At the NJ Pest Management Association’s annual conference the industry hosted a roach derby with the racers named after politicians. As the AP reported: Gov. Chris Christie might have little to cheer about despite the polls following the 17th New Jersey Cockroach Derby. A Madagascar Hissing Cockroach representing the Republican easily beat another representing his
We’re glad our Insect Music series is back! Let’s go back to the heart of this series with a doubleshot of the Beatles, but with a twist. Here are videos of Paul McCartney performing two Beatles’ classics with “Sirvana,” the band he formed with the surviving members of Nirvana. Here are ”Get Back”…… …. and “Helter Skelter.”
We’ve seen some interesting articles on how insect species are spreading to regions of the world that they don’t normally inhabit. Once present, the insects establish themselves, and can displace other species of insects, affect the environment, harm human health, and cause unexpected troubles for residents. USA Today wrote about how crazy ants are displacing fire
We’re not fond of a diet heavy on insects, no matter the merits pointed out by the United Nations, University of Chicago students, and others. We’ve made our feelings clear on this blog, but have been topped in the depth of opposition by a local man who wrote to his newspaper editors the following: Dear
Fox 5 News reported how another park in New York City has been overrun by rats. This Fox 5 News story details how rats took over a small park in Woodside, Queens. This follows rats’ earlier takeovers of parks in Manhattan and West 71st Street. We’ll say it again – New Yorkers don’t have to live with
We can’t always be serious in the blog, need something to start our work week off with a smile, and grab any reason we can to include Jerry Seinfeld in this blog. We don’t have enough time today to detail why Jerry needed an exterminator on the show Seinfeld, and why it affected Elaine’s job
We’re turning to lighter hearted issues today but have an important lessor for readers. We really enjoyed this “Urban Gardner” column from yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. When a colleague who’d recently spent a weekend in the country suggested a column on insects, and on whether all the rain we’ve had lately has contributed to a
Bell Environmental takes our customers’ and the public’s safety very seriously. We want to make the people aware that they should not try dangerous do it yourself solutions to eliminate pests, and that “over the counter” chemicals can be quite hazardous. How serious are the problems that do it yourself treatments with consumer products can
We had to get your (and our) attention back on this blog somehow, so went to the old tactic of put a swimsuit model in it. But today there’s a reason. We’re celebrating the birthday of Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton. The media and websites everywhere are using this week (which also has also
WNBC-4 reported on the danger of bed bug heat treatments last week. In case you missed it, here’s the news article accompanying the video segment that aired on July 2, 2013. I Team: Bedbug Treatments Leave Homes in Flames People who get bedbugs often say they would try anything to get rid of the bloodsucking pests, and