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Itsy Bitsy (AKA: Crawling past summer)
It’s October and that means it’s my favorite season of the year: spider season! Living in Georgia (USA), we are still under siege from the invasive Joro spider . It is actually a very pretty spider that builds big orb-shaped webs. While these are beneficial (I am pretty sure we had next to no mosquito issues this summer because of all these webspinners), they are very abundant. People don’t like them near their structures, and there is the “ick” factor of walking through one

Chelle Hartzer
Oct 143 min read


What's all the Buzz? (AKA: Getting sweet)
Today is World Bee Day. Honey bees get all the love, but there are so many other bees that we cross paths with. There are around 3,500...

Chelle Hartzer
May 204 min read


Moms Rule! (AKA: I’m the favorite)
It was my mom’s birthday the other day and of course it was Mother’s Day here in the US this past weekend. It was great. It got me...

Chelle Hartzer
May 133 min read


This May Sting a Little (AKA: Beehave)
It’s that time of year. The videos are posted. They are definitely hitting most of my social media feeds. Yep, it’s wasp season . And...

Chelle Hartzer
Sep 24, 20244 min read


What’s the Buzz? (AKA: Talking about the birds and the bees
Yesterday was World Bee Day. Despite what many people think, the urban pest control sector is not out to kill all the beneficial insects...

Chelle Hartzer
May 21, 20243 min read


I’ve Got Ant-swers (AKA: This is import-ant)
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...

Chelle Hartzer
Apr 30, 20243 min read


Best of 2023 (AKA: You folks are weird!*)
Let’s take a look back and see what happened last year! Blogs: You folks really like the “Hold your breath” blog talking about some...

Chelle Hartzer
Jan 2, 20242 min read


They’re Coming! (AKA: Shhh...listen!)
The temperatures have been swinging from freezing to near 80’s, the dogwoods have blossomed, the pine trees are spewing pollen over...

Chelle Hartzer
Mar 14, 20233 min read


Beeing Controversial (AKA: Don’t bee a hater)
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....

Chelle Hartzer
May 25, 20212 min read


Moms make pest management hard (AKA: Happy Mother's Day!)
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...

Chelle Hartzer
May 11, 20213 min read
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