Chelle HartzerMar 83 minBring Out Your Dead (AKA: Obsessing on diseases)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...
Chelle HartzerDec 7, 20213 minIt Was a Dark and Stormy Night (AKA: Holiday cheer)Actually, it’s just rain, and it’s morning. But it’s cold and I just want to curl up with a good book and a cup of tea. While I do have...
Chelle HartzerNov 9, 20212 minIn Person Conferences! (AKA: Scary but good)Charles Darwin once wrote to his friend: I am dying by inches, from not having anybody to talk to about insects. Over the last week, I...
Chelle HartzerApr 6, 20213 minSpringing into Pest Season (AKA: What's bugging you now?)Many of our pest species have seasonal trends. Even if you live in southern climates without much of a temperature shift during the year,...
Chelle HartzerMar 23, 20213 minHold 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 HartzerFeb 23, 20213 minWhat to do About the Weather (AKA: Weathering the storm)It’s a bit chilly in many parts of the US. Not just here, even the Mediterranean had snow recently! One of the many challenges of pest...