What's New in the Pest Management Industry
Cockroaches can survive up to a month without food. Fleas can jump to a height that is 150 times their size without breaking their legs. Mosquitoes can flap their wings for up to 500 times a second without breaking a sweat.
Amazing facts, right? But what do they have to do with pest management?
They say that knowing your enemy is the first step to defeating him so, obviously, the players in the industry are taking the advice to heart.
Your pest control experts these days, including yours truly, are combining information and technology to effectively eliminate unwanted house guests. This is because by knowing how destructive insects live and work, proper solutions can be formulated and implemented.
Another notable trend in the industry today is the use of green pest control methods to dispel and kill the bugs. This may sound contradictory but, believe it or not, it does work. To make the processes environmentally friendly, non-toxic compounds are used to eliminate insects without harming human health. Scientifically advanced electronics are also deployed to keep the destructive creatures away without having to deal with messy, dangerous traps and harmful chemicals. Sound wave repellers, ultraviolet traps, and electric shockers are just a few examples of the green technologies widely used in the field nowadays.
