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How Hot is Hot Enough?

As the use of heat treatments to remediate bed bugs is becoming increasingly popular, one wonders how hot is hot...

Dos & Don’ts: Wildlife

There you are, soundly sleeping at 4:30 a.m. in the comfort of your bed, nestled in nicely beneath the down-filled...

Cocktail Party Cockroaches

Often, PMPs find themselves entertaining friends and associates at cocktail parties with interesting pest trivia. Friends ask questions like: “Is...

Believe It or Not: Suicidal Termites’ Explosive Finale

Aging termites of the species Neocapritermes taracua, found in French Guiana, have an explosive means of launching themselves from this...

Seeking New Revenue Streams

With the economy in a continued state of slow recovery, pest management professionals (PMPs) are looking for added revenue. It...

Beetles vs. Invasive Plants

Purple loosestrife, an invasive plant that chokes out native vegetation in western Wisconsin wetlands, might have met its match in...

Most Wanted: Spiders

Concealed at diurnal rest within a silken bivouac, stealthy synanthropic predators steal micro-spaces within our domiciles. With an outdoor and...

Fact vs. Fiction: Mice

Fiction: Mice have poor eyesight. Fact: Mice see up to 3 ft., which doesn’t seem like much until you consider...

Industry Einsteins at the Head of the Class

The 2012 National Conference on Urban Entomology (NCUE), which took place May 20-23 in Atlanta, covered several topics of interest...

Mild winter, wild summer

Let me first say: What’s good for your business is good for our business. I’m guessing that, for a large...

David Weekley Homes honors HomeTeam Pest Defense

DALLAS — HomeTeam Pest Defense has received the highly sought-after “Partners of Choice” Award from premier builder David Weekley Homes. HomeTeam is the...

Nixalite

The new Net-Zooka offers a humane, direct approach to capturing pest birds or small wildlife. Powered by a 16-gram carbon...

NCPMA welcomes new executive leadership team

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — The North Carolina Pest Management Association (NCPMA) welcomed its new leadership team for the 2012-2013 year at the...

Plus Natural Solutions

Plus Natural Enzymes Pest Eliminator is a natural Minimum Risk Pesticide — lethal to insects but safe for humans and...

J.T. Eaton Celebrates 8 Decades of Excellence

TWINSBURG, OH — Founded in 1932 by Jasper T. Eaton, J.T. Eaton &Co., Inc. started as a mail-order house for pest...