monitoring

Chelle Hartzer

Please Sir, May I Have Some Fur? (AKA: Feasting on and on)

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

Light Up My Life (AKA: Right tool for the job)

I have a robot-vacuum. I set it to clean my floors the other day and well… it didn’t go so well. Just like the insect light traps (ILT’s)...

Chelle Hartzer

Rats don’t take holidays (AKA: I’m the weird tourist)

You know how after you do something for a long time it sort of gets stuck in your brain and you see it everywhere? Like after you learn...

Chelle Hartzer

Caught in a Trap (AKA: We can’t go on together)

I get lots of requests for training and those are always catered to what the customer wants. It doesn’t do anyone any good if I give a...

Chelle Hartzer

A "National Day" for Everything (AKA: I'm making cookies)

Apparently, March is National Flour Month. It’s also National Invasive Species Week this week. It only makes sense to feature flour...

Chelle Hartzer

What Are You Looking At? (AKA: Trap or monitor?)

I had the privilege last week of being part of a workshop on rodent monitoring. I got to talk about monitoring and was part of an expert...