Fleas & Ticks – Page 7 – Pest Management Professional

Fiction: Tick populations die during the winter. Fact: Ticks aren’t as active during cold months, but they don’t die. They...

The mistake many technicians make with fleas and ticks is lumping the two together as parasites and trying to use...

On Feb. 2, more than 111 million viewers tuned in to watch the Seattle Seahawks defeat the Denver Broncos in...

Fleas and ticks can be difficult to control with general pest control methods and can disrupt the health and well-being...

While fleas and ticks can be associated with pets, it isn’t necessarily the case in all structural pest control situations....

By Ken Kendall, Vice President, Technical Services, Ensystex The control of fleas and ticks requires a multipronged attack plan. Perhaps...

Your customer calls and complains of small insects he thinks are fleas jumping around the house. You know they’re not...

Fiction: Dogs only get dog fleas, and cats only get cat fleas. Fact: Dog fleas (Ctenocephalides canis) are uncommon in...

One must be well studied in fleaology to develop a pest profile – a behavioral and investigative tool to assist...

We have just passed flea bite season. Hopefully, it was productive for you and you weren’t bitten. Speaking of bitten,...

Veterinarians and pet groomers nationwide agree: It’s been a banner year for fleas and ticks. Warm, moist weather has led...

Fleas have been on this planet for about 100 million years. There are more than 2,000 species and subspecies of...

A 2-year-old girl was showing signs of acute onset paralysis at a medical center. After a clinical examination and medical...

These conspirators maliciously and covertly thieve and abscond with the lifeblood of humans and their companion animals. Fleas assail, feed...

By Joe Barile, Technical Services Support Pest management professionals (PMPs) have recently been reporting increases in service requests for flea...