Category Archives: Pest Management

Living With Total Release Foggers

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Total Release Foggers (EPA speak for Bug Bombs) are aerosol containers designed to control insects by fumigating interior rooms. The bug bombs typically contain a liquid that produces the aerosol droplets and pyrethrin or pyrethroid insecticides. In many instances, these … Continue reading →

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Insect Control and Sanitation

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

Sanitation is the the most important component of cockroach control. If cockroaches have access to water and plenty of food, no amount of insecticide spray will be effective. One dysfunctional tenant can breed enough cockroaches to over run an entire … Continue reading →

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Living With Wasps

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

A wasp nest, about 21 foot long was found in an abandoned building in the Canary Islands this spring. Neighbors had complained about large numbers of wasps in the area. The owner could not be located, so police broke down … Continue reading →

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Mayflies As Sentinels

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

Mayflies are more sensitive to the toxic effects of insecticides than many other aquatic insects. Insecticides that are highly toxic to mayflies must be used in a manner that keeps the insecticide out of surface water including ponds and streams. … Continue reading →

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Head Lice History

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

Parasites such as lice typically evolve with their host. Molecular markers that compare human lice to lice found on other apes support the conclusion that at the same time that humans evolved from apes, the human lice evolved from lice … Continue reading →

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Aphid Honeydew Doo

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

Neil Sperry is an author and journalist who answers reader’s horticulture related questions in mywesttexas.com. My favorite question and answer is this: I park my car beneath a huge live oak. The car gets coated from a fine mist-like substance … Continue reading →

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Living With Scrub Typhus

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

The US military during World War II encountered a number of arthropod vectored diseases not native to the United States. Entomologists and medical officers needed to quickly learn the biology of the pest or methods that would reduce disease transmission. … Continue reading →

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