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What is Poison? (AKA: Social media fun times)
I’m not the best gardener. I can grow some plants and I take decent care of my yard, but I certainly get my fair share of nasty notes...

Chelle Hartzer
Sep 14, 20213 min read
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Rise to the Bait (AKA: Clickbait!)
I’ve got an upcoming presentation on rodents, which means I have more than 40 open tabs on my browser with all kinds of rodent related...

Chelle Hartzer
Sep 7, 20213 min read
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Fun with Dick and Chelle (AKA: See Dick run away)
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...

Chelle Hartzer
Aug 31, 20214 min read
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This is Not About Sanitation (AKA: Er… oops)
I have one of those robot vacumes that is one of my favorite cleaning tools. It’s great because I can hit the button and walk away and it...

Chelle Hartzer
Aug 24, 20213 min read
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Oh Karst! (AKA: What the phorid?)
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...

Chelle Hartzer
Aug 17, 20212 min read
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Food Fun (AKA: What's eating at you?)
I recently had some discussions on stored product pests. Those pests that are specifically after the food we eat. Not the rodents, flies,...

Chelle Hartzer
Aug 10, 20214 min read
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Waving a Magic Wand (AKA: We need if fixed yesterday!)
I typically start writing my first draft of this blog on Monday, then finish it up and post it on Tuesday. That means I had some kind of...

Chelle Hartzer
Aug 3, 20212 min read
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Tails from the field (AKA: Scary stories)
Gather around the campfire and let me tell you a scary story. It’s the story of a terrifying pest problem and the chilling outcome. Let...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 27, 20212 min read
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It Happens in the Best of Places (AKA: I see dead things)
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...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 20, 20212 min read
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Meet the Team (AKA: Who does the work around here?)
Our fearless leader is still on vacation (what a slacker) so we, her staff, are taking over the weekly blog to let you know that she does...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 13, 20211 min read
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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
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What’s Bugging Me (AKA: Back on my soapbox)
I always say that entomologists notice the little things. Get it: insects are little? I visit a lot of different facilities, particularly...

Chelle Hartzer
Jun 29, 20213 min read
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