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 was giving a webinar on rodents last week and someone asked a brilliant question: what can you do when the pest problem is coming from...

We are back with the “Ten Questions with a Pro” series! Every other month, I interview a “pro” to find out what they do, how they do it,...

I’m probably going to get some pushback from this, but I don’t like birds. I admit that birds of prey, like raptors and owls, are very...

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...

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

I wasn’t going to do it, but since it’s hit the headlines, and there’s been plenty of …. dubious info….let’s science this, pest control...

Apparently, March is National Flour Month. It’s also National Invasive Species Week this week. It only makes sense to feature flour...

I’ve been doing a lot of training recently. It tends to happen this time of year because it’s a bit slower in the field and people are...

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

We are back with the “Ten Questions with a Pro” series! Every other month, I interview a “pro” to find out what they do, how they do it,...

I had some pictures sent to me by a pest control bestie so now my brain has been stuck on the Dermestid beetles. All names have been...

I’ve had a bunch of news hitting my feed over the last week and couldn’t decide what to pick to write on. So I went completely off track...

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...

I’ve been working on an article for a trade journal. It’s sort of a “your job/our job” for those who contract out their pest control...

Let’s take a look back and see what happened last year! Blogs: You folks really like the “ Science is always right ” blog talking about...

I received a picture the other day of a pest to identify. This, by itself, is nothing out of the ordinary: I get many texts and emailed...

It’s election day here in the US, if you haven’t voted already, please go vote! In honor of election day, you should vote for your...

I’m in FL …. for now*. We’ve got hurricane Milton coming for us and hurricane Helene was just a couple weeks ago. This is a perfect time...

It’s that time of year. The videos are posted. They are definitely hitting most of my social media feeds. Yep, it’s wasp season . And...