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MAY 26, 2021

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GPS Insight acquired, merges within portfolio   GPS Insight was acquired by Accel-KKR, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based, tech-focused private equity firm with more than $10 billion of assets under management.   Read More sponsored content ↴       Save money in the hottest temperatures   Proper products are essential for keeping customers happy. “If I have a good product, we won’t have callbacks to worry about,” says Jeff Murrell, BUGCO Pest Control. Learn more about how BASF products helped BUGCO get treatments right.   Learn More

ON THE RECORD

Brood X cicadas exposed   By Diane Sofranec If you live in an area in which Brood X cicadas are expected to emerge after 17 years underground, put your customers' fears to rest with these facts.   Read More

INDUSTRY INTEL

Spotta signs 3 new agreements   Spotta Smart Pest Systems, an insect monitoring system that provides an early warning of bed bugs, has signed three new agreements with pest control companies.   Read More

Terminix acquires Citron Hygiene’s pest control division   Memphis, Tenn.-based Terminix Global Holdings acquired the pest control division of Canada-based Citron Hygiene, represented by LR Tullius.   Read More sponsored content ↴       Control cockroaches and more with Lava-Lor® granular bait   Lava-Lor granular bait provides pest management professionals with the ultimate solution for dealing with tough cockroach and cricket infestations.   Learn More

Upcoming FMC webinar to focus on formulations   FMC Professional Solutions will host an upcoming training webinar, “Understanding Formulations and Their Uses” on June 4, with presenters Dr. H. Ben Hamza and Robert Albright.   Read More RELATED: Target Specialty Products partners with FMC for webinar May 27

Target Specialty Products plans three June webinars   Santa Fe Springs, Calif.-based Target Specialty Products will host three free webinars in June as part of its Business Growth Webinar Series of 2021.   Read More   IN MEMORIAM: Dave Cooksey   Col. Dave R. Cooksey, VP of the Florida Pest Management Association, brand ambassador for Jacksonville, Fla.-based McCall Service, a Rollins company and retired from the U.S. Air Force (USAF), died May 14.   Read More

ASSOCIATION NEWS

Pi Chi Omega reveals scholarship winners, Ehmann scholarship donor   The industry fraternity Pi Chi Omega named five recipients of its scholarship program.   Read More sponsored content ↴       Talstar’s 25th anniversary sweepstakes: Become an FMC True Champion   It is the 25th anniversary of FMC’s Talstar professional insecticide, but you just might be the real winner. Enroll to become an FMC True Champion. You’ll be automatically entered in our sweepstakes to win great prizes like a 2021 Ford F-150 XLT.   Learn More

GIVING BACK

Hoffman’s Exterminating partners with Philadelphia Eagles   Hoffman’s Exterminating, based in Mantua Township, N.J., established a multi-year partnership with Philadelphia, Pa.’s National Football League team, the Eagles.   Read More

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Aptive names chief technology officer   In his new role for Provo, Utah-based Aptive Environmental, Ryan Byrd is responsible for a key, tech-first division within the company.   Read More

Rockit Pest adds industry veteran as SVP   Rockit Pest named a new senior vice president, Patrick Settle, who has three decades of pest management industry experience.   Read More   Truly Nolen promotes from within for new Winter Garden office   Tucson, Ariz.-based Truly Nolen Pest Control promoted Lisa Bracero to manager of its new Ocoee, Fla., office, serving the Winter Garden market.   Read More RELATED: Truly Nolen promotes headquarters team member

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An interview with a stinging insect   By Greg Baumann In this "discussion" with a popular pollinator, get to know the honeybee (Apis mellifera).   Read More   Get familiar with insect families   By Dr. Jim Fredericks Consider asking clients to follow you on a quick pest assessment, and have them compare the diameter of a pencil to potential pest entry points.   Read More