Pesticides often get a bad reputation, especially in the media, and can be viewed as “nasty chemicals” or “harmful” or even just “evil”....

I do not live out west where the devastating fires are continuing, and that doesn’t mean I’m not impacted. All of us will be in some way...

As sometimes happens, I have a blog post almost ready to go. Then something happens, or I see an article, or my news feed lights up. What...

Actual conversation from the other day: “Chelle, get over here right now !” “What?” “There’s a bug!” “Yeah…” “Well do something about...

Since Halloween is right around the corner, it’s time for scary bloodsuckers. Nope, not going to do mosquitoes (yet)! There are just so...

I was talking with a new customer the other day and I was about to geek out on cockroaches with them. Then I had to rein myself in. How...

I’ve gotten back from vacation so of course I’m thinking about bed bugs. (No, I didn't find any or bring any back with me.) Also, I need...

House flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, and more can all get inside structures. They are all known to carry food-borne diseases. They can...

This episode marks the 210th weekly blog post. That’s more than four years of weekly (ranting) writing about all things urban pest...

Last week was“Bed Bug Awareness Week”. Are you excited, did you celebrate?!?! Since the re-emergence of bed bugs in the US in the early...

I have a small compost bucket I keep under my kitchen counter until it is ready to be taken out. That means it sits there for maybe two...

Buckle up folks, I’ve got a great one for you this week: someone had to pay for pest control services! Oh, the horror! Let’s break this...

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...

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...

If you’ve been following along, we posted for the last two weeks on the 12 days of Christmas pest control style. Here’s how it went this...

Picture this: it’s the holidays and you have friends and relatives over for a party, or maybe it’s the office holiday party. Of course...

This week is Thanksgiving in the US. For my international friends, it’s a complicated holiday that I won’t get into. It involved a lot of...

I just finished with our first run of the “House Mouse: Exposed” seminar (four hours of in-depth and new house mouse info), I’m headed to...

This episode marks the 158th weekly blog post. That’s officially three years and two weeks of weekly ranting writing about all things...

It’s Bed Bug Awareness Week. I’ve posted quite a bit about bed bugs and written numerous articles (here, here, and here) and if you are...