Tips for Maintaining a Strong Pest Management Program in Your Food Facility
While September marks National Food Safety Month, food safety should be a priority year-round for the foodservice and food production industries. Pest issues can lead to failed audit scores for third-party audited facilities, or failed [...]
How Much Do You Really Know About Fire Ants?
8 True or False Questions that Prove How Much You Really Know About Fire Ants Although they’re small, fire ants wreak havoc here in Houston. The weather can be more volatile in the late summer, [...]
Houston Property Managers Beware of Dangerous Flying Insects
Wasps, mosquitoes and flies can be a problem year-round, but we have seen a huge increase in the number of phone calls we’ve been getting this summer related to these pests. While we’ve heard it [...]
The 7 Biggest Myths About Houston Insects
There are plenty of myths that only Texans will understand - crossing paths with a buzzard brings eternal bad luck and horse hair can ward off rattlesnakes. As adults, we know these have little truth [...]
Houston Spring 2018 – Formosan Termites Coming Out of the Woodwork
We’ve all heard the buzz, or seen the swarms, rather. It seems that termites have been coming out of the woodwork this spring (pun intended). The NPMA (National Pest Management Association) reported earlier this spring [...]
Tips from a Tech – Why Hire a Professional
Many people believe that Do-It-Yourself pest management remedies are the best way to handle pests. While some people may be successful, others may find the task a lot more challenging than expected. Technician Walter Parada, from Holder's [...]