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The Pest Management Professional (PMP) Hall of Fame Class of 2015 is comprised of Dr. Laurel Hansen, Dr. Phil Koehler, John R. Cook Sr. and Noad Corley. The magazine staff will induct these deserving...

Aerially articulate but potentially punitive, bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculate) build abodes that can result in attacks on victims deemed too close for comfort. Description: Workers are 0.5 to 0.625 in.; queens...

Latrodectus geometricus is also known as the brown widow spider, gray spider, geometric button spider, brown button spider and the house button spider. Discovered by C.L. Koch in 1841, it...

Although the Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum) doesn’t transmit Lyme disease, it brings several new threats to the tick scene in the Northeast. It is most commonly believed that climate...

On May 6, New Berlin, Wis.-based Batzner Pest Management announced it is changing its name back to Batzner Pest Control as part of a multifaceted rebranding effort. Founded as Batzner...

My brother Drake, owner of Mid Central Pest Control in East Dundee, Ill., recently asked me to help train our nephew Eric for a few days. Eric and Drake wanted...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Although early-February snowstorms along the eastern U.S. threatened to cancel air travel and snarl traffic, the Fourth Annual Wildlife Expo was a huge success. Approximately 230...

HUMBLE, TEXAS—The Texas Pest Control Association (TPCA) named Andrew White, a  27-year-old service professional with BugMaster Termite & Pest Control, based in Humble, Texas, as its 2014 Technician of the...

ANNAPOLIS, MD—The Entomological Society of America Certification Corp. (ESACC) has announced the professional and student winners of the 2014 Certification Awards. They will be recognized at Entomology 2014, ESA’s 62nd...

Tell us about your new organization: When BASF consolidated its Specialty Products Division in Raleigh, N.C., in January 2013, my wife and I agreed we didn’t want to relocate from...