Pest Management Professional, April 2014
S P O N S O R E D B Y Every zombie fan knows that to take one down you have to shoot it in the head Are ants more difficult to stop than zombies In some cases yes Pest management professionals PMPs countless ant job callbacks and return trips indicate ants might in fact be super zombies Night of the Living Ants While VanWal has yet to deal with its first zombie call Walsh and company are prepared for a zombie war because theyve been fighting ants for years VanWal has battled ants so successfully for so long that the companys callback rate is nearly nil Our service teams callback rate averages less than a 025 percent Patrick Walsh says Ant job callbacks are almost non existent in our company because we start by setting our goal at total elimination and we use every weapon needed to win each battle From day one our techs are taught to treat every job like its for their mom Walsh adds And no one likes to think of dear Mom fending off zombie pests But not everyone battles zombie pests with the same success as VanWal See Pest Management Professionals PMPs 2014 Ant Management Survey analysis on AM12 Only 5 percent of survey respondents reported no ant job callbacks in 2013 but 39 percent reported a 5 percent or higher callback rate Twenty two percent reported a 10 percent or higher ant job callback rate and 10 percent reported a callback rate of more than 20 percent Walsh admits there are situations that smack him upside the head with the hard truth about the determination and dedication some pest management battles require And its always ants that do that Who they gonna call again There are several scenarios that make callbacks more likely Chris Cavanagh associate certified entomologist and vice president of www mypmp net Pest Management Professional April 2014 AM5
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