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Gene White, BCE

Gene White is Rentokil Steritech's technical director. You can reach him at gwhite@rentokil.com.

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Gene White, BCE

Just to delve more deeply into the topic of the Mobile PMP column I wrote in the September issue (p. 116), creating a digital pest ID program should include the following: A written guideline for image quality. It should include standards for lighting, magnification, clarity (sharpness via resolution), focus, and perspective (top, bottom, side, etc.). […]

Insects and arthropods: The digital ID dilemma

The July Mobile PMP column examined several factors that can improve the likelihood of making a digital identification of an...

Photography: A value-added service

Last month at the North Central Branch of the Entomological Society of America event, I had the privilege of preparing...

Mosquitoes: Public health concerns lead experts to predictive modeling

Who would have guessed that in 1999, when West Nile Virus (WNV) started its sweep across the United States, a...