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I looked today and this is my 100th blog post. I can hardly believe I have been writing every week for 100 weeks and that means in four...

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...

Last week I started writing an article for a trade journal on small flies in food processing and wound up talking about all the food...

At the beginning of every year, it seems I get a lot of questions on what’s going to be “the thing” this year for pest control. It’s...

Actually, it’s just rain, and it’s morning. But it’s cold and I just want to curl up with a good book and a cup of tea. While I do have...

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...

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed in 2011, ten years ago. Before that, there was the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C)...

Charles Darwin once wrote to his friend: I am dying by inches, from not having anybody to talk to about insects. Over the last week, I...

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 was traveling for family stuff this past week and was at a relative's house. Walking in, there were house flies flying around. My...

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...