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Chelle Hartzer
Feb 183 min read
Just Because They Jumped Off a Bridge...(AKA: Change is hard)
This has come up multiple times in the last two weeks from current clients, potential clients, and friends. From clients, it has been a...
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Chelle Hartzer
Nov 19, 20243 min read
Want a Band-aide? (AKA: Tax dollars at work)
Yet again, I bring you something ripped from the headlines. It’s timely, it’s horrifying, it’s appalling… it’s pest control. Some quick...
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Chelle Hartzer
Oct 1, 20243 min read
I Come to Suck Your Blood! (AKA: Scary stories)
Since Halloween is right around the corner, it’s time for scary bloodsuckers. Nope, not going to do mosquitoes (yet)! There are just so...
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Chelle Hartzer
Jun 18, 20242 min read
Have You Heard the Buzz? (AKA: What's biting me)
It’s Mosquito Awareness Week. Feel free to send your mosquito related gifts to me. Until they get here, here’s your gift from me: new...
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Chelle Hartzer
Jun 11, 20243 min read
Pop Quiz (AKA: Where's your bugs?)
Last week was“Bed Bug Awareness Week”. Are you excited, did you celebrate?!?! Since the re-emergence of bed bugs in the US in the early...
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Chelle Hartzer
Jun 4, 20242 min read
Holiday Season! (AKA: Celebrate good times)
Thursday is World Pest Day. This was apparently initiated in 2017 and it “aims to raise awareness about the critical role of pest...
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Chelle Hartzer
Feb 6, 20244 min read
Talk Dirty to Me (AKA: More than four letter words)
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...
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Chelle Hartzer
Jan 30, 20243 min read
Storytime! (AKA: I don't understand)
Actual conversation I had with a client the other day: Client: I don’t understand why we still have this problem. Me: How long has it...
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Chelle Hartzer
Nov 7, 20232 min read
I Was Today Years Old...(AKA: Old dog, new tricks)
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....
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Chelle Hartzer
Jul 13, 20222 min read
It Was the Best of Times…(AKA: Retrospecting)
I’m on vacation this week so it’s perfect timing to look back and see what you folks liked. Blog posts – After writing these weekly for...
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Chelle Hartzer
Jun 14, 20223 min read
What Would You Do for $2K? (AKA: I remember being a poor starving grad student...)
If you saw my post last week, you know I have been doing this for over two years. (If you haven’t, why not?!?!) You would think after...
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Chelle Hartzer
Feb 1, 20224 min read
Resistance is Futile (AKA: I wasn’t a math major)
There was a great article discussing a new paper on cockroaches recently. It talked about resistance to currently available pesticides....
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Chelle Hartzer
Jun 22, 20213 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...
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Chelle Hartzer
Dec 29, 20203 min read
Resistance is Inevitable (AKA: You won't be assimilated)
The Borg told us that resistance was futile. It’s not, it’s unavoidable. Insect pests (even rodents) are in a constant battle for...
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