SYDNEY, Australia — Climate change is being blamed for a changing of the guard among Sydney's cockroach population.

Researchers say the most common sub-species in city households was the german cockroach, until it disappeared about seven years ago.

Martyn Robinson from the Australian Museum says the Australian house cockroach, methana marginalus, which likes warmer climates, has begun moving in.

"It's most likely to be the...warmer climate," he said.

"They certainly have appeared for many many years just on little spot occurrences where somebody will find this funny little cockroach that's probably come in on their suitcase from a trip up to Queensland.

"Quite likely these ones have also arrived down the same way but they are now breeding."

Source: www.abc.net.au

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Coxreels introduces the new LG series specifically design for tubing and air/water applications. The LG Series is equipped with a continuous radius grommet style tubing guide constructed of bearing grade, unique FDA compliant C-PEP™ composite. There are no corners to pinch the tubing, no rollers for tubing to catch on and a slick surface for easy glide. The reel also features lower pull tension to reduce the chance of stretching tubing. This “Little Giant” mounts to any horizontal or vertical flat surface, weighs only 9 to 13 pounds depending on the model.

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The compact and efficient design has the durability and superior features found in every Coxreel, making this reel the ideal heavy duty solution for commercial and industrial applications where space is limited.

For more information visit www.coxreels.com.

 

 

During PCT’s Mergers & Acquisitions Seminar, held in Orlando in December, Joey Edwards, senior vice president, acquisitions, technical services and quality control, Arrow Exterminators, gave a presentation titled “Successfully Transitioning Employees Following An Acquisition.” Edwards discussed how Arrow has been able to successfully “blend” employees from newly acquired companies into the Arrow organization. During the past 10 years Arrow has been one of the most active pest control companies in terms of acquiring other pest control companies.

The PCT Video Podcast of Edwards’s presentation is available in the following formats:

iPod Video Podcast 

RealVideo

Windows streaming

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Atlantic Paste & Glue has hired Andrew Vita as sales manager to support the company’s North Central Region.

Vita, a resident of Batavia, Ohio, has started working for AP&G supporting all of its professional pest control products. His territory is the North Central Region, which includes a 13-state range from Pennsylvania to Missouri and from the Dakotas to Kentucky.

According to Jonathan Frisch, vice president of AP&G, Vita brings strong experience and industry ties to the company.

“We’re very pleased to have Andrew join the AP&G team as he brings a solid, proven track record in pest control,” said Frisch. “He has more than 17 years of professional pest control experience and his knowledge and relationships will be a strong asset to the Catchmaster™ brand as our North Central Region Sales Manager.”

For more information visit www.catchmaster.com.