COPESAN - INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENTPEST SOLUTIONSCOMMERCIAL MARKETSBLOGRESOURCESABOUT USCONTACT US Copesan is an alliance of regional pest management providers united to provide exceptional service to commercial clients throughout North America. Our network of local service providers, or Partners, pride themselves on delivering quality service in their local communities,

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RESTAURANT AND COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FLY CONTROL Copesan understands that running a restaurant is a full time job. Your focus should be on managing your staff and making sure everything runs smoothly, not pests. Copesan is here to serve you and keep your reputation intact. Our Culinary Care® program is specifically designed for the foodservice industry. AGING BED BUG INFESTATIONS: HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN HERE? Generally it takes at least seven weeks for a bed bug to grow from an egg to an adult, so there should be no new adults from eggs during that period. Therefore, if many adult bugs are present one can reasonably assume that the infestation has been there for more than seven weeks. The assumption here is that the infestation started from

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HOW STORED PRODUCT PESTS AFFECT WAREHOUSES Copesan Services, Inc. Corporate Location. W175 N5711 Technology Drive Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 1.800.COPESAN 800.267.3726 FLAT ROOFS ARE PERFECT FOR PESTS Flat Roofs Are Perfect For Pests. To view this article as it appeared in PCT magazine, please click here. Typically, older commercial buildings have flat roofs comprised of some combination of wood (decking) and metal, covered with rubber, tar and gravel. Such roofs are penetrated by drains, stacks, ventilators, utility lines and

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SIX TIPS TO REDUCE THE THREAT OF A PEST INFESTATION Copesan Services, Inc. Corporate Location. W175 N5711 Technology Drive Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 1.800.COPESAN 800.267.3726 TECH TALK - USING BLACK LIGHT TO DETECT RODENT EVIDENCE A visual inspection using a flashlight will often reveal rodent droppings, urine staining and other evidence. The black light can be used to corroborate suspected contamination and rodent presence. After visually identifying likely rodent entry points along a structure’s perimeter, use a black light to determine if it is indeed being used

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EXTERIOR RODENT CONTROL Keep shrubs, bushes, plants, and trees well manicured and “away” from the building perimeter. Keep building perimeters/fence lines free of paper, trash, debris, etc. Do not allow storage to be kept in an unorganized manner (i.e. on the ground and against the building perimeter). By keeping all exterior storage raised off the ground and

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MEMPHIS, Tenn.. (March 30, 2018) – Terminix ®, a leading provider of pest and termite control services in the United States and a ServiceMaster ® (NYSE:SERV) company, today announced the closing of its transaction with Copesan Services, Inc., one of the largest national providers of commercial pest management in the country. “This combination will significantly improve Terminix’s COPESAN - INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENTPEST SOLUTIONSCOMMERCIAL MARKETSBLOGRESOURCESABOUT USCONTACT US Copesan is an alliance of regional pest management providers united to provide exceptional service to commercial clients throughout North America. Our network of local service providers, or Partners, pride themselves on delivering quality service in their local communities,

working together to

CONTACT US | NATIONWIDE COMMERCIAL PEST CONTROL | COPESAN Corporate Location. W175 N5711 Technology Drive Menomonee Falls, WI

53051. 800.267.3726

RESTAURANT AND COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FLY CONTROL Copesan understands that running a restaurant is a full time job. Your focus should be on managing your staff and making sure everything runs smoothly, not pests. Copesan is here to serve you and keep your reputation intact. Our Culinary Care® program is specifically designed for the foodservice industry. AGING BED BUG INFESTATIONS: HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN HERE? Generally it takes at least seven weeks for a bed bug to grow from an egg to an adult, so there should be no new adults from eggs during that period. Therefore, if many adult bugs are present one can reasonably assume that the infestation has been there for more than seven weeks. The assumption here is that the infestation started from

only a

HOW STORED PRODUCT PESTS AFFECT WAREHOUSES Copesan Services, Inc. Corporate Location. W175 N5711 Technology Drive Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 1.800.COPESAN 800.267.3726 FLAT ROOFS ARE PERFECT FOR PESTS Flat Roofs Are Perfect For Pests. To view this article as it appeared in PCT magazine, please click here. Typically, older commercial buildings have flat roofs comprised of some combination of wood (decking) and metal, covered with rubber, tar and gravel. Such roofs are penetrated by drains, stacks, ventilators, utility lines and

access hatches.

