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Venomous Snake Control Strategies
Notice the “pit” of this copperhead, halfway between the nose and the eye. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Snakes. Just the sight of one makes some people recoil in horror (or chase it with a...
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Batzner celebrates Carpenter Ant Week
Taking place June 21-27, 2015, the 23rd annual Carpenter Ant Awareness Week was established by Batzner Pest Control as a way to educate the public about carpenter ants at a time when they are most...
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Unlikely Winner In Rodent vs. Reptile Battle
It’s not every day you see a snake go up against a rabbit – and lose. For one protective rabbit, however, attacking and scaring off a snake was an easy feat. A few days ago, YouTube user Ramakanth p...
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Technicide: Techni-Baiter
Introduced at PestWorld 2014, the Techni-Baiter is billed as a “new-age baiting system” because each stage can be serviced from a standing position. By eliminating the physical fatigue from bending,...
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Tips & Tricks: An Alternative Tactic for Treating Stinging Insect Nests
James Rodriguez Increasing the pressure on a spray rig and blasting a wasp or hornet nest is a tactic of the past. Using oil-based aerosols leave can leave a film on treated surfaces and unsightly...
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Callback Cures: Use Extreme Weather to Your Advantage
Photo: Istock.com/marccophoto If the weather has been less than ideal lately, you can bet some peridomestic ants (and other pests) will be searching for an environmental reprieve — inside your...
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Ask the Expert: Pseudoscorpions, Clothes Moths and Termites
This pseudoscorpion specimen was found under the bark of a sycamore tree at Shelby Park in Nashville. Photo: Ryan Kaldari, Wikimedia Commons Q. I’m emailing you a photo of a strange-looking creature....
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Terminix celebrates Mosquito Week with “Mosquitonado” trailer
In honor of National Mosquito Control Awareness Week, June 21-27, 2015, Terminix has released “Mosquitonado,” a satirical trailer. “Why do sharks, zombies, aliens and dinosaurs get all the attention?”...
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Termite Predator Unleashes Killer Farts
Photo credit: cotinis/Foter/CC BY-NC-SA Are your farts so nasty they could kill? That’s a claim the beaded lacewing can make, Wired reports in a post brilliantly titled, “Silent and Deadly: Fatal Farts...
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Revisiting the Basics of Crawlspace Remediation
Ground cover should both do the remediation job and improve the appearance of the crawlspace. Photo: Paul Hardy As homeowners react to the need to save energy, tighter construction has become the norm...
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Ensystex: RODENTHOR
The RODENTHOR line consists of rodent block bait, soft bait, rat bait stations and snap traps. Both baits contain the advanced anticoagulant, single-feeding active ingredient bromadialone, at a...
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Massey acquires EcoShield in Atlanta, Austin
Orlando, Fla.-based Massey Services has purchased EcoShield Pest Control of Atlanta and of Austin, Texas. Terms were not disclosed. “We are pleased to welcome the Atlanta and Austin EcoShield Pest...
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Government Conducts Research to Keep Fruit Flies Out of the Land Down Under
Photo courtesy of University of Wisconsin-Madison Fruit flies. Although these pests are a helpful reminder to throw away the fruit you meant to eat, they can be annoying and difficult to eliminate...
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Catchmaster: Custom Design Tool
Customize your traps and glue boards from your computer screen with the Catchmaster Custom Design Tool. Using custom traps and boards with your logo and company name is like leaving behind extra...
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Mobile PMP: Mobile Marketing 101, Part 1
Photo: ©istock.com/olegganko Getting your company online and participating in social media are not the same as mobile marketing — that is, marketing and making sales via mobile devices such as...
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Bug Doctor Pest Control partners with BizIQ
Oak Harbor, Wash.-based Bug Doctor Pest Control has announced its new partnership with BizIQ, a digital marketing firm based in Phoenix. By collaborating with BizIQ, Bug Doctor Pest Control hopes to...
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Lone Star tick spreads to New England
Learn more at: www.tickencounter.org/tick_identification/lone_star_tick Although the Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum) doesn’t transmit Lyme disease, it brings several new threats to the tick scene...
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Resting Rats Dream About How to Obtain Food
If you were a rat, what would you dream of as you drift off to sleep? If you guessed how to snag your next meal, you think like a rat. In a study of the rodent’s brain, neuroscientists at University...
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Terramera: CIRKIL Rag in a Bag
Dealing with infested clutter is one of the biggest challenges with bed bug jobs. Rag in a Bag is a new protocol using CIRKIL RTU, and the company says it is proven to kill 100 percent of bed bugs and...
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Mobile PMP: Mobile Marketing 101, Part II
Photo: ©istock.com/TommL Last issue’s Mobile PMP column examined marketing messages and privacy issues. This time, we’ll take a look at how you can target the customers who need your services. We’ll...
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