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By: Faith Oi, foi@ufl.edu As other parts of the U.S. head into Fall, we still have a couple more months of summer in Florida and the rest of the Southeast! Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 1 and it has been an active weather year. If you live in an area that is home to “floodwater mosquitoes” as well as “standing water mosquitoes” or “container breeding mosquitoes,” you will need to adopt an Integrated Mosquito Management strategy (IMM). Some facts that may help you to persuade customers to adopt IMM: “…one female floodwater mosquito has the potential to lay 200 [...]

By: Paul Mitola When applying termiticide treatments to structures with existing infestations it is IMPERATIVE to properly identify a couple of things: 1. The type of termites (Subterranean, (native or invasive), or Drywood) that you are treating. If you misidentify the termites your treatments may not be effective, and you could be in violation of Chapter 482 or Chapter 5E-14. 2. The type of structure (foundation) crawl space, or slab type; monolithic, floating, or supportive. If you don’t get this correct your treatments may fail, and you could be in violation of the termiticide label requirements, which is State and Federal [...]