A small pest hovers lazily before alighting on the wall in a kitchen environment. What could it be? As difficult as fly identification is, nearly anyone who has worked in pest management would guess that this is a fly in the family Drosophilidae, known more commonly as vinegar or small fruit flies. These flies are […]
prevention
Steps to prevent pests from entering homes or businesses
PMPs can treat flies and other outdoor invaders with sprays and baits, but to prevent callbacks, it’s important to educate...
Top pest control mistakes customers make
Relying on shortcuts to treat pest problems can prolong an infestation or move the existing pests elsewhere in the structure.
Target Specialty Products: Bed Bug Webinar
Join Target Specialty Products on Thursday, June 9, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern for "The Best Bed Bug...
Expand your pest control efforts with foam
Dr. Jim Fredericks explains how to expand pest control efforts by using foam to fill hidden spaces like cracks and...
The Hunger Games: Rodents scavenge for food
As the pandemic reduces restaurant waste, rodents scavenge for food and PMPs work to understand, predict and adapt to reported...
BurrTec Co.: Expanded Burrcut line
Burrcut Flex Door Sweeps prevent the intrusion of insects and dust through gaps under doors. Easily mounted with screws, and...
Pests can cause seasonal allergies
Warn your customers this spring that some of biggest allergy offenders include pests such as bed bugs and dust mites,...
Bird control strategies for commercial accounts
Here are some recommendations from South Elgrin, Ill.-based McCloud Services on strategies for protecting your industrial and commercial accounts from...
Web Exclusive: Why I support a preventive approach to bed bugs
Editor’s Note: To learn more about the Bed Bug Prevention Think Tank and its Working Party, please see p. 75...
Koehler, Latino to headline June bed bug series
Allergy Technologies is sponsoring the Proactive Prevention Bed Bug Symposium series being conducted at three Florida locations: • June 6:...
Get customers to ‘spring’ into assistance
Unseasonably warm temperatures throughout the Southeast have ushered in a new set of pests — and Columbia, S.C.-based Terminix Service...
iPest Control: MouseStop
For 25 years, MouseStop has been used by professionals to easily and instantly seal seams, cracks and holes to prevent...
What You Need to Know about Zika – Part 2 of 2
[This week we welcome guest blogger, Dillon Stewart, associate editor of our sister publication, Landscape Management. What follows is part...
Big Bug Hunt: Online pest tracking for gardeners
Big Bug Hunt is a new online citizen science project that documents pest behavior so gardeners can be notified of...
What You Need to Know about Zika – Part 1 of 2
[This week we welcome guest blogger, Dillon Stewart, associate editor of our sister publication, Landscape Management.] For those new to...