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Tips & Tricks: Important Steps When Using Integrated Pest Management Approach
Dr. Dina Richman Feather dusters and vacuum cleaners are good first steps in an integrated pest management approach to spider control. Appropriately registered insecticides also are critical to success...
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Callback Cures: Three Tips for Improved Drywood Inspections
Save time and money by correctly performing an inspection for drywood termites. Your ability to correctly perform an inspection for drywood termites (Cryptotermes and Incisitermes spp.) can save you...
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Arrow Exterminators acquires Alapestco
Atlanta-based Arrow Exterminators acquired Alapestco Inc., a pest management company in Birmingham, Ala. Arrow Exterminators of Atlanta acquired Alapestco Inc., a pest control company located in...
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Six Steps to Fine-Tune Sales
These six skills will help your sales team make your company more profitable. photo: ©istock.com/olm26250 Professional sales consultants perform at an advanced level of proficiency and skill. They’re...
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Recent Flooding Raises Concerns of Pest Problems
Increased populations of mosquitoes, rodents, flies, ants and termites are expected in the coming months. Photo Courtesy of YouTube. Following record-setting flooding, residents of South Carolina may...
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APHIS sets AQI fumigation fees
The National Pest Management Association reported the following in its “Policy Week in Review” newsletter: On Oct. 23, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services...
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Bird Barrier: Ultra Stealth Net
Three-quarter-inch Ultra Stealth Net was created for those accounts where seeing installed bird netting is not an option. Only the cable mounting system indicates its presence. Ultra Stealth Net is...
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Marketing Matters Q&A
Click-through rates on social media ads are just 0.01 percent, and four out of five users (80 percent) have never bought a product because of a Facebook ad. Q: I’m considering purchasing banner ads on...
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Tips & Tricks: Spider Control in Warm Weather
Greg Baumann Warm weather causes an influx of insects, so spiders will be out in force this time of year, hoping to catch an insect meal. Spiders are generally beneficial; however, your customers don’t...
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Australian Man Survives Six Days in Desert After Eating Ants
We’ve all seen those TV shows that make contestants eat a number of insects for money in hopes of attracting audiences at home. But for one man in Australia, there was no money involved in his insect...
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Pest Control Insulation, ENERGY STAR team for campaign
In houses across America, poorly sealed and under-insulated attics are taking money out of homeowners’ pockets through high utility bills. To help your customers take control over high utility bills...
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Bird-X weighs in on WNV-bird link
Editor’s Note: According to a Nov. 4 News.Discover.com article, the West Nile virus (WNV) is “decimating” U.S. native bird populations. Chicago-based bird control product manufacturer Bird-X has issued...
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Crawlspace Depot: Todol Foam Starter Kit
The Todol Foam Starter Kit contains everything professionals need for sealing joints, cracks, openings, polyethylene liner and Bora-Foam in a crawlspace. Everything comes packaged in the durable molded...
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Ant Management: PMPs Share Their Dont’s
Tried and true advice from PMPs could save you a lot time and money when dealing with ants. Gaining control can often pose a challenge; these don’ts from other pest management professionals might help....
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Bozkurt takes reins of Bayer PPM
Ildem Bozkurt is the new head of Professional Pest Management and Vector Control for the U.S. for Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP. Chris Pienaar, who formerly held the role,...
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#ArrowCares campaign raises $5,000
Atlanta-based Arrow Exterminators recently concluded its #ArrowCares social media campaign with a donation of $5,000 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The fundraising campaign ran during...
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Assured celebrates 81 years with film
Assured Environments celebrates 81 years of business this season. A new video, found on its “About Us” page, offers insight into the New York-based firm’s story. Beginning with the organization’s...
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Terminix acquires Alterra
Terminix, Memphis, Tenn., has acquired certain assets of Alterra Pest Control, based in Sandy, Utah. Founded in 2012, Alterra is one of the 15 largest pest control companies in the U.S. specializing in...
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Rockwell Labs: EcoVia CA
EcoVia CA contact aerosol is a new research-based botanical insecticide that delivers quick knockdown, repellency, and residual kill against a broad spectrum of crawling and flying insect pests....
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Manufacturers Have Their Say
The White House’s National Strategy on Pollinator Health is the biggest news to emerge on the subject in recent years. Six neonicotinoid manufacturer representatives explain how their companies are...
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