SIX TIPS TO REDUCE THE THREAT OF A PEST INFESTATION Copesan Services, Inc. Corporate Location. W175 N5711 Technology Drive Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 1.800.COPESAN 800.267.3726 TECH TALK - USING BLACK LIGHT TO DETECT RODENT EVIDENCE A visual inspection using a flashlight will often reveal rodent droppings, urine staining and other evidence. The black light can be used to corroborate suspected contamination and rodent presence. After visually identifying likely rodent entry points along a structure’s perimeter, use a black light to determine if it is indeed being used

as

EXTERIOR RODENT CONTROL Keep shrubs, bushes, plants, and trees well manicured and “away” from the building perimeter. Keep building perimeters/fence lines free of paper, trash, debris, etc. Do not allow storage to be kept in an unorganized manner (i.e. on the ground and against the building perimeter). By keeping all exterior storage raised off the ground and

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MEMPHIS, Tenn.. (March 30, 2018) – Terminix ®, a leading provider of pest and termite control services in the United States and a ServiceMaster ® (NYSE:SERV) company, today announced the closing of its transaction with Copesan Services, Inc., one of the largest national providers of commercial pest management in the country. “This combination will significantly improve Terminix’s ABOUT US | COMMERCIAL PEST MANAGEMENT | COPESAN About Us Copesan was organized in 1958 by seven innovative regional pest management providers who believed that, by working together, they could provide consistent, exceptional quality service to commercial national accounts over and above what was offered by FIVE LESSONS IN RODENT EXCLUSION The droppings should be promptly cleaned up and continually monitored. 2. Keep Clutter to a Minimum. Inspecting walls and corners are crucial actions in handling rodent infestations. Technicians are unable to locate and exclude rodent activity if there aren’t clear lanes for inspection. Cluttered stockrooms with high stacks of old boxes and HOUSE SPARROW CONTROL & ID Biology. In the northern U.S., females begin laying eggs in March and April. The eggs are pale greenish white and are always speckled. Eggs need 10-17 days of incubation before hatching. The young take their first flight around 14 days, leaving the nest shortly thereafter. RESOURCES | OUR PEST ARCHIVES | COPESAN Red Flour Beetle. An infestation of red flour beetles in any stored products not only contaminates it, but also gives the product a foul smell and taste. Read More. 10 07, 2017. Permalink Gallery. EXTERIOR RODENT CONTROL Keep shrubs, bushes, plants, and trees well manicured and “away” from the building perimeter. Keep building perimeters/fence lines free of paper, trash, debris, etc. Do not allow storage to be kept in an unorganized manner (i.e. on the ground and against the building perimeter). By keeping all exterior storage raised off the ground and

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TECH TALK: HELP! THE BUGS JUST KEEP COMING IN NONSTOP Advice to Give Your Clients on Dealing with Overwintering Pests. So, as the days got shorter and the weather turned cooler, some of the overwintering pests such as boxelder bugs, brown marmorated stink bugs, cluster flies, multi-colored Asian lady beetles (ladybugs) and kudzu bugs (presently found as far north as northern Virginia) invaded your customer’s building as a cozy place to spend GREEN BOTTLE FLY CONTROL & PREVENTION The larvae of green bottle flies are often used by forensic entomologists to help determine the time of death in murder cases. Generally, these flies are most active on warm, sunny days and rest on cool and/or cloudy days. Indoors they are attracted to the bright light from windows, as well as certain light bulbs. ENGAGING MILLENIALS IN PEST MANAGEMENT Tech Talk: Engaging Millennials in Pest Management. By Jay Everitt. With people living longer, the age of retirement increasing and most adults working outside the home, many different generations occupy the workforce today. However, millennials, or those aged 22-37, account for the largest population, or about 35 percent, of U.S. workers. HOW SAFE IS SPIDER POOP? Spiders are the No. 1 fear of many people. People are more upset about seeing spiders than seeing mice, birds, flies, cockroaches or other public health pests. Illogically, most humans fear that spiders will attack without provocation, sinking their poisonous fangs into any adult or child in close proximity, and that the resulting spider bite WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TERMITES & ANTS? Flying ants will be black, brown, red or a mixture of these colors. Termites and ants both have two sets of wings, but termite wings are equal in size. Ants have the recognizable body shape of an ant, with three distinguishable body segments. Termites have three segments as

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