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Living The Wildlife’s Stephen Vantassel Interviews Christian Alan, Owner of Tailor Made Pest Control
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American roach eggs at a commercial facility bathroo, on today’s edition. American roach feces are often confused with mice feces…
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Starting with the Non-anticoagulant, fat soluble and relatively fast acting characteristics of this rodenticide and its effect on the nervous…
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Dozens of mosquitoes suddenly appearing inside a home. After a brief inspection, we find mosquito larvae in the water of…
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On today’s edition of Living The Wildlife, Wildlife Consultant Stephen Vantassel demos the Frye Inspection Tool originally developed in conjunction…
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On today’s edition, we catch a juvenile rat alongside an adult rat using an Ambush rat station and Trapper T-rex…
Wildlife consultant Stephen Vantassel discusses a wide range of topics that address wildlife conservation, wildlife control as well integrated pest…
After new roof job, customer calls to complain about roaches invading home . We find gaps in new roof and…
A sudden surge of roaches. 23 roaches in a period of an hour. No nymphs purely adults suddenly invading this…
On today’s edition, Wildlife Control Consultant Stephen Vantassel discusses snake repellent barriers. #pests #pestcontrol #pestcontroltraining #pestcontrolbusiness #pestcontrolservice #pestcontrolconsultants #wildlifecontrol #lawncare…
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Today’s edition is to help you identify and find firearm laws in your state. Wildlife consultant Stephen tackles the issue…
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Growing and caring for a Podocarpus. On today’s edition, join us for a routine inspection of a Podocarpus, also commonly…
On today’s edition, chinch bugs were the main suspect but as it turns out, the owners gave us the final…
The right Rodent exclusion is a key component of Integrated Pest Control. Sealing off gaps in your garage is priority.…
Burn marks, mite damage, webbing from spiders and crinkled leaves which are evidence of Skeletonizers (moths in the family Zygaenidae).…
roof rat (rattus rattus) can easily get in the can jump, climb and drop onto a roof from almost anywhere.…
On today’s edition of Living the Wildlife, Stephen Vantassel interviews Kyle Waltz of ‘Conserv’. Kyle takes us back to his…
Being able to buy a rodenticide bait station for $9 online is fairly easy. But if you are not a…
A thorough exclusion inspection includes crawl spaces, electrical, garage doors and much more. On today’s edition we find unsealed rooftops…
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Learning to find where german roaches are hiding in order to place the right roach bait products in the right…
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This is what we have to deal with slumlords in Miami that refuse to properly maintain their units and provide…
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On Today’s editon, Stephen Vantassel talks about the challenges of controlling chipmunks as well as the challenges of charging for…
lots of techs ask the question what is the best product to use for roaches or for ants, the question…
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Gas prices doubling. Product prices going up. Inflation rate outpacing 3% . Our techs deserve raises. What is the right…
The industry people who write IPM laws can’t actually define it. On today’s edition, we educate people on what IPM…
On today’s edition, a walkthrough of our exclusion service of residential pool equipment and AC units. When performing this kind…
The do it yourself approach to pest control management may sound appealing if you are looking to save money. However,…
On today’s edition of Living the Wildlife, Stephen Vantassel gets into labeling issues. To illustrate his point he focuses on…
On today’s edition, it’s all bug talk. Dealing with ants covering odorous house ants, big headed ants, fire ants, crazy…
On this third part of the Aaron Veal interview, we discuss the legal issues raised by label instructions vs. the…
[wordpress] On this second part of the Aaron Veal interview, we discuss getting into the content mode mindset. This involves…
[wordpress] On today’s edition, The Pestgeek interviews Aaron Veal A.C. E of Phoenix Pest Control. Tune in as we discuss…
Acaricidal Activity of Eugenol Based Compounds against Scabies Mites http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920318/ Essential Oils as Green Pesticides: Potential and Constraints http://projects.nri.org/adappt/docs/63-84.pdf…
We will discuss the architecture of wildlife damage and the biological sciences technical journal articles. Stephen M. Vantassel, CWCP, ACE…
We all talk about educating our customers, the universities talk about it, sales gurus talk about it, consultants talk about…
The Doombox https://doomboxtraps.com is ready to use mice trap rodent station designed for the do it yourselfer to catch mice,…
