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It’s raining rats and moths! Well, that may not be how the traditional saying goes, but pests can certainly come flooding into your facility following an extreme weather event. From tornadoes and hurricanes to substantial changes in temperature or rainfall, extreme weather can have a significant effect on your Integrated Pest Management plan.
Take this quiz to test your weather-related pest knowledge and check out the answers at the end of this post:
Sometimes an extreme weather or climate event may catch you or your facility off guard, but we can help you take charge once it has passed. Learn how to prepare for, and perform maintenance after, an extreme weather event by reading this guide to extreme weather and pests.
Quiz Answers:
Due to the connectedness of the supply chain, one pest problem can quickly become everyone’s problem. This is why you must consider pest control with a holistic lens – and not just within your warehouses and transportation vehicles. Your suppliers, their shipments and your distr …
It’s not always immediately obvious how pests make their way into your facility. Driven by a search for the basics of survival, pests are pretty resourceful about finding what they need. Fortunately for them, Mother Nature equipped them wings, flexible skeletons …
All pests are attracted to food, water and shelter. But some are more determined than others. And with an abundance of raw ingredients and food product in your facility, there’s more pressure on you to ensure you take a proactive stance to protect it all f …