Invasive/Occasional Species – Page 6 – Pest Management Professional

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Most Wanted: Distinguished Termites

Species: subterranean termite (Reticulitermes spp.) Distribution: many areas of U.S. Environment: found in soil, moist areas Behavior: constructs shelter tubes,...

Bird Management: Not as Simple as One Might Think

To many, bird management equates to merely tackling pigeons, sparrows and starlings. But our industry must foresee myriad other challenges,...

FMC Introduces Totality Wood Treatment

PHILADELPHIA—FMC Corp. presents Totality Wood Treatment, a new insecticide offering enhanced profitability with formulation, application and package efficiencies. Compared to...

Arilon Insecticide Features New Look, Expanded Label

GREENSBORO, NC—Arilon insecticide from Syngenta Professional Pest Management has received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for uses...

Ask the Expert: Tackling Fruit Flies in Pools, Freezing Bees & More

Q: A customer has a screened-in lanai and pool but fruit flies find their way in, almost daily. We’ve inspected...

LG Life Science

In addition to cockroach and other insect control, brown marmorated stink bugs and kudzu bugs were recently added to the...

Fact vs. Fiction: Formosan Termites

Fiction: Formosan termites chew through everything, including steel and concrete. Fact: Formosan termites (Coptotermes formosanus) will attack non-wood substances such...

The Top 5 Pests that will make 2014 a banner year for PMPs

After talking to pest management professionals (PMPs) throughout the country, it appears the industry is poised for a banner year....

Difference Makers: Kim Kelley-Tunis

How did you turn your Purdue University degree in wildlife into your position as director of technical services for Rollins? People...

Fact vs. Fiction: Fruit Flies

Fiction: I have a bunch of fruit flies, but they all look different. Fact: Not all small flies are fruit...

Ask the Expert: Wasps, Beetles and Fruit Flies

Q: Large wasps are digging in bare soil in a playground, so we dusted the holes, but there were more...

80 Game Changers in PMP History

1930s 1. First termiticide patented Frank Lyons, who spent 44 years (1927-1971) with what’s now known as Terminix, was granted...

2033: Hardy’s Predictions for the Future of Pest Management

The good news about termite control is if you don’t like the way services are being performed, wait because it...

Ask the Expert: Cicadas, Bed bugs, Beetles and Bamboo Floors

Q: I’m preparing to treat a vacant house for bed bugs and am going to dust voids and apply a...

Trad’s Pest Control donates fire ant treatment to school

ST. JOHNS, FLA. — In two weeks, children in northern Florida return to school and may find something more frightening...