On today’s edition, some hard facts about the cost of real SEO. Real SEO will run you $2000 or $3000…
How do we manage dealing with adversity? Entrepreneurship is highly glamorized but the reality is much different. On today’s edition,…
Welcome to the Living The Wild Life podcast with Stephen Vantassel. On this edition, Stephen discusses the truth about Red…
Today’s session lays the groundwork for the coming weeks as we delve into creating content pillars and microcontent all across…
On today’s episode, ThePestgeek discusses the issue of ethics in business. Avoiding doing wrong even when everyone else does it.…
The Pestgeek interviews Allen Fugler: Director of Risk Management at Xterminator Pro. Tune in as Allen Fugler discusses the biggest…
On today’s Living The Wildlife Podcast, Stephen Vantassel (Wildlife Pest Consultant) takes on the difficult topic of Animal Rights, Wildlife…
The Pestgeek interviews Thomas Miche of Miche Pest Control. Miche Pest Control is a family owned and operated, full-service pest…
The Pestgeek roundup sharing laughs, insights, rants and raves at the Paul J. Bello seminar. Tune in as we talk…
Yesterday was one of those grueling days of reality check at termite control class; where we basically spent most of…
I just want to give a shoutout to a bunch of people that were at the Paul Bello conference, seminar,…
Franklin discusses the challenging topic of biblical ethics in business. Based on Psalm 73, one of the most challenging realities…
The Pestgeek talks the reality of organic social media strategy vs. ad spend with Sam Roman of Commando Pest Control:…
The Pestgeek early morning recap of the Paul J Bello conference in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Pest management University has been…
The Pestgeek interviews Joe Jonovich (CEO at Technical Pest Solutions). Joe is a Public Health & Pest Control Consultant working…
Wildlife Control Consultant Stephen Vantassel continues his discussion on coyote hazing in urban areas with Dr.Quinn (Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor@University of…
Pest Control Business Startup Sales Marketing & SEO with Carlos Cardenas of Urganic Pest and Termite. Carlos owned a succesful…
Godly Business Start-Up The Importance Of Building A Godly Board Of Advisors based on Proverbs 11:14 King James Version 14…
Wildlife Control Consultant Stephen Vantassel discusses coyote hazing in urban areas with Dr.Quinn (Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor@University of California Division of…
The best listener can only retain about 10% of what they hear, so why do we focus so much of…
Servant Leadership How To Become A Servant Of All And Train Your Entire Organization To Serve Others
Leading like Jesus in your business is not only wise but profitable, Jesus said whoever wants to be greatest in…
Learning To Know What You Don’t Know WDO Wood Destroying Organisms at PMU Pest Management University
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Stephen M. Vantassel of Living the Wild Life Podcast (part of the Pest Geek Podcast family) interviews Charles Parker of…
IPM roots are in agriculture and after 50 years of making Integrated Pest Management law, most farmers are not even…
There are things in your life that are holding you back from achieving your success, habits, fears, and people that…
We have built out brands off of YouTube Video, Social Media, On-Site Seo, Off-Site SEO, and Social Media after 3…
The video is on The Pocket Tripod Pro which is an everyday carry holder for your cell phone so you…
Paul’s journey to Rome can be a parallel to life and a business venture. All starts well but soon the…
Hiring an SEO company isn’t as easy as hiring a pest control company, for starters most small business owners do…
Jake joined the military out of high school. Served a 2 year church mission after that. Got in the pest…
Life hits you heard sometimes and how you take the punches and get back up determines how successful you will…
What a week dealing with SEO Agency tanking my traffic and 2 leads for a week after investing $10,000, the…
Help Ben Williams of Ben’s Bugs through GoFundMe gf.me/u/zipgw6 Matthew 6 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth,…
Stephen M. Vantassel of Living the Wild Life Podcast speaks with Bill Enderson, General Manager of the Rascal Eradicator The…
In Business, failure is going to happen how do you catch them before they get out of hand and use…
Some say IPM is rotating chemicals that are definitely not IPM others say is using multiple pesticides, yea that’s not…
I have looked at IPM for a decade now trying to implement it in a residential and commercial setting, however,…
Why isn’t IPM Popular after 50 years? Integrated Pest Management Observational Pest Management Observational Biology Bobby Corrigan Assessment Based Pest…
Biologist Dr. Cecilia Hennessy of Eureka College. She explains why opossums are NOT the only marsupial in North America and…
PMU Pest Management University is the Elite pest control training center if you want to train from the very best…
Manage people for improvement, if the improvement isn’t happening its time to replace them.
Getting into any routine has a certain level of suck, it doesn’t matter if its exercise or prospecting.
