Author Archives: Melisa Arnold, A.C.E.

Sorry for the blurry picture Have you ever found an insect in person that you had only seen in a picture? How did you react? Excited? Puzzled? Giddy? Panicky? That was me when I found an Acrobat Ant for the first time. When I saw this marvelous creature stuck between layers of shrink wrap ,ContinueContinue reading “This Isn’t A Circus, Or Is It?”

I inherited three house plants last fall. I have no idea what they are – except one. It’s a peace lily, but that information isn’t important for this post. The surprising part is that I’ve managed to keep them all alive. One of them was almost dead. I had put it in an upstairs bedroomContinueContinue reading “My Thumb Isn’t Green”

I don’t have to work out of town very often. When I do, I try to go sightseeing, especially if it’s somewhere I’ve never been. This time, I was in a hotel room in the town where I used to live for 17 years. I did take a drive around to see the new constructionContinueContinue reading “Birdie, Birdie Behind The Sign…..”

In my rounds as a pest management professional, I have witnessed many types of flying insect control. A lot of facilities use glue-board type fly lights. Electrocuting types are all but forbidden near food. Air curtains are popular in some businesses. Sticky fly hangers are common in garages. The backyard blue light bug zapper isContinueContinue reading “Bug Light -vs- Salt Gun”

I was the first one ready for lunch. Text messages exchanged between coworkers said that each of us had different timelines for our midday break. We all had accounts that, for various reasons, didn’t follow that said timeline. I grabbed some fast food and headed for my favorite park, a place I found when weContinueContinue reading “Lunch Is On Me – Thinking Out Loud”