wood-destroying insects (WDI) | Pest Management Professional

Determine termite species before treatment

Step one when treating termites is to determine the species, since treatments can be different.

Inspect for conducive conditions

Proper inspection is key to solving and/or preventing termite issues.

Have confidence when identifying cause of wood damage

Identification is key in making a management plan — and the first step in determining whether a management plan is...

BASF Pest Control Solutions: Trelona ATBS now with annual inspection label

The new annual inspection label with the Trelona ATBS Annual Bait Stations gives professionals the flexibility to check stations just...

PMPs rank top 5 most-prevalent species

Carpenter ants top our State of the Industry lists this year.

Share your WDI insights

It’s a week before Thanksgiving, so let’s talk turkey: We’re gearing up for our annual termite and wood-destroying insect (WDI)...

Techniques to manage lyctine true powderpost beetles

Author’s Note: Information is taken from Truman’s Scientific Guide to Pest Management Operations, available online at the PMP Bookstore. Lyctine...

Inspection Implements Inc.: The Prober

Wood-destroying organism (WDO) professionals know that fungus and termites damage is often hidden just under the surface of the paint,...

What’s the most notable encounter you’ve had in a crawlspace?

“When I was out on an inspection in a crawlspace, it looked like it was raining mudtubes from the floor...

Experts share unusual WDI, WDO encounters

What unusual wood-destroying insect/organism (WDI/WDO) situation have you encountered? Two Pest Management Professional contributors weigh in: “In 1967, we worked on...

Reader Editorial: 3 tips for Realtor relationships

Mention the word “Realtor,” and you will get many different responses within the pest management industry. Love ’em or hate...

Zoecon Professional Products: Adonis

The Adonis family of products features the active ingredient imidacloprid to control various termite species and other listed pests. Both...

Women in pest management: Glynnis Anderson

Pest Management Professional chronicled six women who have made pest management their calling. Each one forged her own path toward...

Control Solutions Inc.: Dominion PT

Developed for pre-construction termite treatments and with 42.3 percent imidacloprid (4 lbs. per gallon), Dominion PT can establish a continuous chemical-treated zone between...

Survey: Most-managed pests of 2016

Mosquitoes may have stolen all the headlines this year, thanks to non-stop worldwide coverage of the Zika virus. But in...