Q: A residential customer has a fly problem. The county extension agent identified the flies as Sciarids and says they breed in wet organic matter. The customer had the drains and garbage disposal cleaned. We can’t find any water sources or conditions, but the flies persist. They’re mostly in the kitchen but can be found […]
Moths
Tips and Tricks: Customer Cooperation and Stored Food Pest Problems
By the time a stored food pest problem is reported, you might already be dealing with multiple generations of...
Ask the Expert: Indianmeal Moths, Scabies and Cockroaches
Q: A variety store had an Indianmeal moth (IMM) problem. We found the source in an attached garage and removed...
Food Plant & Stored Product Pests – Moths
While some moths, particularly the corn earworm, are significant agricultural pests, many others are important pollinators. Their hairy bodies pick...
Moth Mating is Bats!
Data collected by the University of Tokyo recently led scientists to the hypothesis that bats influence the origin of moths’...
Guardian Pest Solutions with Hao Yu
Stored product pests are a common problem for Hao Yu, technical director at Guardian Pest Solutions, which is based in...
Tips and Tricks: Control Solutions Inc.
By Marie Knox, PCO Technical Service Manager Stored product pests offer several challenges for pest management professionals (PMPs). If they’re...
Tips and Tricks: BASF Pest Control Solutions
By Dr. Kyle Jordan, Market Development Specialist Mating disruption technology is rooted in the instinct to procreate. In nature, female...
Pest Spotlight: Meal Moths
By: Gerry Wegner Ph.D. The meal moth is a stored product pest that occurs throughout the United States, but is less...
Treatment countdown
By: Austin Frishman If Perry Mason were a PMP… One of my favorite TV shows is Perry Mason. Each show began with someone...
J.F. Oakes presents trap for beetles and moths
YAZOO CITY, MS — J.F. Oakes introduces the Xlure R.T.U. Inspector pheromone trap for stored product insects. The Inspector contains...
Don’t mistake Indianmeal moths for maggots
By: Dr. William H. Robinson As an online “Dear Abby” for homeowners and their pest problems, I have come across a...