Chelle Hartzer
Time's Fun When You're Having Flies (AKA: Tying up competition)
Spiders are one of my favorites. There is such amazing diversity in spiders in appearance, food preferences, habitats, biologies, and...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Let Nature Take Its Course (AKA: How much is "acceptable"?)
In my position, I am constantly researching new information on pests. I also have many alerts on keywords that relate to pest control so...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Sweating the Small Stuff (AKA: No sweat!)
I was outside this past weekend getting some yard work done. It was supposed to be a bit cooler than it had been for the past few months....
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Chelle Hartzer
- Jul 5
- 3 min
Christmas in July? (AKA: Just here chilling...)
Yup, it’s the beginning of July and the start of summer (in the northern hemisphere at least) and with climate change, it has been much...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Jun 21
- 3 min
Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire (AKA: Feel the heat)
Much of the US is under an early heat wave right now. I know where I am, temperatures are much higher than normal for this early in the...
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Chelle Hartzer
- May 10
- 4 min
How Many Weeks!? (AKA: What do I write about this week?)
I looked today and this is my 100th blog post. I can hardly believe I have been writing every week for 100 weeks and that means in four...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Oct 5, 2021
- 2 min
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (AKA: Sweater weather)
It’s October and that means it’s my favorite season of the year: spider season! Living in Georgia (USA), we are under siege from the...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Mar 23, 2021
- 3 min
Hold Your Breath (AKA: What doesn't kill you...)
I remember my first entomology class in college. I was super excited because we had to do an insect collection. This meant I got to be...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Nov 10, 2020
- 3 min
Falling for pests (AKA: They want warmth too!)
Autumn is my favorite season. The leaves are changing, the temps are cooling off, my favorite holiday happens (Halloween!), and campfires...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Oct 13, 2020
- 4 min
Why Spiders are AWESOME (AKA: I'm sorry Michelle U.)
Spiders are one of my favorites. There is such amazing diversity in spiders, not just in appearance but in food preferences, habitats,...
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