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It's Not Easy Being Clean (AKA: Ew.)
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...

Chelle Hartzer
Oct 19, 20213 min read


What’s Your Favorite? (AKA: You liked that?)
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...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 6, 20212 min read


What's Bugging You? (AKA: Happy 46 millionth birthday)
Apparently, I was jumping ahead last week because this week just happens to be National Mosquito Control Awareness Week (who comes up...

Chelle Hartzer
Jun 22, 20213 min read


Taking a Risk on Travel (AKA: Catching flights, not disease)
I’m taking a vacation in a couple of weeks (more to come on that!) and I happen to be going out of the country. As with many people, I’m...

Chelle Hartzer
Jun 15, 20212 min read


Sucking the Life Out of Me (AKA: I don't feel well)
I got my second dose of the Covid vaccine yesterday, so I’m sort of feeling like the crud on the bottom of the trash can that flies...

Chelle Hartzer
Jun 1, 20213 min read


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


They Said To Do What? (AKA: Not a light post)
When I saw it initially, I thought it was just some clickbait article and it really wouldn’t be what the title implied: Then I saw that...

Chelle Hartzer
Mar 9, 20214 min read


Holiday Season (AKA: Pests are thankful too!)
It’s almost Thanksgiving here in the US. A day when Americans stuff their stomachs with stacks of sumptuous foods. Pests are also...

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 24, 20203 min read


The Rats are Coming! (AKA: Shut the front door!)
The other day, I was doing a talk on rodenticides. Rodenticides are a hot topic right now, primarily because California has banned the...

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 17, 20203 min read


Bloodsucking Vampires (AKA: Petrifying parasites)
Since Halloween is right around the corner, it’s time for part two of the bloodsuckers edition. Nope, still not going to do mosquitoes...

Chelle Hartzer
Oct 27, 20203 min read


I come to suck your blood (AKA: Halloween is awesome)
The smell of fall in the air, the skeletons all over, the spiderwebs covering entire houses, and goblins and ghosts and vampires all out....

Chelle Hartzer
Oct 20, 20203 min read


Feeling OK? (AKA: What's the plague got to do with it?)
Since we are still in the middle of a pandemic, this is a great time to talk about other outbreaks of diseases. Specifically the plague....

Chelle Hartzer
Aug 18, 20203 min read
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