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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
Mar 8, 20223 min read


Predicting the Future (AKA: Pudge controls the weather)
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...

Chelle Hartzer
Jan 4, 20222 min read


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...

Chelle Hartzer
Dec 7, 20213 min read


Blinded me with science (AKA: Conferences are back!)
Sponsor: who would like to share next? Me: Hi, my name is Chelle and I’m a bug geek. Audience: Hi Chelle! I like science. Science is what...

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 2, 20212 min read


What's Bugging You? (AKA: Happy 46 millionth birthday)
Apparently, I was jumping ahead last week because this week just happens to be National Mosquito Control Awareness Week (who comes up...

Chelle Hartzer
Jun 22, 20213 min read


Taking a Risk on Travel (AKA: Catching flights, not disease)
I’m taking a vacation in a couple of weeks (more to come on that!) and I happen to be going out of the country. As with many people, I’m...

Chelle Hartzer
Jun 15, 20212 min read


Sucking the Life Out of Me (AKA: I don't feel well)
I got my second dose of the Covid vaccine yesterday, so I’m sort of feeling like the crud on the bottom of the trash can that flies...

Chelle Hartzer
Jun 1, 20213 min read


Another National "Holiday" (AKA: Pest management saves the world!)
When I started college, I wasn’t really aware of entomology. I switched my major to entomology after my second year. My very first...

Chelle Hartzer
Apr 13, 20213 min read


Mosquitoes, Misinformation, and Mad Neighbors (AKA: I'm uninvited)
I was over a neighbor’s house this weekend for a get together (yes, socially distanced and masked!). I do a pretty good job of not being...

Chelle Hartzer
Sep 8, 20203 min read
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