Arthropodcast - A Pest Control Podcast for Industry Professionals. We Cover Pest Control News, Pest Control Topics, Pest Control Products (general)
Arthropodcast is a weekly pest control podcast that promotes professionalism and industry expertise to business owners, pest control operators, sales reps, and inspectors.

For Episode 55, we have Board Certified Entomologist, Larry Motes of Gregory Pest Solutions. In this thirty-three minute episode, Larry discusses his background, acquisitions, dragon flies, flying earwigs, and a few other things you won't want to miss.

Direct download: EP55.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:05am CDT

Happy Thanksgiving to all! We are so thankful for all of your support over the past eleven months!

"What's up" to Aaron Veal ACE, Pest Control Peacekeeper, and JShoup02 for the iTunes reviews. 

This week we discuss the Cockroach Combat Manual, Gorilla Desk vs PestPac, the Bombardier Beetle, and a few ways people use insects to predict the severity and length of the Winter.

Direct download: Ep36.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:54pm CDT

On Episode 35, we congratulate Luke Guy for his Pest Pro App's recent feature in LifeHacker.com. Bryan gives us a follow up review on the new product "Fuse". Bryan tells us about Pest Management University, a hands-on training course for pest management professionals and he shares his "tale of two businesses". What is the biggest advantage small business have over larger ones? Check out the podcast and find out. 

Direct download: Ep35.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:31pm CDT

For episode 34, Bryan talks about an article discussing bed bugs and multi unit housing. We give shout outs to Jessy with Midwest Pest Control, Greg Stephens of Ultra Pest Control, and Frank Hernandez. In addition, Steve uncovers the mystery of haunted houses and both fellas chime in on the difference between driving marked and unmarked vehicles.

Direct download: Ep34.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:21pm CDT

For Episode 33, we’ll find out why Bryan doesn’t like Tom Petty, we rant about reputations and also share a way to write off beer as a chemical expense.

Direct download: Ep33b.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:24pm CDT

As usual, we go off topic and talk about haunted houses, express opinions on Glamour Magazine's "Woman of the Year", give you advice on how to rent a castle and mention possible bills that attempt to make meat eating illegal. We also talk about gender specific rat baits, an interesting (and fairly new product) from Syngenta called Arilon.

Direct download: episode32.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:06pm CDT

Let's just get this out of the way- Death Wish Coffee rocks! This week, Steve gives some follow up on how well InVict Xpress works on earwigs. In addition, Bryan and Steve get into a conversation about comedy.

Direct download: ep31b.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:57pm CDT

For our 30th Episode of the Arthropodcast Show, Bryan tells us a story of one DIY guy's bed bug challenges, he talks about his brief stint in the fast food industry, and Steve tells us an unbelievable (yet true) story involving Allen Funt - the original host of Candid Camera.

Direct download: Episode30.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:31pm CDT

For episode 29 of the Arthropodcast, Steve brings up a concern with the growing popularity of dog cloning, Bryan discusses an outstanding blog post by Aaron Veal on Ultrasonic Pest Repellents, and Steve goes on a major rant about flaws found in a bed bug study that was recently published.

This time we had a minor "on air" accident that proved to be too funny to edit out.  

We hope you enjoy the show!

Direct download: Episode29c.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00pm CDT