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Tips & Tricks: Guidelines Help Minimize Incidence of Mosquitoes

The Center for Vector Biology at Rutgers University provides research and information for the public about insects, including mosquitoes, and...

Hoffer Pest helps dog rescue group

Big Dog Ranch Rescue, the largest no-kill dog rescue in the Southeastern US, has received several donations from Hoffer Pest...

Bell Laboratories: Protecta EVO Circuit

The Protecta EVO Circuit is the ultimate in bait station discretion. To aid in its disguise, simulated connectors slide into...

Exploiting Insects’ Stress Response for Better Control

A Popular Science blog post that asks, “Do Insects Get Stressed?” reveals that they do, indeed, because they wouldn’t be...

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Callback Cures: Atypical Food Sources Can Sustain Stored Product Pests

You inspected a customer’s house and found infested food in the pantry. Being a competent professional, you inspected and discarded...

Reynolds Pest Management earns Angie’s List Super Service Award

Reynolds Pest Management, based in Port Saint Lucie, Fla., announces its Angie’s List “Super Service Award” for pest control, mosquito...

Start-Up Diaries: Use Technology to Keep in Touch

I was reading an interesting interview in Sports Illustrated (my second-favorite magazine) a few months ago with the much-maligned commissioner of...

It’s Beneficial to Bring your Pet to Work, Even if it’s a Dragon

Plenty of people work for companies that let them take their pets to work with them. That’s because studies show...

Grad student’s mosquito trap shows promise

As first reported by the University of Florida’s IFAS News, graduate entomology student Casey Parker recently won $2,000 in the...

Heat Assault

Heat Assault is revolutionary new Green equipment for the control of all life cycle stages of bed bugs and other...

April is National Pest Management Month

April is National Pest Management Month, a public observance celebrated for nearly 40 years by the National Pest Management Association...

British PMPs are Ladykillers with their Own Show

As England experiences a moth invasion of epic proportions (if you are to believe some media accounts), BBC Two has...

New ACEs, BCEs announced

The Entomological Society of America (ESA) Certification Corp. offers two certification programs, the Associate Certified Entomologist (ACE) and the Board...

Conducive Conditions: The Last Straw (or Cigarette)

You have completed a facility assessment for a potential client. Cleaning, sanitation and maintenance are all lacking, and you know...

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Whit’s World: Sins of the Father

Sometimes others serve as my mirror, my portal to change. My bride of 22 years does a good job letting...