PCT Magazine

The North Carolina Pest Management Association's 76th Pest Control Technician's School was held at the end of January and welcomed hundreds of attendees for four days of continuing education, hands-on training and networking opportunities. https://lnkd.in/gaYaGHz3

PCT announced Mitchell Johnson, IPM service manager, FSS, Westfield, Ind., as the winner of our 24th annual Best Pest Photo Contest for his winning photo of a buffalo treehopper nymph he captured in Cicero, Ind. Take a look at the 10 photo finalists chosen by our judges. https://lnkd.in/e3ZfV9ZT

At PestWorld 2025 in Orlando, Fla., PCT interviewed Scott Broaddus, vice president of expansion, Hawx Smart Pest Control, about door-to-door (D2D) sales in the pest control industry and how companies can successfully incorporate the sales strategy into their business model. https://lnkd.in/gAvQjpiD

Towards the end of January, southern Florida experienced a cold snap that caused thousands of iguanas to become cold-stunned, a hibernation-like state, said Humane Iguana Control President Michael Ronquillo. https://lnkd.in/exVuMyJN

Mike Thome and Jen Sweeney-Ingram of Urban Pest Management Technical Committee - UPMTC chat with Mark "Shep" Sheperdigian, Rose Pest Solutions, Troy, Mich. Shep shares how he got started in pest control, favorite pest encounters, the importance of the "people side" of pest control and what all is involved in his current role as chief science officer. https://lnkd.in/eJDRXUsx

Moxie Pest Control's grant to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will help support awareness, education and community engagement nationwide. https://lnkd.in/g2-NBFdi

Black Ownership Matters President Joe Campbell (ABC Home & Commercial Services) provides an update on the organization, which celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2025. https://lnkd.in/gFwPQp9N

Tim Stevenson and Stephen Rivera were promoted to area manager positions at the Round Rock, Texas-based company Alta Pest Control. https://lnkd.in/eGRR_bA7

Modern Pest Services, an Anticimex Company, has acquired Envirocare Pest Control. The acquisition was announced by The Aust Group, which represented Envirocare. https://lnkd.in/gBpaTPdK

Termites evolved massive, tightly organized colonies not by becoming genetically more complex but by shedding genes, including those linked to sperm competition, according to new research from the University of Sydney. https://lnkd.in/gDSN3ztr