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It is apparently Tick Awareness week (May 4-10, 2025) , so be aware of ticks. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. Ticks suck, literally...

I grew up in New England (I’m a Yankee), and one thing I really miss from there is heading to a lobster shack for dinner, which starts in...

My friend and I were having a conversation the other day about the disconnect that can happen between science and people in the field. It...

It’s Mosquito Awareness Week. Feel free to send your mosquito related gifts to me. Until they get here, here’s your gift from me: new...

I’ve talked about weather, its effect on pests, and the randomness of some insect “explosions” that happen. This is not like the cicada...

I saw my first dragon yesterday. It was not in a dungeon though. I think it looks like a dragon, and many folks have no idea what this...

It’s halfway through May and that means the grass is getting longer and the weeds are coming in. Literally in many cases because May is...

I grew up in New England (I’m a true Yankee) and one thing I really miss from there is heading to a lobster shack for dinner starting in...

Many of our pest species have seasonal trends. Even if you live in southern climates without much of a temperature shift during the year,...

As occasionally happens, I have a blog written and ready to go (I typically write my first drafts on Mondays) and something happens and I...

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...

Last week I started writing an article for a trade journal on small flies in food processing and wound up talking about all the food...