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What's In Your Oven? (AKA: Is something burning?)
Apparently, March is National Flour Month. It’s also National Invasive Species Week this week. It only makes sense to feature flour...
Chelle Hartzer
Mar 44 min read
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How’s Your New Year’s Diet Going? (AKA: Where’s the bacon?)
I had some pictures sent to me by a pest control bestie so now my brain has been stuck on the Dermestid beetles. All names have been...
Chelle Hartzer
Jan 283 min read
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We Didn’t Start the Fire (AKA: Feeling the heat)
I do not live out west where the devastating fires are continuing, and that doesn’t mean I’m not impacted. All of us will be in some way...
Chelle Hartzer
Jan 143 min read
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Nobody Told Me! (AKA: Stop it already)
I’ve been working on an article for a trade journal. It’s sort of a “your job/our job” for those who contract out their pest control...
Chelle Hartzer
Jan 74 min read
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I Resolve To Be Just as Awesome (AKA: You're welcome)
Let’s take a look back and see what happened last year! Blogs: You folks really like the “ Science is always right ” blog talking about...
Chelle Hartzer
Jan 21 min read
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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...
Chelle Hartzer
Dec 10, 20243 min read
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Getting Sick? (AKA: Bring the wine)
As sometimes happens, I have a blog post almost ready to go. Then something happens, or I see an article, or my news feed lights up. What...
Chelle Hartzer
Dec 3, 20242 min read
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Your Vote Matters! (AKA: Pick your favorite!
It’s election day here in the US, if you haven’t voted already, please go vote! In honor of election day, you should vote for your...
Chelle Hartzer
Nov 5, 20242 min read
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I Play with Real Bugs (AKA: Benevolent computer overlords)
At PestWorld this last week, there were lots of cool things that I took back with me. No, not just swag (though I did score four pairs of...
Chelle Hartzer
Oct 29, 20244 min read
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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...
Chelle Hartzer
Oct 15, 20243 min read
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This May Sting a Little (AKA: Beehave)
It’s that time of year. The videos are posted. They are definitely hitting most of my social media feeds. Yep, it’s wasp season . And...
Chelle Hartzer
Sep 24, 20244 min read
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What’s the Best? (AKA: I've got the good stuff)
I was talking with a new customer the other day and I was about to geek out on cockroaches with them. Then I had to rein myself in. How...
Chelle Hartzer
Sep 17, 20243 min read
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It’s a Sticky Situation (AKA: I'm stuck on it)
I recently wined about glue boards. If you don’t know about my wineing , you are in for a treat! I thought I would expand on that a bit...
Chelle Hartzer
Aug 28, 20243 min read
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Show me the light (AKA: Lightbulb!)
House flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, and more can all get inside structures. They are all known to carry food-borne diseases. They can...
Chelle Hartzer
Jul 30, 20242 min read
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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...
Chelle Hartzer
Jul 9, 20242 min read
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Death Trap (AKA: You can't catch me)
I am an entomologist by training and certification, but I really enjoy talking about rodents. As someone in the pest control field, I’m...
Chelle Hartzer
Jun 25, 20244 min read
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Dollars and Cents (AKA: Making a killing)
I posted a few days ago about a record setting fine leveled against a company due to violating food safety laws. There were numerous...
Chelle Hartzer
Mar 5, 20242 min read
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Angry birds! (AKA: What a bird brain)
I’m taking my morning walk today and over the podcast I am listening to, I hear a cardinal start chirping. Now, when I start hearing the...
Chelle Hartzer
Feb 20, 20244 min read
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The 12 Days of Pest-mas (AKA: Stop with the birds)
If you’ve been following along, we posted for the last two weeks on the 12 days of Christmas pest control style. Here’s how it went this...
Chelle Hartzer
Dec 26, 20234 min read
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A New Box! (AKA: Presents?)
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...
Chelle Hartzer
Sep 5, 20234 min read
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