The Year of the Cicada: facts and information to share with customers.
The Year of the Cicada is upon us. After residing underground for 17 years, a group of periodical cicadas known as Brood II will emerge along the US Eastern Seaboard over the next few weeks. In some areas, these insects will reach densities into the hundreds of thousands per acre (over a million per acre MORE
Join our professional pest management conversations on Facebook!
Since launching FMC Pest Wire and joining Twitter, we’ve had the opportunity to connect with so many great pest management professionals. Now, we’re hoping to interact with even more pest management professionals in a whole new way: on our brand new Facebook page! Many of you are already using Facebook to connect with existing clients MORE
Every professional pest product is required to bear a label that conforms to standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. These labels are legal documents and using products in any manner that is inconsistent with these labels is a violation of the law. Properly following an insecticide label also helps eliminate the potential MORE
Increase productivity during busy months with a well-planned checklist now.
When is the absolute busiest time of year for your pest control technicians? Likely it is in the late spring, summer and early fall, when the bugs are really crawling. When the bugs are crawling, your phones are ringing. If your technicians are performing preventative services now, then the phones will be ringing with NEW MORE
Interesting facts about spring pests.
Spring is just around the corner! Based on your region, common spring pests like termites, ants, cockroaches, ticks and fleas will be on the rise, and calls from customers will follow. We encourage you to share this with your customers as a friendly reminder that spring – and spring pests – are on the way. MORE
Stay up-to-date on pesticide product label changes.
Help is only a click away for busy pest management professionals who need up-to-the-minute information on pesticide product label changes. The Label Notification Service from FMC Professional Solutions provides product users with rapid notification of label changes and updates via email. Signing up for the service takes less than a minute. After registering for the MORE
Knowing Your Ants – A Guide to Proper Identification
If you can’t tell an acrobat ant from a carpenter ant or rover ant, it’s time to check out the free Ant Identification Guide from FMC Professional Solutions. This handy six-page brochure provides photos and information on 17 ants commonly found in the United States. Learn simple steps you can take to keep ants out MORE
How to Comply with the New Pyrethroid Insecticide Use Guidelines
By now, you‘ve probably heard about the new EPA guidelines for non-crop uses of pyrethroid products. These new pyrethroid regulations and labeling requirements affect how pest management professionals (PMPs) use liquid, granular and pre-construction termiticide pyrethroid insecticides. FMC Professional Solutions is in full compliance with the EPA guidelines, and we are in the process of MORE
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
‘Tis the Season for Summer Pests
Summer is here and your customers are out enjoying all of the wonderful things that warmer weather brings—gatherings in the park, lazy days by the pool and more sunlight. Of course summer also brings quite a few unwelcome guests with it. Pests like ants, mosquitoes and destructive lawn pests come out in droves when the MORE
