00:00:01] Stephen Vantassel here for living the wildlife on the talk today about deer mice because deer mice are a species of animal that are frequently ignored in the conversations about commensal rodents deer mice are more common than people give them credit for and they are rather ubiquitous. So I wondered who thought to…
Stephen Vantassel here wildlife control consultant talking about the wildlife for you all of you out there and pesky world. This week I wanted to talk about another disease namely raccoon roundworm is also known as Baylisascaris procyonis sounds like a pretty fancy word but all that means is the roundworm of the raccoon. So…
[00:00:02] Welcome back to this edition of the pest geek podcast. I am your host Frank Hernandez and we’re going to be discussing Aedes mosquitoes particularly Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and why they are so difficult to control. Now the word mosquito is formed from two words in the Spanish language mosca meaning fly and Ito…
[00:00:02] Thanks Frank. Stephen Vantassel here wildlife control consultant with another episode for on living the wild life. For the geek fans out there. We’re going. Today I want to talk about rabies. Specifically bat rabies. Because [00:00:19] The fact of the matter is is bat rabies is perhaps the most common way that most…
[00:00:02] Stephen Vantassel here. Wildlife Control consultant talking about the wildlife. Wanted to talk a bit about wildlife training, Hey, I just came back from the National Wildlife Control Operators Association National Meeting the wildlife Expo being held in Myrtle Beach. I was there from February 4 through the 9th and wow what a what…
It is is Frank the pest geek and we’re going to be discussing class 15 inhibitors of biosynthesis on this edition of the pest geek podcast. Now, what is chitin inhibition? Well, it is what we use a product what is known as a chitin inhibitor which is an insect growth regulator also known as…
[00:00:04] A little girl born to right and fascinated by nature created a worldwide environmental movement. she was first published at the age of 10 years old in a children’s magazine called The Saint Nicholas dedicated to the work of young writers in which the likes of William Faulkner and F. Scott Fitzgerald also wrote…
Stephen Vantassel Wanted to talk today about how to handle difficult jobs, you know jobs where you’re just not sure what exactly is going on at that particular situation that you’ve been hired for, I’m taking presently I’m studying for the ACE exam that’s the associate certified entomologist, and so one of the things that…
Steven Vantassel wanted to talk today a little about understanding nuisance wildlife control laws. This is probably one of the bigger issues for pest controllers becouse it is not generally covered in most pest control training. Because it is confusing. And I want to try to unpack some of this for you. Now of course…
We’re going to be discussing alates now what are alates. Well alates are basically insects that have wings. So it’s a winged insect. You know like flies, bees, wasps, even ladybugs have wings. But what happens is there are some insects that have wings and don’t fly. Other insects grow wings and then lose them.…