biting flies

Chelle Hartzer

Oct 13 min read

I Come to Suck Your Blood! (AKA: Scary stories)

Since Halloween is right around the corner, it’s time for scary bloodsuckers. Nope, not going to do mosquitoes (yet)! There are just so...

Chelle Hartzer

May 143 min read

What Did You Just Call Me? (AKA: Flamethrowers and dragons)

As I sit here and try to come up with something brilliant for this week’s blog post…the universe is giving me absolutely nothing. So...

Chelle Hartzer

Apr 23 min read

Double Duty (AKA: Working hard)

I’m on semi-holiday right now. Working is a whole lot better when you can be sitting, watching the ocean, sipping your tea, and eating a...

Chelle Hartzer

Nov 7, 20232 min read

I Was Today Years Old...(AKA: Old dog, new tricks)

A few weeks ago I was at the National Pest Management Association meeting. This week I'm at what I fondly call my "bug geek" conferences....

Chelle Hartzer

Oct 10, 20233 min read

Have Blood to Spare? (AKA: Halloween is the best)

The smell of fall in the air, the skeletons all over, the spiderwebs covering entire houses, and goblins and ghosts and vampires oh my!...

Chelle Hartzer

Apr 18, 20234 min read

10 Questions with a Pro (AKA: Seeing the light)

Introducing the second episode of the series: ten questions with a pro. Every other month, I’m interviewing a “pro” to find out what they...

Chelle Hartzer

Oct 11, 20223 min read

This Sucks! (AKA: Halloween is awesome)

The smell of fall in the air, the skeletons all over, the spiderwebs covering entire houses (in my case real ones because I don't knock...

Chelle Hartzer

May 10, 20224 min read

How Many Weeks!? (AKA: What do I write about this week?)

I looked today and this is my 100th blog post. I can hardly believe I have been writing every week for 100 weeks and that means in four...

Chelle Hartzer

Oct 20, 20203 min read

I come to suck your blood (AKA: Halloween is awesome)

The smell of fall in the air, the skeletons all over, the spiderwebs covering entire houses, and goblins and ghosts and vampires all out....