Insect GateGuides
Guides for people who run programmes.
Short, practical answers to the questions that come up when a site moves from periodic inspection to continuous monitoring.
Bed bug monitoring for hotelsHow hotels monitor for bed bugs without glue boards under the bed: placement, density, what to do with a count, and the evidence auditors ask for.
German cockroach monitoring for restaurantsWhere to place monitors in a commercial kitchen, why nymph counts matter, and how to prove a bait programme is working without opening a trap.
Silverfish in archives and museum storesGrey silverfish have changed the pest list in European collections. How to monitor stack ends and plant rooms without a weekly trap walk.
Stored-product beetle monitoring for food plantsFlour beetles, warehouse beetle, cigarette beetle: how to map beetle pressure across a mill floor every night without a walk, and what auditors expect.
How to prove a pest treatment workedA treatment is paid for on the day. Whether it worked is argued about later. A monitor left in place turns that argument into a run of counts.