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...

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 happens. It’s a little embarrassing but to be perfectly honest, I’ve had it happen. Particularly in the winter months or right before...

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...

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...

Picture this: it’s the holidays and you have friends and relatives over for a party, or maybe it’s the office holiday party. Of course...

This week is Thanksgiving in the US. For my international friends, it’s a complicated holiday that I won’t get into. It involved a lot of...

Spiders are awesome. There is such amazing diversity in spiders, not just in appearance but in food preferences, habitats, biologies, and...

I was at a state conference last week and had lots of fun talking with folks and giving a presentation on ticks. A tick talk! That led to...

All names have been removed to protect the guilty. And I’m not into public shaming. Let’s get into this. This was an honest question and...

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...

I was just asked to write an article on “natural” pest control. I almost didn’t. It’s like talking about “safe” pesticides or “harmless”...

We talk about how important it is to control rodents. They eat our foods and contaminate what’s left. They damage our structures and chew...

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

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...

It’s that time of year again when the tiny little red things show up. I’ve been seeing it in facebook posts and in other groups....

I saw my first dragon yesterday. It was not in a dungeon though. I think it looks like a dragon, and many folks have no idea what this...

It’s halfway through May and that means the grass is getting longer and the weeds are coming in. Literally in many cases because May is...

I grew up in New England (I’m a true Yankee) and one thing I really miss from there is heading to a lobster shack for dinner starting in...

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