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We're back this month with our series of ten questions with a pro. Every other month, I’m interviewing a “pro” to find out what they do, how they do it, and how it helps pest control efforts. Today, we are talking with the fabulous Dr. Jody Green! 1. Give us the quick version of what you do?  I am an extension educator and urban entomologist with Nebraska Extension. I provide education and resources to help people make better decisions associated with arthropod pests in their

It’s October and that means it’s my favorite season of the year: spider season! Living in Georgia (USA), we are still under siege from the invasive Joro spider . It is actually a very pretty spider that builds big orb-shaped webs. While these are beneficial (I am pretty sure we had next to no mosquito issues this summer because of all these webspinners), they are very abundant. People don’t like them near their structures, and there is the “ick” factor of walking through one

It was my mom’s birthday the other day and of course it was Mother’s Day here in the US this past weekend. It was great. It got me...

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...

I had a door to door salesman come by the other day. (People still do this?!?!) Normally, I don’t answer the doorbell but I was expecting...

In my position, I am constantly researching new information on pests. I also have many alerts on keywords that relate to pest control so...