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16 07, 2018

Top 5 Cockroach Prevention Tips

Cockroaches aren’t just a safety concern for businesses. The sight of just one cockroach in your facility, store or restaurant can be enough to damage your brand. Preventing cockroaches from entering your business in the first place is key to preventing an infestation. Following the below tips can help reduce the chance of cockroaches invading [...]

18 06, 2018

Five Ways to Make Your Business Less Attractive to Birds

It is likely you have a bird feeder or bird bath in your home garden. Maybe even a bird house hanging from your tree. Wild birds can make for a delightful and colorful backyard scene. However, when it comes to your business, some of those same birds can be extremely detrimental. Birds on the exterior [...]

12 06, 2018

How to Keep Wasps Away from Your Business

Narrow-waisted, smooth and shiny, brightly-colored, and naturally aggressive, wasps are one of the top pests of the summer. It’s not uncommon to watch as employees and visitors take part in the summer ritual of swatting at and running from these stinging insects. If wasps are becoming a problem at your business, here are a few [...]

25 05, 2018

Tech Talk: The Invasive Turkestan Cockroach

By Christian Wilcox, ACE Dealing with invasive species in our industry has become more and more common. Some of the more notable ones, such red imported fire ants, Africanized honeybees, Asian lady beetles, brown marmorated stink bugs and Formosan subterranean termites, to name a few, have become common, if not even daily, occurrences for us [...]

30 10, 2017

Copesan Answers Your Top Rodent Questions

Will rodents eat wood? Rodents don’t eat wood, but they are capable of gnawing on it and damaging it. Rats can, and will, gnaw through most type of wood used in construction to gain access to harborage, food, water, and warmth. Rodents gnaw with their incisors and leave recognizable tooth marks on surfaces they damage. [...]

29 09, 2017

Pest Management Considerations After Flooding

The severe flooding parts of the country have experienced over the last couple of months had catastrophic effects on human health and property, and the aftermath can be just as devastating. In the days and weeks following a flood, pest problems can explode, compounding the existing challenges associated with recovery and rehabilitation. An abundance of [...]

15 08, 2017

Silencing The Buzz – article by Dr. Bennett Jordan

How to keep mosquitoes at bay. by Dr. Bennett Jordan, Copesan Director of Technical Support and Regulatory Compliance No matter where a building resides in the country, mosquitoes are a part of a facility manager’s summer. But unlike other types of flies, these pesky insects are more than just a nuisance. Besides their bothersome buzzing [...]

25 07, 2017

Copesan’s Bird Expert Answers Your Top Commercial Bird Questions

How can I remove bird nests from the gutters of my building? Bird nests in gutters are more common in arid climates because pest birds will find a section of gutter that is covered by a section of roof and think it's a great spot to build a nest during a dry spell. One good [...]

24 07, 2017

Tick Prevention and Management

Ticks present the greatest public health threat to humans of all pests found in the United States. These small blood-feeders can transmit several disease-causing pathogens across the US including Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Powassan virus, and heartland virus. It is important to understand tick biology and behavior to understand options to manage and [...]

24 07, 2017

Reduce Pest Attractiveness with Lighting Scheme Modifications

By Bennett Jordan,Ph.D., BCE, excerpt from 2017 PRSM Best Practices CHALLENGE Retail stores need lighting schemes that make potential customers feel safe and welcome. The problem is that shoppers aren’t the only ones brought in by a sharp display; night-flying insects are highly attracted to most types of lighting commonly used in and around stores. [...]

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