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Zoysiagrass for Florida Lawns Ready Or Not, Fleas Are Back JULY/AUGUST 2015 PESTPredators in the Landscape | PlantPRO Magnesium Deficiency Zoysiagrass For From University of Florida Entomology to Landscape and Pest Managers Florida Lawns Ready or Not, Fleas are Back July/August 2015 | PestPro 1 2 PestPro | July/August 2015 VOL. 11, NO. 4 July–August 2015 PESTPRO CONTENTS magazine is a publication of FEATURES Pest Management Education, Inc. 5814 Nob Hill Blvd. Fleas are Back ... Port Orange, FL 32127 8 Are You Ready? A nonprofit corporation working to help UF Urban Entomology. Technical information provided by the University of Florida. Zoysiagrass For Florida Lawns Board of Directors 12 Lisa Ashley, Fusion Communications Tim Brock, Brock Lawn & Pest Control Student Profile: John Cooksey, McCall Service 16 Casey Parker Dr. Phil Koehler, University of Florida Marie Knox, Control Solutions, Inc. Predators in the Landscape: Jane Medley, University of Florida John Paige III, Bayer 18 Meet the Beetles — and More Dr. Roberto Pereira, University of Florida Dr. Clay Scherer, Syngenta Exciting Changes To 23 The FDACS Website Managing Director Philip Koehler (352) 392-2484 Magnesium Deficiency [email protected] 25 In Turf and Ornamentals Managing Editor Roberto Pereira (352) 392-2485 Florida’s Got a Brand New Bug: [email protected] 29 Pale-Bordered Field Cockroach Production Editor Jane Medley (352) 871-1809 [email protected] DEPARTMENTS Advertising Manager 6 Founders List Lisa Ashley (850) 832-2101 [email protected] 7 Editorial: PestPro is Your Proud Partner In Advancing the Pest Control Industry PESTPRO (ISSN 1553-4693) is published Jan.–Feb., March–April, May–June, July–Aug., Sept.–Oct., and 15 Pest Detective: Thorn Bug Nov.–Dec. by: Pest Managment Education, Inc. 5814 Nob Hill Blvd. 20 Test Your Pest Control Identification IQ Port Orange, Florida 32127 Phone (352) 392-2326 22 Executive Suite: Looking Back, Moving Foward Copyright © 2015 by the University of Florida and Pest Management Education, Inc. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Pest Management Education, Inc. ON THE COVER 5814 Nob Hill Blvd. More than ever, cats and dogs are part of Port Orange, FL 32127 the family — but topical flea treatments FOR ADVERTISING information contact our advertising manager, Lisa Ashley, at (850) 832-2101, are failing. Successfully fight the fleas, and or by email at [email protected]. you can win your customers’ hearts. Scanning electron micrograph of a flea by Nancy Hinkle July/August 2015 | PestPro 3 4 PestPro | July/August 2015 July/August 2015 | PestPro 5 PestPro Proudly Recognizes Our Founding Partners BASF 5 Allergy Technologies 27 Bayer 27 AMVAC 26 Brandenburg UK, Ltd. 4 Central Life Sciences 14 Ensystex 11 Control Solutions, Inc. 2 Environmental Oldham 31 Delivery Systems, Inc. 24 Syngenta 32 Forshaw 19 All Florida Bee Removal 28 Thank you for your Residex 6 generous support of PestPro. Univar 24 6 PestPro | July/August 2015 PestPro Magazine Your Partner in Moving the Industry Forward ESTS HAVE REALLY specialization spreading to started to pop up all other segments of the industry. Pover the place now that Wildlife removal services are summer has arrived. This is often provided by specialty the time of year when pest companies now. Bee and wasp control businesses thrive. People removal is being provided by are calling about all kinds of specialists. Mosquito control pests. Formosan termites are will move from government to swarming. Fleas are jumping. pest control companies in the Weeds are growing. Ants are same way. crawling. Mosquitoes are biting. Remember when doctors Wasps are stinging. What a were general practitioners? It great time to be in the pest didn’t matter what ailed you, control business. If you take a the doctor treated it. Now if vacation now, you will miss all you have a sore throat you the fun and profit. go to an ear, nose and throat Hopefully your company doctor. If you have a skin rash, is ready for all the business. you go to a dermatologist. The Do you realize that Florida’s industry will need to specialize population is now almost 20 for the pest problem. The million residents? Between general pest practitioner will 2010 and 2014 there was refer or subcontract a specialty a 5.8% growth in Florida’s company to provide the population. If your business is needed service. not growing at the same rate Along with specialization as your customer base, perhaps in the industry, there will be it is time to think about new a need for more specialized approaches to your business. technical information for After all, you are in pest control the industry. The number paradise. The pests are thriving, of sources for technical and the number of potential information is dwindling, customers is growing. Your