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A "National Day" for Everything (AKA: I'm making cookies)
Apparently, March is National Flour Month. It’s also National Invasive Species Week this week. It only makes sense to feature flour...

Chelle Hartzer
Mar 1, 20224 min read


They Can Feed on What?! (AKA: Procrastinating my talks)
I’m headed to the Georgia pest control conference this week and I have two presentations to give on fumigation. So naturally, I’m...

Chelle Hartzer
Jan 11, 20223 min read


Predicting the Future (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...

Chelle Hartzer
Jan 4, 20222 min read


Home Invasion (AKA: Did you "pandemic cook"?)
I received a picture the other day of a pest to identify. This, by itself, is nothing out of the ordinary: I get many texted and emailed...

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 30, 20213 min read


Being Thankful (AKA: Everything relates to pests!)
This week is Thanksgiving in the U. For my international friends, it’s a complicated holiday that I won’t get into. However, a mainstay...

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 23, 20212 min read


Blinded me with science (AKA: Conferences are back!)
Sponsor: who would like to share next? Me: Hi, my name is Chelle and I’m a bug geek. Audience: Hi Chelle! I like science. Science is what...

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 2, 20212 min read


This is Not About Sanitation (AKA: Er… oops)
I have one of those robot vacumes that is one of my favorite cleaning tools. It’s great because I can hit the button and walk away and it...

Chelle Hartzer
Aug 24, 20213 min read


Food Fun (AKA: What's eating at you?)
I recently had some discussions on stored product pests. Those pests that are specifically after the food we eat. Not the rodents, flies,...

Chelle Hartzer
Aug 10, 20214 min read


What’s Your Favorite? (AKA: You liked that?)
It’s been more than a year of blogging and Linked In posts so this is a great time to look back and see what you folks reacted to the...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 6, 20212 min read


What’s Bugging Me (AKA: Back on my soapbox)
I always say that entomologists notice the little things. Get it: insects are little? I visit a lot of different facilities, particularly...

Chelle Hartzer
Jun 29, 20213 min read


Another National "Holiday" (AKA: Pest management saves the world!)
When I started college, I wasn’t really aware of entomology. I switched my major to entomology after my second year. My very first...

Chelle Hartzer
Apr 13, 20213 min read


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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