Chelle Hartzer
It Happens Every Year (AKA: Fruits and flowers)
This episode marks the 210th weekly blog post. That’s more than four years of weekly (ranting) writing about all things urban pest...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Mar 19
- 2 min
Harbingers of Spring (AKA: Pollen season has started)
Some people see the signs of spring as daffodils, trees starting to bud and flower, warmer temperatures, or even the cacophony of birds...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Feb 27
- 3 min
Behaving Badly (AKA: What’s in your luggage?)
It’s come up a few times in the last few weeks so it’s definitely sticking in my mind. I’m also about to travel out of state for some...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Feb 13
- 2 min
A Special Kind of Love (AKA: Pest passion)
Personally, I’m not a fan of Valentine's Day. Since it is tomorrow, I will put my own romantic spin on it. A pest control spin! Who...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Feb 6
- 4 min
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
- 3 min
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
- Jan 9
- 2 min
Take that Nostradamus! (AKA Pudge controls the weather)
At the beginning of every year, it seems I get a lot of questions on what’s going to be “the thing” this year for pest control. It’s...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Jan 2
- 2 min
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...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Aug 1, 2023
- 4 min
Getting Hungry (AKA: Dirty truths)
I’m not sure if I’ve been sucked into some algorithm or if there really have been more news stories popping up on pests in food...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Jul 25, 2023
- 4 min
Like a Moth to a Flame (AKA: Getting drawn in)
It’s National Moth Week! Moths are definitely the underrated stepchild of the Lepidoptera order. The butterflies and skippers get all the...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Jul 11, 2023
- 3 min
I’m a Mite Peeved (AKA: Sweat the little things)
I always say that entomologists notice the little things. Get it: insects …small…little things? I visit a lot of different facilities,...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Jul 4, 2023
- 3 min
Celebrate Good Times! (AKA: Please send gifts)
This episode marks the 158th weekly blog post. That’s officially three years and two weeks of weekly ranting writing about all things...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Jun 13, 2023
- 3 min
Be Afraid, Very Afraid (AKA: Looking through the data)
Last week was Bed Bug Awareness Week and I wrote a brilliant post on bed bugs for you. As if bed bugs weren't scary enough, last week was...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Mar 28, 2023
- 3 min
Please Sir, May I Have Some Fur? (AKA: Feasting on and on)
Many of our pest species have seasonal trends. Even if you live in southern climates without much of a temperature shift during the year,...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Mar 21, 2023
- 3 min
Flours for Everyone (AKA: It's all in the name)
Yesterday was World Flour Day. Apparently, today is National French Bread Day. And we use flour to make bread so, I guess it makes sense....
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Chelle Hartzer
- Feb 28, 2023
- 4 min
10 Questions with a Pro (AKA: Geeking out!)
Introducing the new series of ten questions with a pro. Every other month, I’m interviewing a “pro” to find out what they do, how they do...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Dec 20, 2022
- 3 min
The Grinch Stole Christmas (AKA: Me, we’re talking about me)
Yeah, I know I’m going to get some hate for this. So before we get into this let me say that I don’t completely hate the holidays. There...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Dec 13, 2022
- 4 min
Houston, We Have Problems (AKA: Didn’t see that coming)
I usually don’t get called until a pest issue is fairly bad. It’s been going on for months, (if not years), it has not been getting any...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Sep 13, 2022
- 3 min
A Bear Walks into a Bar (AKA: How did this happen?)
Quiz time: Yesterday on your weekly grocery shopping trip, you stocked up on five extra-large bags of dark chocolate (hey, they were on...
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Chelle Hartzer
- Aug 30, 2022
- 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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