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Cockroaches Strike Back!

My wife found this for me. Apparently the cockroaches are tired of the bed bugs taking the limelight as the most difficult to control pests (hello? where have the roaches been?  the ants overtook them...

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Haiti Cholera Outbreak Continues

According to the BBC, the death toll is due to Cholera in Haiti is close to 1,000. Cholera is a disease transmitted by consuming food or water contaminated by feces. This can come from feces...

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Mailbag: Senator Writes In, Promising to Protect Our Food

After writing about food plant pest management last week, I opened my email to find a message from Herb Kohl, my senator, wanting to share his thoughts on food plants and food safety. What an honor! I...

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Welcome 2011

What’s the cliche? Ah, that’s it: “I can’t believe it’s already half way through January!” It’s be an exciting 2011 for me so far, and I hope it’s been similar for you. Of course, my Ashram of Pest...

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Check out the February Issue of PCT for my Small Carpenter Ant Article

A number of years ago, carpenter ants taught me a lesson. It seems that I often have to learn things the hard way, through screwing things up, and I screwed up an ant identification, not realizing how...

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Notes for Kansas Pest Control Association Spring Conference March 2011

Here are three files with notes to go along with the presentations that I’m giving at the Kansas Pest Control Association Spring Conference March 2011. Insecticides… in Plain English Presentation Basic...

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And You Think You Have Problems: Pest Control in Libya

I clipped this out of the March / April 2011 issue of Pest magazine, a British magazine that I read. … readers will remember (see issue 4 – July & August 2009) that Rentokil is now in the middle of...

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Bed Bugs in Milwaukee Hospitals – Interview

Entomologist Ted Snyder is interviewed on bed bugs showing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin hospitals. ... Continue reading Bed Bugs in Milwaukee Hospitals – Interview

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Inspecting Incoming Goods is Essential for Keeping Pests Out of Facilities

How often do you talk to your commercial clients about inspecting incoming goods, pallets, packages, and so forth for pest activity? If you are like most of us, probably not enough. (Note to readers...

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Eulogy for Safrotin

Do you have an insecticide that has a warm place in your heart?   If you’ve been around for a while, it might be chlordane. Newer people tend to like Tempo or Demand, and people who come from the...

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