Phillipians 4 6-9 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made…
Stephen M. Vantassel reviews elements of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s 2020 edition of the Animal Euthanasia Guidelines. He discusses…
Pest control in condominiums can get frustrating because its frustrating for everyone involved, doing pest control in individual units for…
Helping you people to solve problems not in any manual and using problems as teaching moments.
Without a vision the people perish Write vision and make it plain The faith in the vision
How good is your testing of different baits to determine which bait actually is working the best right now? Stephen…
Where are we going this year and beyond, teaching the world IPM for Free and the power of Free Content…
NPMA needs to be more 2021 with its online presence and how it attracts technicians, and solo operators and small…
Everything is slow, everyone is waiting to see what is going to happen with the election, it’s winter and no…
Genesis Pest Services In Markle, In Serving Markle, Bluffton, Huntington, Ossian, Warren in Huntington and Wells counties Indiana has been…
When you say you need more… what more are you willing to do for it.
Tim discusses how he got fed up with how research is done in academia, he took the plunge and started…
I was recently featured in a video at the Purdue Pest Management Conference 2021 and why I was so excited.
Jay Baker, President/Owner of Jamestown Plastics (headquartered in Brocton, NY) and Founder/Owner of Doombox Traps is an inventor holding more…
Stop stressing over everything and being afraid of bad times this could be the best time for you to try…
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Rats are sexier than mice, but mice can be more destructive than rats.
What has God provided for you that you possess but are not using or don’t know how to use to…
Interview with Jordan Budenski owner of Bud’s Nuisance Wildlife Removal and Buds Trap Co. of Minnesota as he talks about…
A study reveals the viability of using Opossums to control ticks. Hosts as ecological traps for the vector of Lyme…
Webinar for Pemerix Pest Solutions Pestology Workshops Titled Eco-Friendly Approach To German Roach Control Strategy in The Most Difficult Environments…
Kim Cabrera The BearTracker is a specialist in tracking animals in the field, as a little kid i was fascinated…
Using deer repellents in suburban areas are a great revenue producing channel there are four types of deer repellents taste-based…
Robert Oller Of Pest Request CRM Online Sale & Marketing discusses how his phone app can help you manage your…
Helping each other on social media can be positive, but there are times when we can be negative, we can…
The LD50 Lethal Dose 50 where 50% of the test of the target population. Stephen M. Vantassel, CWCP, ACE Wildlife…
This was a great conversation with Dane Gilson of Bug Wranglers about creating a lifestyle pest control business and make…
Scorpion Repel is a novel product to prevent scorpions from getting inside your home in Arizona, it’s a glasslike product…
What Is Hantavirus? are a family of viruses spread mainly by mouse droppings. Hantavirus has been known to be transmitted…
Studies on Insect Growth Regulators on German RoachesResponse of Late-Instar Blattella germanica (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae) to Dietary Insect Growth Regulators https://academic.oup.com/jee/article-abstract/83/6/2295/871014…
Tony is a partner in Scorpion Repel an company that created a glass like surface application that prevents scorpions from…
A Journal Article is when a researcher is doing a test, they ask the question or test a hypothesis. Stephen…
The New FlyWeb Plus portable fly lamp has 2 fly catch glue boars and is more discrete than the original…
One of the challenges in the wildlife control industry is that we don’t use professional language and no one respects…
Wildlife Control Consultant, LLC Blog: https://wildlifecontrolconsultant.com/ Papers: https://kingsdivinity.academia.edu/StephenMVantassel Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxP_IBhnqcgvX_aRM4f91nQ Podcasts: https://pestgeekpodcast.com/stephen-vantassel/ Phone: 406-272-5323 Mtn Time Helping people resolve conflicts with wildlife through teaching,…
As winter aproches pest and wildlife control operators need to prepare for downtime, how to prepare for downtime when you…
The Mistake of Hiring, The Compassion of Firing, And Why I Won’t Do SMB Consulting. Get ready for a…
Dale Hodgson Regional Technical Director for Rose Pest Solutions future of the pest control industry
Here is my interview with Dale Hodgson Regional Technical Director for Rose Pest Solutions Discussing PCO and WCO work and…
Respirators are required PPE for most pest control and wildlife control service in order to protect yourself from pesticide exposure…
Tramp ants are the most difficult ants to control in the world because of their biology, in order to control…
Hal Coleman is a full time SPEAKER, CONSULTANT, TRAINER, COACH, MENTOR and ENTERTAINER. He brings his humorous and provocative presentations that are…