StopPests IPM in Multifamily Housing Blog

Watch the Recording of Rick Cooper's Presentation "Turning Failure into Success: Bed Bug Management in Affordable Housing"

Watch the recording of Rick Cooper's presentation "Turning Failure into Success: Bed Bug Management in Affordable Housing" and learn how bed bugs are successfully controlled with examples of assessment-based management plans. Read more →

StopPests Webinar Series

StopPests is offering three free webinars on IPM in affordable housing, covering bed bugs, cockroaches, and rodents. See the descriptions and the registration links below. Although housing professionals are the target audience for these presentations, we invite pest management professionals and anyone whose work and life is impacted by pests... Read more →

StopPests Webinar with Bobby Corrigan - Tools For Eliminating Mice - Recording is Online

Eliminating mice in multifamily housing can be a daunting task, like "bailing out the ocean with a teaspoon" but it doesn't have to be if you have the right tools and approach. Listening to Dr. Bobby Corrigan in the StopPests webinar "Tools for Eliminating Mice in Multifamily Housing" can give... Read more →

Free On-Line Training: Tools for Eliminating Mice in Multifamily Housing

StopPests Webinar December 14th, 2017 2:00pm-4:00pm (EST) All too often, mouse infestations in multifamily housing complexes persist for many years with histories of sporadic outbreaks followed by temporary quick fixes using glue boards, snap traps and baiting efforts. Unfortunately, these "traditional" efforts tend to merely address a monthly complaint list... Read more →

What Can We Do About Persistent Mouse Infestations in Multifamily Housing?

I recently had the opportunity to work with acclaimed rodentologist, Dr. Robert Corrigan, and learn about a particular tough type of mouse infestation found in multifamily housing, the “resident” mouse or “appliance” mouse. These are mice that live and breed within individual apartments or residences. Even when building maintenance staff... Read more →

Rodenticides How do they fit into your IPM program?

This post originally appeared in the Stop School Pests: IPM in Schools newsletter posted on January 26th by Janet Hurley at Texas A&M University By Janet Hurley, Extension Program Specialist III Click here for original article in Stop School Pests: IPM in Schools newsletter Rodent control is a multi-layer process... Read more →

The Recording of "The ABC's of Pest Control: Allergens, Baits, and Cockroaches" is Now Available to View

If you missed the March 2nd StopPests webinar "The ABC's of Pest Control: Allergens, Baits, and Cockroaches" you can now watch the recording at StopPests.org by following the above link. Dr. Coby Schal of North Carolina State shared his research results on effectively managing cockroaches with baits in contrast with... Read more →

Free Webinar! The ABC's of Pest Control: Allergens, Baits, and Cockroaches

Register Here. Cockroach infestations can get out of hand quickly in multifamily housing. Best practices and treatments can turn things around to help maintain control. StopPests in Housing is hosting a webinar on reducing asthma triggers in housing with effective cockroach control. Join StopPests on March 2nd, 2017, 2:00-3:30 EST,... Read more →

Bed-bug-infested furniture: Deface, defile or deconstruct?*

*this article was first published in Pest Management Professional Magazine and was written by Dr. Mark Sheperdigian. It is published here with permission from the author and publisher. The original article can be found here: Bed-bug-infested furniture: Deface, defile or deconstruct? Too often, infested furniture is merely discarded. Discarded furniture... Read more →

Taking a Bite out of the Holidays: Bed Bug Central's Holiday Charity Matches PMPs with People in Need

Do you know anyone who needs bed bug treatment but can't afford it? Taking the Bite Out of the Holidays, which started in 2009, is a charitable program sponsored by BedBug Central that offers free bed bug services to those in need who are suffering from bed bug infestations and... Read more →