Guest Posts

Maximize Earwig Control with a Granular Insecticide

Guest Post: Maximize earwig control with a granular insecticide.

Here in north Florida, earwig control really started getting heavy a few years ago. In the past, our customers used to see a few dead earwigs at their door step every now and then, but they started seeing them throughout the house – sometimes all the way into the second-floor bathrooms! I even started seeing MORE

Insecticide Formulations in FMC Packaging

Measurement options for liquid insecticide formulations are all in the packaging.

When you have the option of Product A vs. Product B and all other things being equal besides the packaging style, do you make your buying decision based on differences in the measurement options that either come with or are built into the product packaging? At FMC Professional Solutions, we have a dedicated packaging engineer MORE

Subterranean Termite Treatment

Tame termites in the Wild West with a subterranean termite treatment.

When I bought my pest management business in 2005, the company had done mostly termite treatments up until then. My goal was to continue that work and branch into general pest control work, as well. Due to the decline in the housing market, termite treatments tapered off, but the general household pest market really picked MORE

Chase Hazlewood of Go-Forth Pest & Lawn Service

Transport® GHP Testimonial – Half the Volume Use and Lower Retreat Rates.

Chase Hazelwood is general manager of Go-Forth Pest & Lawn Service. An avid sports fan, he plays soccer all year long and closely follows the Charlotte Panthers. He and his wife, Leah, have two small children. Watch a video of Chase here In 1959, my grandfather, Frank Goforth, started a one-man pest management operation in MORE

Keith Birkemeyer of ProBest Pest Management

Taking Care of Business

Keith Birkemeyer is the owner of ProBest Pest Management in Gilbert, Ariz. An Eagle Scout who loves to hike and geo-cache, Keith is also a Boy Scout merit badge counselor. He has traveled the world speaking to various groups about bugs, termites and comprehensive pest management. An Associate Certified Entomologist, Keith shares stories and facts MORE

Derek Roach, of Pro Pacific Pest Control

The Naked Truth

Derek Roach works in marketing at Pro Pacific Pest Control in Southern California. He graduated from Texas A&M University — Corpus Christi in 2008 and enjoys guitar, snowboarding and soccer. Being in a service-based industry where entering a customer’s property is the norm, pest control technicians often encounter peculiar situations. I’d like to share one MORE

Dr. Phil Koehler, Professor of Entomology

How to Choose the Right Aerosol Insecticide

Dr. Phil Koehler has been a Professor of Entomology at the University of Florida for the past 37 years. An avid runner, Dr. Koehler still challenges his graduate students to accompany him on his daily 3.3 mile run. He and his wife raised two children together, both of whom are engineers. Modern pressurized aerosols designed MORE