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Tue May 21 2013
Know Your Target and How Big It Is
I have a customer that I have been servicing for two years. She originally started the service because of an ant problem that she was having in her house. Specifically, she was having an issue with flying ants. I have treated inside her house with Phantom and Optiguard Flex, and use Delta Dust in her wall voids in the one wall where the ants emerge. Sometimes the ants are gone for a couple ...
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Submitted by Jed, NM -
Mon May 20 2013
Lamp Shades Are Good Eatin’
What kind of bug would be eating a lamp shade? I have a bug that looks like a very small beetle.
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Submitted by Kimberly, AZ -
Fri May 17 2013
Resistance Isn't Futile
How can it be explained that bed bugs have had mutations in their genetic code that allow them to survive chemical pesticides and produce more chemically resistant offspring?
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Submitted by Robbie, SC -
Thu May 16 2013
Do You Find Me Repellent?
Do pyrethroids repel bugs away? I have heard that, in some cases, ants will go around a treatment, sensing its residue. Is it possible for pyrethroids to serve as a repellent and not be actively killing bugs because they sense it there? I know active ingredients and dilution rates are factors that may play a role, but, in general terms, is the residual kind of like the repelling method that ...
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Submitted by Christopher, FL -
Wed May 15 2013
Less May Be More (or More May Be Less)
Do you have suggestions on a low cost non-repellent product we can use to power spray perimeter treatments?
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Submitted by Mike, KY -
Tue May 14 2013
Find Where Opportunity Knocks
I have a client who has odorous house ants behind his shower wall. I have baited and sprayed in his crawl and bathroom and even calked around his pipes, and yet he still keeps having them return. But they’re nowhere else in the house and I can’t find them outside. What can I do?
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Submitted by Chris, GA -
Mon May 13 2013
You Can’t Know
A few of my customers are concerned about lizards on their property eating bugs that die off after a treatment. How much of a concern should that actually be and what’s a good answer for me to tell them? I use mostly Demand CS.
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Submitted by Clayton, NM -
Fri May 10 2013
Do What Is Necessary
Would it be recommended or necessary to drill holes every 12 inches in front of a metal garage door? Peers have suggested that a proper subterranean termite service would include 12" on center holes with label rate Termidor injection in front of the garage door. However, there is no wood present at this location, so would this be considered an over-application? Any feedback would be greatly ...
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Submitted by Eric, UT -
Thu May 9 2013
Chipmunk Punks
Chipmunks. Simon and Theodore I can handle, but Alvin.... He avoids the baits and insists upon invading a few homes in the mountain resorts of the San Bernardino Mountains. Is there a better way to control these guys from the outside before they find the unknown ways in? I have performed exclusions, yet they still get in. I have seen some pop out of holes in the ground near foundations as ...
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Submitted by Cary, CA -
Wed May 8 2013
Look No Further
I have been using Advion ant gel bait gel since August 2008. Since that time, I have purchased two other brands of ant bait gel with very disappointing results. Another product, Optigard, works fairly well but, due to my lack of proper research, I find it too is a neonicotinoid. I want to find an ant bait gel that uses a different mode of action. Any thoughts or recommendations on this matter?
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Submitted by Scott, KY -
Tue May 7 2013
Twice the Kill
Is there currently a rat poison available that has no secondary kill?
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Submitted by Jerry, CA -
Mon May 6 2013
Eat Poop and Die?
I put a rodent box with Contrac bait in it near a customer’s chicken pen. They want to know if their chickens were to eat mouse poop, would it harm the chickens and would the eggs be safe to eat?
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Submitted by Steve, SC -
Fri May 3 2013
A Trap In My Trap?
What is your opinion of the use of glue boards inside multi-catch rodent traps? I see them as being important, especially in warehousing, to monitor insects and spiders. However, I notice more and more companies are not using them at all. Other than some attractants, I don't see a benefit from the boards related to catching mice. Should we use them or lose them?
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Submitted by Pete, IN -
Thu May 2 2013
Scat Ops What?
Scatopsidae – is this a pest to watch out for?
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Submitted by Timothy, GA -
Wed May 1 2013
You Making Me Crazy!
I’ve been power spraying with Talstar Pro mixed with Exponent. It may just be crazy thinking, but it seems like, for some reason, sometimes right after I spray people start getting ants inside. My question is, could I be putting too much down causing the ants to detect the pesticide and move indoors to escape? I’ve been mixing at .012% using a large nozzle.
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Submitted by Mike, KY