UF/IFAS Catalano, Alex and this is no different than company is not keeping pace if Roberto Pereira, left, and Phil Koehler encounter the two ant statues what has happened to the its accounts and revenue have installed at the Florida Museum of Natural History in early July. The news media. As information not grown at least 6% since giant bronze ants, known as “X” and “O,” weigh 1,100 pounds each. has moved to the Internet, 2010. With the median family The ants are a temporary installation by artist Susan P. Cochran. printed information sources income at almost $50,000, have evaporated into history. people have money and can PestPro is a major conduit afford your service. by providing the industry the information of information from researchers to the pest Pest control should be done by pest needed to move from a “spray service” to an control industry. management companies. The problem is that integrated pest management service. Part PestPro is also available through a web almost 50 percent of the population does not of that movement is emphasizing customer site: PestProMagazine.com. Visit our website, use a professional for pest control. For small communication. Your customers don’t want where there is an archive of past issues. You problems, 74 percent of our residents use more pesticide applied, they want solutions can look at the PestPro issues, print off some over-the-counter pesticides. When they have a to their pest problems. Some may not even of the articles as training for your employees, large problem, or don’t want to take care of it want much pesticide around them, so you and explore features we will be adding themselves, 54 percent will use a pest control may want to offer special services to different soon. While there, you may want to send service. The industry has the knowledge segments of the consumer population. us suggestions, criticisms, or just drop us a and skill to provide good pest control. Your The industry is evolving to be more line to say hello. In the next few weeks and job is more than spraying. It is selling your specialized in providing service. We first saw months, we hope to expand PestPro services knowledge and experience. that specialization with the fumigation part to the industry with the support from our PestPro magazine and the University of of the industry. Companies in South Florida founding partners and advertisers. PP Florida Urban Entomology Laboratory are started subcontracting work to fumigation — Dr. Philip Koehler, dedicated to moving the industry forward specialty companies. Now you can see that Managing Director July/August 2015 | PestPro 7 Fleas Are Back ... 8 PestPro | July/August 2015 Flea control is a great way to get to the hearts of your customers. Your service not only protects them from fleas, but it also protects their beloved pets and family members. Are You Ready? Philip G. Koehler and Roberto M. Pereira ATS AND DOGS have become fleas attacking them inside. Because fleas a part of your customer’s family, cannot successfully live on people, they Cand the biggest problem pets have bite, but they use all their energy jumping on a consistent basis is cat fleas. Cat fleas and moving rather than producing attack both cats and dogs, and have been eggs. The solution to this situation is to found on more than 50 species of animals. recommend wild animal removal. If your That doesn’t mean that they can suck company does not usually do animal the blood and successfully reproduce on removal, you may want to subcontract these animals. It just means that they can that service to a specialist. Animal removal jump onto them and hitch a ride from a is better left to companies that have the neighbor’s yard to your customer’s yard. equipment, personnel and experience to For instance, a squirrel may be jumping deal with the multiple aspects of this task. around a neighbor’s yard, and a flea will Flea control is mainly based on hop onto the squirrel, which then carries understanding the life cycle of fleas. The it into your customer’s yard, where it flea life cycle starts with the egg stage. can later infest their dog and start a huge Fleas lay their eggs on the host cat or dog. infestation. Because flea eggs are not “glued” to the These days, people not only love their animal as lice eggs are, they readily fall pets, they love the wild animals around off when the animal grooms or scratches. their houses. There has been an explosion Animals that are bitten by fleas scratch in the populations of raccoons and because flea saliva is highly irritating. possums, which are also satisfactory hosts In fact, it is considered one of the most for cat fleas. That is why there are lots of irritating compounds known to man. flea complaints from people who have no When the pet scratches due to the pets.
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