Chelle Hartzer
You Don’t Know Karst (AKA: Bring out your dead!)
It’s almost October so I’m perfectly okay with starting the Halloween series. Because it is the best holiday of the year. I was doing a...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Jan 31
- 3 min
A Rose by Any Other Name (AKA: Whooo are you?)
Here’s a story. Of a gnat named Gary. Who was living in a residential home. What is a gnat, you ask? Great question, thanks for asking....
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Chelle Hartzer
- Jan 10
- 3 min
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)...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Sep 27, 2022
- 3 min
This isn't the Deathly Hallows (AKA: Everyone's on a deadline)
I had a death in the extended family recently. It’s always hard to lose someone and be with others who are grieving too. However, it also...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Jul 26, 2022
- 3 min
Airing My Dirty Laundry (AKA: This sucks)
I had to run a load of laundry yesterday. I hadn’t done laundry since before I left on vacation so I had all my dirty clothes still in my...
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Chelle Hartzer
- May 31, 2022
- 4 min
Talk Dirty to Me (AKA: Down in the dumps)
We talk a lot about sanitation when it comes to pest control. It is incredibly important to work on sanitation issues because pests (like...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Apr 12, 2022
- 3 min
3…2…1… (AKA: I’m still a nerd…or is it geek?)
True story: when I was little, I wanted to be a ballet dancing muppet astronaut. Ballet lasted about six months, I still like the...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Mar 8, 2022
- 3 min
Bring Out Your Dead (AKA: Obsessing on diseases)
Last week I started writing an article for a trade journal on small flies in food processing and wound up talking about all the food...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Jan 18, 2022
- 3 min
Petty Pot Crimes (AKA: Highs and lows)
This happens to a lot of people. It’s a little embarrassing but, to be perfectly honest: I’ve done it. Particularly in the winter months...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Nov 9, 2021
- 2 min
In Person Conferences! (AKA: Scary but good)
Charles Darwin once wrote to his friend: I am dying by inches, from not having anybody to talk to about insects. Over the last week, I...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Aug 17, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Feb 16, 2021
- 3 min
A Gnat by any Other Name (AKA: Soapbox time)
Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, in a damp area not far from here, was a gnat. Let’s call him Gary. What is a gnat, you may...
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