Technical – Page 27 – Pest Management Professional

Ant Management All Goes Back to Inspection

For 25 years, John Kauffmann worked for large and small pest management companies in Florida and Georgia. He gained experience...

Ask the Expert: Springtails, Beetles and Drain Flies

Q. Recently, we had sunny, mild days and snow began to melt. Some snow banks were covered by thousands of springtails....

Callback Cures: Focus Flea Efforts on Immature Stages

To troubleshoot flea callbacks, focus on the life stages that are most abundant. It’s estimated only about 5 percent of...

Tips & Tricks: Insights Help Protect Against Mosquitoes

There are about 3,000 kinds of mosquitoes worldwide, and about 175 of them are in the United States. Most prefer...

Conducive Conditions: Get Down and Look

Whether it’s a residential or commercial kitchen, what appears to be clean might not be clean at all. That gleaming...

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...

Most Wanted: Norway Rat

The Norway rat (Rattus Norvegicus) has committed innumerable assaults through millions of insidiously cryptic infestations. Mass attacks cause significantly reduced...

Ride Along: General Pest Control

Although ant pressure is more a rite of spring, winter’s freeze did not dissuade a pavement ant population in our...

Then and Now: Flashlights

Flashlights were used regularly in the early 1900s. The name came from the fact that batteries were short-lived and could...

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Callback Cures: Atypical Food Sources Can Sustain Stored Product Pests

You inspected a customer’s house and found infested food in the pantry. Being a competent professional, you inspected and discarded...

Conducive Conditions: The Last Straw (or Cigarette)

You have completed a facility assessment for a potential client. Cleaning, sanitation and maintenance are all lacking, and you know...

Ask the Expert: Cockroaches, Clothes Moths, Wasps and Phorid Flies

Q. A technician found cockroaches in a commercial pantry and identified them as Asian cockroaches. I have my doubts. Can you...

Ride Along: The Ins and Outs of a Typical Spider Call

Reading the mainstream media’s headlines, one would think the No. 1 feared pest is bed bugs. Ask a psychologist or...

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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...

Ride Along: PMP Shadows Cooper Pest Solutions on an Apartment Bed Bug Job

Finally, an embedded reporter! In the trenches! A journalist’s dream come true! Although this particular writer doesn’t have the stomach...