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Utilizing Integrated Pest Management on School Campuses to Fight Fleas

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

What Your Child’s School Should Be Doing to Prevent Flea Infestations. You may be surprised to know that fleas are now often found in school buildings throughout the U.S. The most common species is the cat flea ( Ctenocephalides felis ) followed...
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Utilizing Integrated Pest Management to Fight Flying Pests in Scholastic Settings.

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

How Today’s Schools are Using Pest Control to Keep Winged Pests Away From Students. Flies such as house flies, dump flies, blow flies, and blue and green bottle flies are notorious for breeding in food waste and garbage often found in ample supply...
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Why Spraying Cockroaches with Pesticides Only Makes the Problem Worse

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

You Can’t Win the War Against Cockroaches with Pesticides Alone. Cockroaches, of whom a few species are among the most insidious and revolting pests known to humanity, are often a fact of life for city dwellers and homeowners, alike. Given their...
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Fighting the Light Brown Apple Moth: From Beneficial Insects to Mating Disruption.

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

Understanding the Full Arsenal of Pest Control Strategies Required to Defeat the Light Brown Apple Moth. The light brown apple moth (LBAM) or “ Epiphyas postvittana ,” is a small moth presenting the U.S. with big problems. Native to Australia...
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Green (Reduced Risk) Pest Control: Integrated Pest Management

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

How Pest Control Companies are Using Lower Toxicity/Greener Pest Control Management Unfortunately, regardless of where you live or work, you will probably encounter structural pests such as termites, cockroaches, ants, rats, mice or other pests. At...
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Insect Diversity In Genetically Modified Maize Fields

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

Insect Diversity is Abundant in Genetically Modified Maize Fields. Genetically modified (GM) crops are a hotly debated topic, given their potential impact on existing ecosystems as well as the long term food supply used by both humans and animals...
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The Relationship Between Mowing Grass and Mosquito Populations

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

Mowing Grass in Water Detention Basins Increases Mosquito Populations. During a study of the West Nile Virus (WNV) risk associated with water-detention basins in Central Illinois, researchers noticed a huge rise in populations of the northern...
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Why Fly control is a Must for Farrier Safety.

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

Why your farrier will thank you for getting rid of flies! When it comes to pest control, horse owners need to know and understand their enemies; knowing the times of day/year and areas (both geographical and on the horse’s body) where a pest...
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Mosquitoes Hit the Road: How Human Thoroughfare’s Impact the Spread of Chikungunya.

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

Mosquitoes and the spread of dengue and Chikungunya virus The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes ( Stegomyia ) albopictus , is an efficient vector of all serotypes (distinct variations within a species of bacteria or viruses or among immune cells of different...
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Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes & Dengue Transmission

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

How mosquitoes are responsible for the spread of human disease Aedes mosquitoes are a huge problem in the transmission of human diseases, including dengue fever, chikungunya and yellow fever. Insecticides have been widely used in an effort to control...
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How to Create Compost for a Healthier Garden

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

Become the Envy of the Neighborhood with a Healthy Garden Grown with Your Own Compost. Compost is used to enrich soil quality by providing organic matter, supplying nutrients and boosting microbial activity (Rodale 1955; Hoitink and Grebus 1994), all...
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Using Low Toxicity Orange Oil to Kill Drywood Termites

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

Drywood Termites: Why Orange Oil is becoming a Popular, Low Toxicity Alternative for Keeping These Pests at Bay. The market for reduced-risk pesticides is thriving, mainly due to the fact that many conventional active ingredients – chlorpyrifos...
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Can Plant Disease Be Suppressed Through the Use of Composts?

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

What You Should Know About Using Compost to Keep Plants Healthy. Composts are used to enrich soil quality by providing organic matter, supplying nutrients and boosting microbial activity (Rodale 1955; Hoitink and Grebus 1994), all of which contribute...
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Global Warming will lead to an Increase in Insect Pest Problems.

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

Why Insect Pest Control Issues Will Increase along with Global Warming. Global warming is finally being acknowledged as a major environmental issue. Global measurements show that 11 of the last 12 years have been among the warmest observed since 1850...
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Pyrethroid Perimeter Sprays in Structural Pest Control

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

How Structured Pest Control Leverages Pyrethroid Perimeter Sprays. Chemical based insecticide use has been widely discouraged, due to the associated toxicity problems. The good news is that this has resulted in vastly decreased usage amongst consumers...
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Utilizing Pheromones to Discourage The Notorious Household Ant.

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

Utilizing Pheromones to Discourage The Notorious Household Ant. Do pheromones hold the miracle answer to controlling Argentine Ants, one the most aggressive pests on the planet? The Argentine ant is one of the most common household pests known...
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Termite Infestation Control: Prevention Versus Treatment.

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

Termite Infestation Control: Prevention Versus Treatment. What works better: baits or barriers? There are at least 45 different termite species in the U.S., and around 30 of them are pests (Su and Scheffrahn 1990). These insects cause $2 billion...
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Dealing With the Impact of Rodenticides on Children, Pets and Wild Animals.

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

Dealing With the Impact of Rodenticides on Children, Pets and Wild Animals. Controlling rodents is essential for sanitation and health but when habitat management and traps fail to control the problem, poison baits are often used. This can have...
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The Controversy About Labeling Genetically Modified Foods

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

The Controversy About Labeling Genetically Modified Foods Understanding the debate surrounding keeping American consumers fully informed about GMO's in their diet. Food labels are important. They tell us what's in our food: from calorie...
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The Truth About Honey Bees and Neonicotinoids.

by Jessica S

Posted over 6 years ago

The Truth About Honey Bees and Neonicotinoids. How these systemic pesticides are decimating honey bee populations. There are two types of adult honey bees; summer bees and winter bees. Summer bees have a short life span of only 40 days, their...
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