Invasive/Occasional Species – Page 5 – Pest Management Professional

Callback Cures: 3 Overlooked Fruit Fly Harborage Areas

Locating and correcting breeding sites are essential tasks for fruit fly management. You already know to address garbage storage areas,...

Brown Recluse Spiders on the Loose

If you’ve ever wanted to travel to Europe, now is the perfect opportunity for pest management professionals to take a...

A Timeline for Termiticides

APRIL 15, 1988 – A day of infamy The termite industry has come a long way since the day chlordane...

Government Conducts Research to Keep Fruit Flies Out of the Land Down Under

Fruit flies. Although these pests are a helpful reminder to throw away the fruit you meant to eat, they can...

Ask the Expert: Pseudoscorpions, Clothes Moths and Termites

Q. I’m emailing you a photo of a strange-looking creature. What is it, and what do I need to know about...

Pest Trends: RIFA vs. BIFA

Red imported fire ants get all the attention, but black imported fire ants are gaining notoriety. Indigenous to South America,...

Formosan Subterranean Termites in Baton Rouge Show Signs of Rising

An entomology professor at Louisiana State University who has been checking termite population trends in Baton Rouge doesn’t like what...

How Fumigation Solved a Spider Problem

Imagine fielding this call: Your prospective customer is The Federal National Mortgage Association, aka Fannie Mae. The lending institution recently...

The USFS Presents its Annual Termiticide Report for 2014

For a termiticide to reach the American market where it’s available for purchase by pest management professionals (PMPs), it must...

Sheperspective: Basic Principles for Successfully Baiting Ants

The ants you see aren’t the problem. They’re only a symptom. The real problem is the colony constantly producing more...

UF/IFAS: Hybrid termite species could spell trouble

Dr. Nan-Yao Su and a team of additional University of Florida entomologists have found that Asian (Coptotermes gestroi) and Formosan...

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Did You Know? Fire Ants

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

Nisus Corp.: Bora-Care 30-year Warranty

The new Bora-Care 30-Year Limited Warranty is available to pest control companies who register treated homes and inspect them annually. As a...

Fact vs. Fiction: Starlings

Fiction: All blackbirds are starlings. Fact: As with most common names, several species are referred to as blackbirds. Starlings (Sturnus...

Ask the Expert: Honey Bees, Brown Widow Spiders and Subterranean Termites

Q. Honey bees are attracted to flowers on a customer’s tree next to a day care center. The kids there...