If you saw my post last week, you know I have been doing this for over two years. (If you haven’t, why not?!?!) You would think after...

We talk a lot about sanitation when it comes to pest control. It is incredibly important to work on sanitation issues because pests (like...

I remember going out to Kansas for graduate school, the first time I had even been in that part of the country. It was the beginning of...

True story: when I was little, I wanted to be a ballet dancing muppet astronaut. Ballet lasted about six months, I still like the...

Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other. Forget six degrees, I can...

It’s winter Olympics season! I have to admit, I haven’t really paid much attention to it. I do appreciate there are some amazing athletes...

There was a great article discussing a new paper on cockroaches recently. It talked about resistance to currently available pesticides....

I’m headed out for the winter holidays. I’m spending a couple of weeks in a condo and hoping to get a little relaxation and downtime. So...

This week is Thanksgiving in the U. For my international friends, it’s a complicated holiday that I won’t get into. However, a mainstay...

Sponsor: who would like to share next? Me: Hi, my name is Chelle and I’m a bug geek. Audience: Hi Chelle! I like science. Science is what...

How’s your pandemic going? For quite a while many of us were stuck at home, our favorite restaurants were closed, and we couldn’t go to...

I posted this yesterday and can not get it out of my head. This piece illustrates so well what a challenge pest control can be, and that...

I had a door-to-door salesperson come by the other day. (People still do this?!?!) Normally, I don’t answer the doorbell but I was...

I once had a situation of phorid flies in a home. Since phorid flies are attracted to wet, decaying material, the first thing to do was...

Even on vacation, there’s still a part of my brain that is thinking about pests. Once it gets into your mind, you can’t not see the flies...

It’s been more than a year of blogging and Linked In posts so this is a great time to look back and see what you folks reacted to the...

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

It was my mom’s birthday yesterday and of course it was Mother’s Day here in the US this past weekend. It was perfect because she lives...

My sister asked me for some “fun” cockroach facts for a presentation she needed to do. Of course, I went into full nerd mode and started...

When I started college, I wasn’t really aware of entomology. I switched my major to entomology after my second year. My very first...