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Ticks: Understanding this Blood-sucking Arachnid

Ticks are generally despised by most people, perhaps because of their intimately vampiric lifestyle or their potential to transmit disease-causing...

Bed Bugs: Avoid Bed Bugs’ Legal Bite

By Ron Rajecki It’s apparent to many pest management professionals (PMPs) that bed bugs are back — and they’re biting...

Worth Watching 2009

Josh Alpert President; Green Earth Pest Control Brooklyn, New York www.greenearthpest.com Alpert is a consensus builder whose good-natured charisma makes other people...

One Bite at a Time

By: Austin Frishman The complexity of servicing high-rise structures is exponentially compounded compared to servicing 100 or more single residents. Pricing...

Bed Bugs: Thorough Inspection Works Best

By Richard Diggs Sr. There are many different methods and approaches pest management professionals (PMPs) have adopted to address this...

Bell Honored For Rat Island Work

MADISON, Wisc. — Bell Laboratories was honored recently with a 2009 Wisconsin Business Friend of the Environment Award from the...

Move Over, Cicada Killers

By: Gerry Wegner Ph.D. All too often cicada killers (Sphecius species) get the lion’s share of attention when the subject of digging...

Bed Bugs: Are Dusts the Bed Bug Bullet?

By: Michael F. Potter Dusts have been used for pest management since the beginnings of recorded time. Primitive tribes (as well...

Bell Labs Launches New Homepage

MADISON, Wis. — Rodenticide manufacturer, Bell Laboratories has launched its new company Web site at the same URL, www.belllabs.com. Country-specific product...

Wild Bees Can Be Effective Pollinators

LANHAM, Md. — Over the past few years, honey bee keepers have experienced problems due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD),...

Whitmire Offers Rebate on Cockroach Bait

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — During the month of April, Whitmire Micro-Gen is offering a special mail-in rebate on its Advance...

ON THE RECORD: Swarm Season Approaches — Be Ready

Great news, everyone — termites are swarming. OK, so that might not be the kind of great news any regular...

Time to Start Thinking about Fire Ant Management

By: Faith Oi Last weekend, the temperature got up into the 80s in Gainesville, Fla. I could not resist doing a...

A Day in the Life of a WMP

By: Mark E. Dotson Editor’s Note: This is Part III of WMP Mark Dotson’s chronicle of a typical day. In the last...

Different Species Require a Different Approach

By: Austin Frishman A cockroach is a cockroach is a cockroach? When it pertains to control and elimination, not so. Sometimes...