Kate & Jeff McGovern – Pest Management Professional

This electrical transformer unit is not an unusual sight just outside the back door of a commercial kitchen. Its location...

African honey bees (Apis mellifera scutella) were first brought to Brazil in the 1950s to increase honey production. In 1957, 26...

From the street or sidewalk, this newly refurbished office building appears well landscaped and free of pest problems. However, as...

In North America, we usually soften the architectural lines of our homes and buildings with landscape plants and shrubs. Rarely...

This is a common sight in homes and businesses — an area for snacks to enjoy while taking a moment...

The meadow mouse, Microtus pennsylvanicus, isn’t a mouse, it’s a vole. It’s also known as the field mouse and meadow...

Today I join my husband, Jeff, aka “the Pest Coach,” in a ride along to revisit a bird control account...

Expandable foam is a great household product for quick, inexpensive repairs for air and some water leaks. However, as a...

The phorid fly is also known as the humpback fly and scuttle fly because it has to make a running...

The smoky cockroach, smokybrown cockroach and smokey brown cockroach are the same insect: Periplaneta fuliginosa. Smokies love warm, moist areas...

Whether it’s a residential or commercial kitchen, what appears to be clean might not be clean at all. That gleaming...

Bird work is alluring, with large-dollar accounts and the promise of additional work in related areas. But without proper training,...

Reading the mainstream media’s headlines, one would think the No. 1 feared pest is bed bugs. Ask a psychologist or...

Red imported fire ant (RIFA) populations cost the United States more than $5 billion annually for medical treatment, damage and...

As a pest management professional, you should be on the lookout for potential problems in and around the areas you treat....