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Corralling accounts: 8 tips for avoiding cancellations

Customer service is at the core of successful pest control companies. Reassure customers it’s your duty to protect their health...

Help customers with pest protection this summer

With customers working in their yards and taking walks in parks and woods with family and pets, here are some...

Ecolab launches ‘Rodent Ceiling Service,’ wins award

Ecolab Inc. has launched the Ecolab Pest Elimination Rodent Ceiling Service, which was recently recognized with a 2020 Kitchen Innovation...

Tick. PHOTO: GOLDFINCH4EVER/ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS/GETTY IMAGES

PMPs should lead push for more tick research

A recently published study from Texas A&M focused on tick surveillance and control while showing how woefully underreported ticks are.

Allergy Technologies highlights pest control for public health

Allergy Technologies, manufacturers of ActiveGuard Mattress Liners, responded to the pandemic by sharing the importance of pest control for public...

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Mosquito prevention during hurricane season

RISE and the American Mosquito Control Association are promoting awareness of standing water after hurricanes to reduce the risk of...

More PMPs debut sanitization and disinfection services

Multiple pest management firms have answered their respective markets' need for commercial sanitization and disinfection services in light of COVID-19.

RISE builds upon the nation’s awareness of public health

We’re in this together has become the rallying cry for 2020 as we’ve all found ourselves in a situation we...

Mosquito prevention during May

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

An opossum might eat ticks, but it also could spread ticks on your customer’s property. PHOTO: GALINAST/ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS/GETTY IMAGES

Opossum removal best, as they carry ectoparasites

Opossums (Didelphidae) are one of the most interesting species of wildlife pest management professionals deal with from a biological standpoint.

Industry response to pandemic is outstanding

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, customers are asking PMPs to provide disinfection services — a new offering for most companies.

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Protect yourself, others from ticks

There is zero evidence that ticks transmit COVID-19, but they remain the most important vector of arthropod-borne disease in the...

A Truly Nolen technician sanitizes a restaurant sink. PHOTO: GRANT HUNKER/TRULY NOLEN PEST CONTROL

5 factors for added protection when offering new services

Here's what you need to know before launching a disinfection and/or sanitization service for your customers in the wake of...

Aedes aegypti. Photo: James Gathany, CDC

Mosquito bacterial control program reports continued success

Researchers are putting even more effort in a project to keep hospitals free from mosquito-borne disease cases during the COVID-19...

Catchmaster: Ovi-Catch AGO Mosquito Trap

The low-maintenance trap from Catchmaster is designed to capture gravid female mosquitoes looking for a suitable site to lay eggs.