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When midges appear, customers seek control
PHOTO: SIMAK/ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS/GETTY IMAGES QUESTION: I get more complaints from my customers about gnats than I do mosquitoes. Don’t they breed in the same areas? What can I do about the...
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Tracing the roots of a phorid fly invasion
Author’s Note: This month, instead of answering a reader’s question, I am sharing how we helped troubleshoot a homeowner’s very tough phorid fly account this summer. I enlisted the help of the entire...
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Forget physician, heal thyself: PMPs, rodent-proof your vehicles
QUESTION: What’s been a big “Don’t you know what I do for a living” encounter with a pest for you? —CURIOUS GEORGE ANSWER: We imagine driving in the Coronado National Forest to look something like this...
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An ounce of precaution prevents a pound of resistance
It’s vital that pest management professionals educate themselves to stay a step ahead of bed bug behavior. PHOTO: JASONONDREICKA/ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS/GETTY IMAGES QUESTION: Dear Judy, I feel like...
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Restaurant cockroaches aren’t always German
You may have immediately recognized this duo as Asian cockroaches, but your customer might assume they’re German cockroaches. PHOTO: COURTESY OF, AND COPYRIGHTED BY, GENE WHITE, PMIMAGES@EARTHLINK.NET...
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Petless accounts can still get fleas
Squirrels, raccoons and other wildlife can harbor fleas, too. PHOTO: RAPIDEYE/ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS/GETTY IMAGES QUESTION: Judy, we have a couple at a residential account without pets, but they’re...
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Cover the entry categories to get to the root of a rat problem
PHOTO: ANTAGAIN/ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS/GETTY IMAGES QUESTION: Dan, I am having a rat problem in a commercial account I have had for a while, but rats were never a problem before. How do I find out...
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Follow your nose to find house fly source
Here’s what happens when you leave catfish bait in a tackle box for several months. PHOTO: JUDY BLACK, BCE QUESTION: Judy, I have a customer with a 1970s-era basement construction home with house flies...
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The why of the fly
Like most small fly species, fruit flies (Drosophilidae) aren’t terribly picky about where they gather and multiply. (PHOTO: ARLINDO71/E+/GETTY IMAGES) QUESTION: Dan, I am having intermittent small...
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Searching for snakes in a crawlspace
A chipmunk on the wood beams stares down a snake under a bird feeder in the author’s backyard. PHOTO: JUDY BLACK, BCE QUESTION: Hi Judy. I was conducting a termite reinspection and found snakeskins in...
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