...

Tips & Tricks: Consider Ant Baiting

Ants are reported as the most common nuisance pest in the United States. Pest professionals understand that to satisfy their...

Dr. Nicky Gallagher, Technical Services Manager, Syngenta Professional Pest Management

Tips & Tricks: Ant Infestation Control Requires Patience

Homeowners want ant infestations to be controlled immediately. However, products such as baits and nonrepellents can take a week or...

Tips & Tricks: Proper Identification is Key to Ant Control

All aspects of an integrated pest management (IPM) program for ants are important, but without proper identification, you won’t know...

Tips & Tricks: Implement an Integrated Strategy for Successful Ant Control

Implement an integrated strategy for successful ant control: ■ During inspection, identify locations of ant activity, ant species, nest locations...

Tips & Tricks: How Carpenter Ants Gain Access to Attics

Carpenter ants are the largest ants found in attics. Because they’re a wood-destroying organism (WDO), it’s important to find the...

Tips & Tricks: Effective Ant Control Requires Careful Analysis

The past few years have presented pest professionals with a number of hurdles managing ant populations around their customers’ structures....

Tips & Tricks: Education, Professional Help May Solve Persistent Ant Problems

Persistent ant problems can be a dealbreaker for any customer. If you don’t have someone on the payroll who can...

Tips & Tricks: Pay Attention to Where Odorous House Ant are Trailing

The odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile, known as OHA) is a small black or brown species that smells like rotten...

Tips & Tricks: Weatherable Granular Bait May Help Control Ant Infestation

Ants can be active and invade structures anytime the weather is sufficiently warm. To prevent infestation, try a weatherable granular...