August 30, 2014
ByDr. Doug Mampe
Q: A customer has a carpenter ant problem in her kitchen. It’s early spring, so they’re not coming from outside. The customer has allergies and doesn’t want any sprays, so...
July 14, 2014
Q: A residential customer has a phorid fly problem. The house is on a slab. The drain lines have been snaked and examined with a camera, but no breaks were...
June 12, 2014
Q: A customer has a screened-in lanai and pool but fruit flies find their way in, almost daily. We’ve inspected everything possible without finding a source. There are numerous fruit...
April 28, 2014
Q: A customer with a bed bug problem also has expensive, framed art hanging on the wall. We found a bed bug behind the glass of one of these pictures....
February 21, 2014
Q: A residential customer has a fly problem. The county extension agent identified the flies as Sciarids and says they breed in wet organic matter. The customer had the drains...
January 20, 2014
Q: A variety store had an Indianmeal moth (IMM) problem. We found the source in an attached garage and removed it, but there are still a few adult moths in...
December 10, 2013
Q: Yellow ant swarmers are emerging from a drop ceiling in a medical office, which is on a slab. Where are they coming from, and how do I stop them?...
December 5, 2013
Q: Large wasps are digging in bare soil in a playground, so we dusted the holes, but there were more wasps than ever the next day. What’s the correct name...
September 10, 2013
Q: I’m finding springtails on the 40th floor — the top floor — of a new high-rise building. There are no complaints on lower floors. Where could they be coming...
ByJerry Mix
When I was named editor of Pest Control magazine in fall 1982, to say the industry was undergoing profound changes that would last well into at least the next two...