Since I recently did a presentation on stored product pests, my brain has been stuck on the Dermestid beetles lately. These are a really...

I was pulling together a presentation for an upcoming talk and, as often happens, I wound up down an internet rabbit hole. What started...

I have one of those robot-vacuums. I set it to clean my floors the other day and well… it didn’t go so well. Just like the insect light...

Can we talk about Marvin for a minute? I like lizards, they are cool little animals that tend to eat a lot of pests like cockroaches and...

The Borg told us that resistance was futile. It’s not, it’s unavoidable. Insect pests (even rodents) are in a constant battle for...

I don’t have cable at my house, so I don’t watch a lot of television with commercials. However, when I travel, as I did recently, I often...

I often don’t get called into a pest issue until it’s fairly bad. It’s been going on for months, (if not years), it has not been getting...

Actual conversation I had with a client the other day: Client: I don’t understand why we still have this problem. Me: How long has it...

It’s almost Thanksgiving here in the US. A day when Americans stuff their stomachs with stacks of sumptuous foods. Pests are also...

The other day, I was doing a talk on rodenticides. Rodenticides are a hot topic right now, primarily because California has banned the...

Autumn is my favorite season. The leaves are changing, the temps are cooling off, my favorite holiday happens (Halloween!), and campfires...

Now you see me, now you don’t! I travel a lot for work, at least I did before Covid struck. In that time, I found bed bugs in my hotel...

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

I received a package the other day. When I saw it on the front stoop, of course I was excited. Who isn’t thrilled these days when...

Ever had an issue with cockroaches? If you have, I’m guessing it was pretty frustrating and not something you just snapped your fingers...

I was dealing with a situation the other day. It was loud, it was eating a lot of food, and doing some structural damage. Above all, it...

What causes you pain? There is of course physical pain (knocking your shin on the edge of the footboard at the same time you stub your...