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Scotts LawnService Buys Action Pest Control

MARYSVILLE, OHIO–Scotts LawnService, the No. 2 player in the lawn care category behind TruGreen, continues its push into the pest...

Bayer

When spiders crawl, Temprid SC offers a flexible label that allows indoor and outdoor use. It combines the fast-acting, broad-spectrum...

Tips & Tricks: Control Future Fire Ant Problems with Early Fall Treatments

Fire ants are typically 1 to 3mm in length, with a reddish head and thorax and a black abdomen, which...

Control Solutions, Inc.: Cyper WSP

Add more to your bottom line with Cyper WSP, a 40 percent cypermethrin insecticide that’s formulated into water-soluble packets for...

Bayer Launches New Backed By Bayer Platform

“To our customers, the idea of being ‘backed’ by Bayer evokes a sense of partnership on a number of levels,”...

Adult deer tick. PHOTO: Scott Bauer/USDA ARS

Ask the Expert: Ticks, Carpet Beetles, Wasps and Snakes

Q. Some companies in my area are spraying lawns for tick control, which I don’t think is necessary. I concentrate...

P+L Systems Acquires Belgium Environmental Care Business

SINT-KATELIJNE-WAVER, BELGIUM—Group De Ceuster has sold its Environmental Care division to P+L Systems (Holding) UK of Knaresborough, UK, for an...

Four Industry Icons Inducted into PMP Hall of Fame

The Pest Management Professional (PMP) Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held October 20 in Orlando, Fla., on the eve...

Rockwell Labs Ltd

The D-Sect IPM Station with InVite Multi-Insect Lure offers discreet, reusable “smush-proof” monitoring and trapping of a range of stored...

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Fact vs. Fiction: American Cockroach

Fiction: Water bugs are just big cockroaches. Fact: American cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) are mistakenly identified as water bugs (they’re not...

Most Wanted: Distinguished Termites

Species: subterranean termite (Reticulitermes spp.) Distribution: many areas of U.S. Environment: found in soil, moist areas Behavior: constructs shelter tubes,...

United in Hope: North Coast Media for a Cure

Every summer, from the fifth to ninth grade, I hung out with my Uncle Tim in New Jersey. Tim Feeney,...

Grandson Shaves Head to Demonstrate Love, Hope

There are very few things our 11-year-old son, Nate, doesn’t like. He’s an easygoing kid, happy doing just about anything....

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...

Bed Bug Combat Manual: Bed Bug Preparation and Too Much Stuff

One of the most significant impediments to successful bed bug work in apartments is stuff. At times, people simply have...