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Seeing the Light (AKA: Pollen season)
Many of our pest species have seasonal trends. Even if you live in southern climates without much of a temperature shift during the year,...

Chelle Hartzer
Mar 183 min read
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Second Mouse Gets the Cheese (AKA: Stirring up shit)
I wasn’t going to do it, but since it’s hit the headlines, and there’s been plenty of …. dubious info….let’s science this, pest control...

Chelle Hartzer
Mar 113 min read
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Here’s the Silver Bullet (AKA: They did their research)
Sometimes pest problems are relatively easy to manage. One or two visits, some targeted treatments, sanitation and exclusion...

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 12, 20243 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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To Kill or Not to Kill (AKA: That’s a great question)
When I introduce myself to people who are not in the pest control field, I often say that I’m the consultant to contract killers, helping...

Chelle Hartzer
Apr 9, 20242 min read
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I Don’t Hate Cats 2 (AKA: Here we go again)
I can’t believe this is still coming up. Well, no…I can believe it. I looked back through my old posts and I posted about this in 2022...

Chelle Hartzer
Mar 12, 20243 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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An Elephant Sized Problem (AKA: Is there a size limit?)
What’s bugging you? Seriously, what’s been pestering you? Is it an actual pest? And what defines a pest? I have written about this a few...

Chelle Hartzer
Sep 21, 20213 min read
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Tom and Jerry Reruns (AKA: I really don’t hate cats)
What do the old Tom and Jerry cartoons, Speedy Gonzalas, and Garfield all have in common? The mice were good at what they did and were...

Chelle Hartzer
May 18, 20213 min read
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