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German cockroaches are more than just nuisance pests – they can be a detriment to human health, given the many pathogens they can carry and allergies they can trigger. To provide your customers peace of mind from these pests, it is important to understand their biology and how best to control them.

Rodents are often a huge concern for customers, as they are a public health risk and can cause damage to property. The house mouse (Mus domesticus), the Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) and the roof rat (Rattus rattus) are the three most common rodents in urban environments1, so it’s imperative to know how to identify and control them.

KLERAT: Less is More Dealing with rodents is easy with single-feed solutions like KLERAT wax blocks – not to mention much more cost-effective.

It’s not hard to see why cockroaches have a bad rap, given their reputation as garbage lovers, disease carriers and the species most likely to survive a nuclear explosion.

While heat, cold, steam, mattress encasements, and traps are all useful tools for controlling bed bugs, most experts agree that residual insecticides will remain a critical element of control programs.

Tandem ZC vs Demand CS - Pest Management Professionals (PMPs) have many microencapsulated products to choose from. Will all of them provide pest-free environments for your customers? Do they all result in the same level of control?

Bedbugs can turn a good night's sleep into a nightmare. An infestation in the home can make domestic life unbearable and, for a hotel operation, any incidence can put the business and its reputation at risk. So, being in a position to solve the problem is good business for pest professionals. Ecolab head of technical, Mark Williams and Syngenta’s Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EAME) technical manager, Kai Sievert, outline some of the challenges and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) solutions to quickly and effectively tackle the problem.

The answer is no. Microencapsulated products use different formulations and the quality of microcaps can vary. This jeopardizes the effectiveness of the formulation and ultimately the results you will be able to provide to your customers

The new SecureChoice digital monitoring offers a more proactive approach to tackling potential rodent problems by identifying where and when activity occurs, to enable more timely control actions to prevent outbreaks.

Syngenta have introduced Talon^® Soft XT rodenticide, a new formulation that offers a convenient solution for treating difficult rodent populations with an enticing bait formulation that can help PCOs save time and money. This rodenticide is a paste formulation that can be easily applied with a caulking gun, which allows PCOs to make fast, precise applications. This can mean less wasted bait and less time spent cleaning out partially consumed baits.