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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...

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 1, 20224 min read
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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...

Chelle Hartzer
Aug 30, 20223 min read
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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....

Chelle Hartzer
Aug 16, 20223 min read
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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...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 5, 20223 min read
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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...

Chelle Hartzer
Jun 21, 20223 min read
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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...

Chelle Hartzer
May 10, 20224 min read
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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...

Chelle Hartzer
Oct 5, 20212 min read
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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...

Chelle Hartzer
Mar 23, 20213 min read
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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...

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 10, 20203 min read
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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,...

Chelle Hartzer
Oct 13, 20204 min read
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