Yesterday was World Bee Day. Despite what many people think, the urban pest control sector is not out to kill all the beneficial insects...

I was helping a friend with a cleanup last weekend. We had done quite a bit on the first day including cleaning up some wine. Second day...

I have a small compost bucket I keep under my kitchen counter until it is ready to be taken out. That means it sits there for maybe two...

You folks know I read a lot of research on all things pests so I can help my clients have the best service possible. I have quite a few...

While I talk about this topic quite a bit within posts, I don’t often focus on it. It makes people uncomfortable, sometimes you can see...

You know with a headline like this I absolutely have to find out what’s going on: And since it is 100% effective, pest control companies...

A few weeks ago I was at the National Pest Management Association meeting. This week I'm at what I fondly call my "bug geek" conferences....

Spiders are awesome. There is such amazing diversity in spiders, not just in appearance but in food preferences, habitats, biologies, and...

It's the next episode in our recurring series: ten questions with a pro. Every other month, I’m interviewing a “pro” to find out what...

I just finished with our first run of the “House Mouse: Exposed” seminar (four hours of in-depth and new house mouse info), I’m headed to...

I was at a state conference last week and had lots of fun talking with folks and giving a presentation on ticks. A tick talk! That led to...

All names have been removed to protect the guilty. And I’m not into public shaming. Let’s get into this. This was an honest question and...

Introducing the new series of ten questions with a pro. Every other month, I’m interviewing a “pro” to find out what they do, how they do...

I was just asked to write an article on “natural” pest control. I almost didn’t. It’s like talking about “safe” pesticides or “harmless”...

I’m not sure if I’ve been sucked into some algorithm or if there really have been more news stories popping up on pests in food...

It’s National Moth Week! Moths are definitely the underrated stepchild of the Lepidoptera order. The butterflies and skippers get all the...

We talk about how important it is to control rodents. They eat our foods and contaminate what’s left. They damage our structures and chew...

This episode marks the 158th weekly blog post. That’s officially three years and two weeks of weekly ranting writing about all things...

It’s that time of year again when the tiny little red things show up. I’ve been seeing it in facebook posts and in other groups....

Normally something like this would hit my newsfeed and I would glance at it and move on. It caught my eye this time. I typically don’t...