The destructive termites are being found in increasing numbers in Lousiana's capital city, LSU's Dr. Gregg Henderson told The Advocate.
Formosan termites are being found in increasing numbers in Lousiana's capital city, LSU's Dr. Gregg Henderson told The Advocate.
According to the article, Henderson started looking for them in Baton Rouge in 2009. In May and June of that year, the total number of winged Formosan termites caught in light traps numbered just under 300. By 2014, the May and June counts from all the traps numbered 8,345. While a significant increase in Baton Rouge, those numbers are still considerably less than in New Orleans where, on average, there were 21,000 per trap in 2005 and 6,855 average per trap in 2008.
In Baton Rouge, May numbers of the winged version of the termite - known as alates - captured in traps grew from 3,467 in 2015 to 7,288 in 2016, Henderson said.
PCT’s Distance Learning Center continues to expand with the addition of a label training module for AMVAC's Orthene PCO Pellets Insecticide.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — PCT’s Distance Learning Center continues to expand with the addition of a label training module for AMVAC's Orthene PCO Pellets Insecticide. Visit https://training.pctonline.com and get started on the module.This and other label training modules are the centerpiece of PCT’s Distance Learning Center — a FREE service for the professional pest control market provided by PCT.
Rats, men and cockroaches appear to have a similar GPS in their heads that allows them to navigate new surroundings, researchers at Case Western Reserve University report.
The finding, published in journal Current Biology, is likely an example of convergent evolution--that is, distinct animals developed similar systems to manage the same probleme, Science Daily reports.
Due to their simpler brain, further studies on cockroaches that would be difficult--if not impossible--on mammals may yield new insights into how humans orient themselves and navigate. Or, what goes awry in people who have extreme trouble getting their bearings.
"We've known that a mammal can come into a new area and, after a short period of being disoriented, find its way around," said Roy Ritzmann, a biology professor at Case Western Reserve and an author of the new study.
Humans and other mammals rely on head-direction, place and grid cells in their brains to process, integrate and update sensory information. The cues come from the direction they look, what they see and motion, he said.
Jerri DeVard, most recently chief marketing officer of ADT Corporation, and John Corness, formerly a human resources executive with Polaris Industries and GE, have been added to the board.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc., provider of residential and commercial services, announced two new members elected to its board of directors, naming Jerri DeVard, most recently chief marketing officer of ADT Corporation, and John Corness, formerly a human resources executive with Polaris Industries and GE.
Wilson, longtime CEO of PermaTreat, has been appointed to the 24-member board for a two-year term.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Joe Wilson, longtime CEO of PermaTreat, has been appointed to the 24-member Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board. He will serve a two-year term.
The Growth and Opportunity Board oversees the “Virginia Initiative for Growth and Opportunity in Each Region,” or GO Virginia (link is external), the bipartisan initiative passed by the Virginia House of Delegates in 2016. The goal is "to restore Virginia’s position of economic leadership by growing and diversifying the state’s economy" through collaboration between business leaders, the education community, local government and state government through regional boards.
"I’m anxious to see how this will tie together with the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance," Wilson said.
Wilson currently serves on the Fredericksburg Economic Development Authority, and as chairman of the Mary Washington Hospital Foundation. He served on Fredericksburg City Council from 2000 - 2004. He also served on the University of Mary Washington Board of Visitors, and on the boards of the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce, Mary Washington Healthcare, the Salvation Army, and Germanna Community College.
Wilson, CEO of PermaTreat, celebrated his 50th year in pest control on June 5, 2015. He began his career in 1965 working for Orkin.