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Chelle Hartzer

The Invasion has Begun (AKA: Can you smell it?)

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...

Chelle Hartzer

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

Bring 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 Hartzer

It 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...

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In 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 Hartzer

Springing 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,...

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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

What 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...