Following the announcement in December 2019 of the withdrawal of Ficam W (80% bendiocarb), Bayer Environmental Science has today (8 January 2020) announced the phase-out dates.…
Browsing: Insects
This week (9 to 15 September) has been Asian Hornet Week and the Twittersphere has been full of bite-sized bits of information on the threat this…
Chlofenapyr from BASF has become the first new class of public health insecticide for malaria prevention to be introduced in more than 30 years. Working with…
How widespread are bed bug infestations? Do pest management professionals have enough knowledge and expertise to control them successfully? Is resistance to common insecticides causing practical…
The European Commission is threatening the future of insect monitoring traps that contain an attractant. Its not the traps themselves that have caught the Commissions attention…
This summer its been bees or rather swarms of bees that have been hitting the headlines in the regional press. Whether there has been…
Professor Ed Vargo from the Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University is looking for your help. He needs bed bug samples for globally significant research into…
On 21 March the World Health Organization (WHO) posted the conclusions and recommendations of the Vector Control Advisory Group (VCAG) meeting on 14-15 March 2016, regarding…
Judging by the number of people who packed into the seminars on how to detect and control bed bugs without using chemicals, German pest professionals are…
Bed bugs and, in particular, the extent to which this old pest has re-invaded Germany, together with some of the options pest professionals have to deal…