Tips and Tricks – Page 38 – Pest Management Professional

Mosquito barrier treatment is perhaps the No. 1 way pest management professionals can help their customers enjoy their homes.

Identify mosquito breeding areas such as birdbaths and small ponds. Even seemingly insignificant items can be used for mosquito breeding.

A product's label directions provide information on what the product is for, and how to use the product to get...

Let’s concentrate on where you probably will focus most of your energy at a residential mosquito account: outside the house....

There are many variables that affect the success of a residential mosquito control program, including temperatures and rainfall amount.

The backpack mist blower has become a popular application method for mosquito control services. Here's some safety tips to keep...

April showers bring May mosquitoes. Mosquito prevention is all about source reduction, and mosquitoes need standing water to breed.

Here are some actions we should advise customers to take to protect against the potentially very hungry mosquitoes when we...

The most important step in integrated pest management (IPM) for carpenter bees is to seal wood if possible, since they...

Use glue boards to capture wasps, hornets and yellowjackets around a residential account. They often bore entrance holes into structures.

Finding the nest — or nests, if you’re really unlucky — usually is the most taxing and time-intensive part of...

Be mindful of pollinators when treating for stinging insects. Some pollinating species might be around the facility, but not directly...

For those in the southern U.S., use these three prep steps when treating for wasps or hornets to prevent callbacks...

Paper wasps can become aggressive when their colonies are disturbed. If they continue to grow and expand, they can become...

As with many pests, scorpions have a unique set of complications, but PMPs face the challenge and work to manage...