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The team dives into new survey data exploring how prepared municipalities are to respond to rodent outbreaks, the how multifamily residents feel about German cockroach infestations and efforts to control them, and a new study assessing if two medically important tick species can survive indoors. We're joined by special guest, Breanna Neerland, ACE with Kwik Kill Pest Control!

• Check out NPMA's Executive Leadership Program for more details on the program discussed in this episode. 
• Be sure to check out NPMA's Pestology blog for more information on the research covered in this episode! 
• Have questions or feedback for the BugBytes team? Email us at training@pestworld.org, we'd love to hear from you!

In this month's episode, the team covers the latest research exploring exciting new applications for Ai-powered surveillance and control tools for cockroaches and rodents as well as new research exploring ways to improve client engagement and compliance when battling German cockroach infestations. We're joined by special guest Daniel Headrick with Moxie Pest Control!

• Be sure to check out NPMA's Pestology blog for more information on the research covered in this episode! 
• Have questions or feedback for the BugBytes team? Email us at training@pestworld.org, we'd love to hear from you!

In this month's episode, the team doubles down on cockroach baiting research, covering two papers that uncover surprising details surrounding the efficacy of gel baits against American cockroaches and German cockroaches. They also review a cool new paper that outlines an outside the box approach to curbing zoonotic disease transmission in bats. We're joined by our NPMA's Chief Operating Officer, Andy Architect!

• Be sure to check out NPMA's Pestology blog for more information on the research covered in this episode! 
• Have questions or feedback for the BugBytes team? Email us at training@pestworld.org, we'd love to hear from you!

In this month's episode, the team covers new research on the links between tick dispersal and disease transmission, the secretes behind cat flea larva locomotion, and new data on wild hog management. We're joined by special guest Russ Ives of Rose Pest Solutions in Michigan!

• Visit the Professional Pest Management Alliance to learn more about the important work the Alliance does, and how you can access some of the amazing resources available to Alliance members!
• Be sure to check out NPMA's Pestology blog for more information on the research covered in this episode! 
• Have questions or feedback for the BugBytes team? Email us at training@pestworld.org, we'd love to hear from you!

In this month's episode, the team breaks down recent research on best methods for tick surveillance, how invasive spotted lanternfly honeydew influences native food webs, and new evidence showing how wild house mice are incredible problem-solvers. We're joined by special guest Suzy Rayner with Valkyrie Pest Solutions based in Gimli, Manitoba who shares her journey running a women-led pest control business, the challenges of operating in extreme climates, and her empathetic approach to serving vulnerable clients.

In this month's episode, the crew sheds new light on tick-borne disease transmission, we discuss how microwaving  pests may be the cool new pest control hack (or maybe not), and we cover new data on what skin emissions make us more or less attractive to malaria-transmitting mosquitoes. We're joined by special guest, Mike Bullert with Big Time Pest Control! 

• Be sure to check out NPMA's Pestology blog for more information on the research covered in this episode! 
• Have questions or feedback for the BugBytes team? Email us at training@pestworld.org, we'd love to hear from you!

The team kicks off the new year covering new research on the role pests play in spreading H5N1 virus, how German cockroaches respond to commercial essential oils, and new data on thermal thresholds for the common bed bug. We're joined by special guest Faye Golden of Cook's Pest Control!

• Be sure to check out NPMA's Pestology blog for more information on the research covered in this episode! 
• Have questions or feedback for the BugBytes team? Email us at training@pestworld.org, we'd love to hear from you!

In the final episode of 2025, the team reviews the impressive number of publications, journal articles, and science news headlines we've covered over the past year. We pick our favorite articles and end with a special game to decide who will be crowned the BugBytes champion for 2025! 

• Be sure to check out NPMA's Pestology blog for more information on the research covered in this episode! 
• Have questions or feedback for the BugBytes team? Email us at training@pestworld.org, we'd love to hear from you!

BugBytes recorded our third LIVE episode at PestWorld 2025! In this live episode, the team covered new research on mosquito host-seeking behavior, the latest advances in termite baiting, and novel stored product pest management techniques! We're joined by a live audience as our guest judges this episode! 

• Be sure to check out NPMA's Pestology blog for more information on the research covered in this episode! 
• Have questions or feedback for the BugBytes team? Email us at training@pestworld.org, we'd love to hear from you!

This month we catch up with Bobby Jenkins of ABC Pest Control & Commercial Services fresh off his 5,000 mile bike ride with brother Raleigh Jenkins to raise money . Our team also reviews new research exploring fruit cocktails as potential mosquito repellents, and we cover two different papers exploring repellency and active ingredient translocation with Pharaoh ants!

• Visit www.BrothersBike.org to learn more about Bobby's epic 5,000 mile bike ride, what the were riding for, and how to donate to support Mission Lazarus & the Moss Pieratt Foundation. 
• Be sure to check out NPMA's Pestology blog for more information on the research covered in this episode! 
• Have questions or feedback for the BugBytes team? Email us at training@pestworld.org, we'd love to hear from you!