Author Archives: The Bug Doctor

About The Bug Doctor

Jerry Schappert is a certified pest control operator and Associate Certified Entomologist with over two and a half decades of experience from birds to termites and everything in between. He started as a route technician and worked his way up to commercial/national accounts representative. Always learning in his craft he is familiar with rural pest services and big city control techniques. Jerry has owned and operated a successful pest control company since 1993 in Ocala,Florida. While his knowledge and practical application has benefitted his community Jerry wanted to impart his wisdom on a broader scale to help many more. Pestcemetery.com was born from that idea in 2007 and has been well received. It is the goal of this site to inform you with his keen insights and safely guide you through your pest control treatment needs.

Bait And Switch Those Ants

Posted on March 9, 2012 by The Bug Doctor

Long before non repellants came along the pest control industry futilely tried to bait our ant problems into submission. A box of cut up drinking straws was standard issue on any bug truck. We charged hundreds of dollars to put … Continue reading →

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The Deadly Speed Of A Key Account

Posted on February 29, 2012 by The Bug Doctor

Pest control technicians must be a trusting lot. I can’t think of any other occupation where a homeowner let’s a service person in their home while they’re not present. Not only do they ‘let’ them in, they actually give them … Continue reading →

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Hey Bug Man! My Eyes Are Up Here

Posted on February 25, 2012 by The Bug Doctor

Where else but here in pestcemetery.com would you find the hard hitting, unbiased articles that tackle the truly important issues of the pest control industry? Does megatronpest.net give you this? How about the national magazines? No, there are just certain … Continue reading →

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Urticating Pest Control Accounts

Posted on February 21, 2012 by The Bug Doctor

Who would have thought that the mighty Tarantula would ever need any other defensive mechanism than it’s appearance just to protect itself? I mean besides the sheer size, these things have fangs that are clearly visible and not something I’d … Continue reading →

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Collections; These Are The Times That Try Mens Souls

Posted on February 13, 2012 by The Bug Doctor

So there I am, standing at the door dreading what I have to go through next. Actually, I’ve done this a hundred times before and only a relative few have turned out to be the nightmarish encounter I’d never want … Continue reading →

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The Pest Control Blog & Three Lessons We Can Learn

Posted on January 22, 2012 by The Bug Doctor

One thing all the business gurus say is to have a web site, get on Facebook, Linkedin, Google Plus, Twitter etc. etc. etc. Honestly, there just seems to be too many of these things and it just seems they all … Continue reading →

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5 Signs Of Inspector Infestation

Posted on January 5, 2012 by The Bug Doctor

No one disputes that termites damage homes to the tune of billions of dollars every year, that rodents contaminate billions of pounds of food or that insects around the world kill millions of people and cost untold sums for the … Continue reading →

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Pin Stream Pest Control & Seeing Red

Posted on December 27, 2011 by The Bug Doctor

I’ve never been accused of having a bland imagination. No ones ever said my conclusions or correlations were so obvious that they could see them coming from a mile away. I’m not sure if that’s a real good thing or … Continue reading →

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The Hundred Dollar Days & Other Such Dilemmas- Part Two

Posted on December 22, 2011 by The Bug Doctor

I tell this story because I literally just got off the phone with my friend, the colleague who I wrote about in part one. That ‘franchise from hell’ was 20 years ago and we both went through a lot over … Continue reading →

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Hundred Dollar Days & Other Such Dilemmas

Posted on December 18, 2011 by The Bug Doctor

Have you ever walked to and from school with bare feet, in the snow, uphill?- BOTH WAYS? 😉 Now I realize this can be an over used analogy to describe a not so piece of cake period of time in … Continue reading →

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The Australian Roach

Posted on December 15, 2011 by The Bug Doctor

The Australian roach is a relative of the American cockroach, with whom it shares a very close resemblance and is often confused one for another. Just like its cousin, the Australian cockroach prefers to live outside rather than indoors. They … Continue reading →

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Controlling Outside Moisture – Controls The Pincer Beast (earwigs)

Posted on December 6, 2011 by The Bug Doctor

If I had only one piece of advice to give you on earwig control it would be just this; Control the moisture and you will control the earwig. If I had a second nugget of truth to give, it would … Continue reading →

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Dear Picture Diary- Animal Trapping Is Hard-Ode To The Pros

Posted on November 25, 2011 by The Bug Doctor

24th Dear Diary, 5:30 comes early but I can’t put off checking my live traps until the afternoon when my regular pest route is done. Who knew it was the law I had to check these things once every 24 … Continue reading →

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The Termite Danger Of Stucco And Veneer

Posted on November 22, 2011 by The Bug Doctor

A mans home is his castle or so the saying goes. With that mind picture, it’s easy to think of our fortress as impenetrable. After-all, a castle is built with thick stone walls, a moat that surrounds it and a … Continue reading →

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Picture Diary Of A Wanna Be Trapper

Posted on November 17, 2011 by The Bug Doctor

28th Dear Diary, this has been a really rough week. I thought this trapping thing would be such an easy add on to my business but here it is the end of the week and I’m exhausted. As if the … Continue reading →

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