Fleas & Ticks – Page 3 – Pest Management Professional

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Petless accounts can still get fleas

Have a residential account without pets, but experiencing bites from fleas? Squirrels, raccoons and other wildlife can harbor fleas, too.

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Experts share favorite flea and tick inspection tips

Pest Management Professional's columnists and editorial advisory board members share their favorite flea and tick inspection tips.

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Reader poll: Flea and tick inspection tips

Please take a minute to answer our latest one-question reader poll: What's your favorite flea and tick inspection tip?

Keeping track of a tick

Many pest management professionals are not yet familiar with the Asian longhorned tick, which is quickly making its way across...

There’s a new tick in town: Asian longhorn tick

Now we have a new tick in town, and this one has some nasty habits. Let’s meet Haemaphysalis longicornis, the...

Federal government develops strategy to fight vector-borne diseases

The CDC has released a National Public Health Framework for the Prevention and Control of Vector-Borne Diseases in Humans.

Cutting-edge tick services

J.P. McHale Pest Management has been providing a three-step approach for tick management in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut...

Why ticks are so difficult to control

Mild winters and wet springs in recent years have provided ticks with the perfect playground. Why are ticks so difficult...

Help customers with pest protection this summer

With customers working in their yards and taking walks in parks and woods with family and pets, here are some...

Residual insecticides for controlling fleas, flies, ticks

Different approaches are required to effectively control flies, fleas and ticks; however, residual insecticides like bifenthrin or lambda-cyhalothrin play an...

Give customer suggestions for flies, fleas, ticks

Flies: Work with homeowners and commercial accounts to identify sanitation areas that need more of their attention. This could include...

PMPs should lead push for more tick research

A recently published study from Texas A&M focused on tick surveillance and control while showing how woefully underreported ticks are.

Ask questions for successful flea management

A flea infestation is one of the most frustrating situations a person can endure — and when it’s out of...

Summer tips for fly, flea and tick control

Are you ready to control some of summer’s most active pests? Here are three summer tips for fly, flea and...

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Review your flea and tick knowledge

Take this tech test with questions and answers supplied by pest control industry experts to see how well you know...