stored product pests

What's That in the Chimney*? (AKA: Pests like holidays)

Chelle Hartzer

Dec 103 min read

What's That in the Chimney*? (AKA: Pests like holidays)

I received a picture the other day of a pest to identify. This, by itself, is nothing out of the ordinary: I get many texts and emailed...

6 views0 comments

Want a Band-aide? (AKA: Tax dollars at work)

Chelle Hartzer

Nov 193 min read

Want a Band-aide? (AKA: Tax dollars at work)

Yet again, I bring you something ripped from the headlines. It’s timely, it’s horrifying, it’s appalling… it’s pest control. Some quick...

47 views0 comments

Whatcha Gonna Do About It? (AKA: Will work for wine)

Chelle Hartzer

Oct 224 min read

Whatcha Gonna Do About It? (AKA: Will work for wine)

Actual conversation from the other day: “Chelle, get over here right now !” “What?” “There’s a bug!” “Yeah…” “Well do something about...

11 views0 comments

What are You Wearing? (AKA: It's laundry day)

Chelle Hartzer

Oct 153 min read

What are You Wearing? (AKA: It's laundry day)

I was doing laundry the other day and emptying the dryer lint filter. It’s amazing how many tiny fibers and bits come off the laundry. It...

8 views0 comments

It Happens Every Year (AKA: Fruits and flowers)

Chelle Hartzer

Jul 92 min read

It Happens Every Year (AKA: Fruits and flowers)

This episode marks the 210th weekly blog post. That’s more than four years of weekly (ranting) writing about all things urban pest...

9 views0 comments

Harbingers of Spring (AKA: Pollen season has started)

Chelle Hartzer

Mar 192 min read

Harbingers of Spring (AKA: Pollen season has started)

Some people see the signs of spring as daffodils, trees starting to bud and flower, warmer temperatures, or even the cacophony of birds...

13 views0 comments

Behaving Badly (AKA: What’s in your luggage?)

Chelle Hartzer

Feb 273 min read

Behaving Badly (AKA: What’s in your luggage?)

It’s come up a few times in the last few weeks so it’s definitely sticking in my mind. I’m also about to travel out of state for some...

17 views0 comments

A Special Kind of Love (AKA: Pest passion)

Chelle Hartzer

Feb 132 min read

A Special Kind of Love (AKA: Pest passion)

Personally, I’m not a fan of Valentine's Day. Since it is tomorrow, I will put my own romantic spin on it. A pest control spin! Who...

13 views0 comments

Talk Dirty to Me (AKA: More than four letter words)

Chelle Hartzer

Feb 64 min read

Talk Dirty to Me (AKA: More than four letter words)

While I talk about this topic quite a bit within posts, I don’t often focus on it. It makes people uncomfortable, sometimes you can see...

22 views0 comments

Chelle Hartzer

Jan 303 min read

Storytime! (AKA: I don't understand)

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...

23 views0 comments

Take that Nostradamus! (AKA Pudge controls the weather)

Chelle Hartzer

Jan 92 min read

Take that Nostradamus! (AKA Pudge controls the weather)

At the beginning of every year, it seems I get a lot of questions on what’s going to be “the thing” this year for pest control. It’s...

7 views0 comments

Best of 2023 (AKA: You folks are weird!*)

Chelle Hartzer

Jan 22 min read

Best of 2023 (AKA: You folks are weird!*)

Let’s take a look back and see what happened last year! Blogs: You folks really like the “Hold your breath” blog talking about some...

29 views0 comments

Chelle Hartzer

Aug 1, 20234 min read

Getting Hungry (AKA: Dirty truths)

I’m not sure if I’ve been sucked into some algorithm or if there really have been more news stories popping up on pests in food...

47 views0 comments

Like a Moth to a Flame (AKA: Getting drawn in)

Chelle Hartzer

Jul 25, 20234 min read

Like a Moth to a Flame (AKA: Getting drawn in)

It’s National Moth Week! Moths are definitely the underrated stepchild of the Lepidoptera order. The butterflies and skippers get all the...

13 views0 comments

I’m a Mite Peeved (AKA: Sweat the little things)

Chelle Hartzer

Jul 11, 20233 min read

I’m a Mite Peeved (AKA: Sweat the little things)

I always say that entomologists notice the little things. Get it: insects …small…little things? I visit a lot of different facilities,...

12 views0 comments

Celebrate Good Times! (AKA: Please send gifts)

Chelle Hartzer

Jul 4, 20233 min read

Celebrate Good Times! (AKA: Please send gifts)

This episode marks the 158th weekly blog post. That’s officially three years and two weeks of weekly ranting writing about all things...

11 views0 comments

Be Afraid, Very Afraid (AKA: Looking through the data)

Chelle Hartzer

Jun 13, 20233 min read

Be Afraid, Very Afraid (AKA: Looking through the data)

Last week was Bed Bug Awareness Week and I wrote a brilliant post on bed bugs for you. As if bed bugs weren't scary enough, last week was...

10 views0 comments

Please Sir, May I Have Some Fur? (AKA: Feasting on and on)

Chelle Hartzer

Mar 28, 20233 min read

Please Sir, May I Have Some Fur? (AKA: Feasting on and on)

Many of our pest species have seasonal trends. Even if you live in southern climates without much of a temperature shift during the year,...

14 views0 comments

Flours for Everyone (AKA: It's all in the name)

Chelle Hartzer

Mar 21, 20233 min read

Flours for Everyone (AKA: It's all in the name)

Yesterday was World Flour Day. Apparently, today is National French Bread Day. And we use flour to make bread so, I guess it makes sense....

15 views0 comments

10 Questions with a Pro (AKA: Geeking out!)

Chelle Hartzer

Feb 28, 20234 min read

10 Questions with a Pro (AKA: Geeking out!)

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

91 views0 comments