Pest Management Professional, November 2017
did You know CoNtiNued From Page 48 wife asked Are you blind Are you not seeing these tiny bugs flying about in the house As an entomologist and being from the tropics where insects are ubiquitous I tend to have a higher tolerance for relatively innocuous non biting non disease carrying tiny insects Adults of dark winged fungus gnats are known to carry spores of a number of fungi on their bodies but that should not surprise anyone when one considers where these insects live as immatures That said theres also the concept of Happy wife happy life Finding the source At this point I immediately remembered the once beautiful poinsettia plants Fig 1 shows what these plants looked like on March 16 2017 They lost all of their aesthetic appeal and should have been removed from the house and discarded a long time ago But procrastination is a common human failing Id be remiss in not mentioning that poinsettia plants can be mildly toxic to cats kittens dogs puppies and children toddlers infants The red leaves especially when they fall off are attractive to curious animals and children Refer to Mayoclinic org healthy lifestyle infant andtoddler health expert answers poinsettia plants faq 20058304 for more details on this subject Theyre inside theyre outside theyre everywhere I cant get away from them as the holiday season approaches its worth passing this information along to your customers In the March 29 2017 issue of my local newspaper the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin an article appeared on the front page under the heading Whats That Buzz This article stated that people in Southern California are being bothered by swarms of gnats and other tiny insects A Riverside County resident was quoted as saying Theyre inside theyre outside theyre everywhere I cant get away from them Local Vector Control District personnel CoNtiNued oN Page 52 50 November 2017 Pest Management Professional mypmp net
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