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Apparently, I was jumping ahead last week because this week just happens to be National Mosquito Control Awareness Week (who comes up...

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...

The first full week of June is designated as “Bed Bug Awareness Week”. Are you excited?!?! Since the re-emergence of bed bugs in the US...

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...

It was World Bee Day last week and that’s a great time to talk about bees. Honey bees specifically. Honey bees are an invasive species....

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...

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...

I seem to be doing quite a bit of tick work lately and there is some great research on ticks. We need research to help determine the most...

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...

Many of our pest species have seasonal trends. Even if you live in southern climates without much of a temperature shift during the year,...

I try not to be overly critical of people’s writing. If you have never had to write an article or a fact-based blog, let me tell you, it...