Raja Mahendran International Pest Business Consultant

24/09/2024

There's something about us that mosquitoes just love.

31/12/2023

Some of you have asked me to write this article, because you have been excited to see or hear me present on Pest Risk Management, at different events around the world. So why is it the future of pest control, and What is the need for the pest management industry, to transcend from the current practice of IPM (managing existing pests) to become Pest Risk Managers (managing the risks from pests). Thanks to the Professional Pest Management Magazine in Australia, my article has been published in the latest Summer Edition in December 2023. Do have a read and share your thoughts here. — in Sydney.

28/05/2023

A past video of an interview with Daniel Schröer founder of Futura in Germany, who is the leader in digital rodent control. This video on Future of Pest Control though few years old, still holds true.

In the second episode of Talking Pest Management we are glad to have Raja Mahendran as our guest today. He's a very knowledgeable pest controller and consult...

11/05/2023

Thrilled to receive a very special gift today from my dear friend and fellow Pest Manager Chaiamon Chantarapitak in Thailand. Really nice of him to send it from Thailand to Malaysia, to my daughter Natasha’s place, so I receive it on arrival. He has sent me an awesome book on Ants of Thailand. Over 500 pages of beautiful and stunning photos of amazing ants found in Thailand. I am really thrilled and going through every page with a hot cup of Ceylon Tea besides me, before I go to bed tonight. Thank you very much Chaiamon and cheers to you all.

01/01/2023

Happy New Year

17/11/2022

Did you know the best parents in the world are the termite king and queen? We often hear of the good old workers in the colony feeding the royals and tending to the colony. But did you know the queen and king work the hardest as parents during the early life of the colony, to ensure that their first offspring makes it, and so that they can then retire from parental duties?.

Thomas Chouvenc, an assistant professor of entomology at the UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center said “Scientists often think of termites as these complex societies, where the workers are taking care of everyone, including the queen and king,” said Chouvenc. “This is true in developed colonies, but during colony establishment, the new queen and king are the most remarkable parents.”

Studying the parental behaviors of termites has provided a University of Florida scientist with a rare look into how a queen and king pair push the limits of parenthood.

15/05/2021

Can rats transmit Covid 19 virus?
The UK government report outlines that the risk of Covid-19 remaining in such levels as to be infectious in waste is very low (>1%).

However, if a Covid-19 strain could survive long enough in waste, then the likelihood of a human-to-rodent crossover is high (66-90%), given the considerable interaction between rodents and potentially contaminated human waste.

https://bpca.org.uk/News-and-Blog/can-rodents-transmit-covid-19-a-government-report/271417

03/05/2021

Can houseflies mechanically transmit the covid 19 virus?
Under laboratory conditions, house flies acquired and harbored infectious SARS-CoV-2 for up to 24 h post-exposure. In addition, house flies were able to mechanically transmit SARS-CoV-2 genomic RNA to the surrounding environment up to 24 h post-exposure. Further studies are warranted to determine if house fly transmission occurs naturally and the potential public health implications of such events.

Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a recently emerged coronavirus that is the causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 in humans is characterized by a wide range of symptoms that range from asymptomatic to mild or severe il...

24/04/2021

P*e could be tomorrows pest control? Various beetle species have gobbled through grain stores and weakened food production worldwide since ancient times. Now there is a way to make stored product pests such as Beetles p*e themselves to death rather than use pesticides. This is what researchers from the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Biology are working on. As part of a broader effort to develop more “ecological” methods of combatting harmful insects in the near future, researchers have discovered which hormones regulate urine formation in the kidneys of beetles to cause them to p*e to death.

Various beetle species have gobbled through grain stores and weakened food production worldwide since ancient times. Now, researchers at the University...

15/04/2021

Could this be your missing key for successful pest management at food processing plants? "Plant floor workers can play an integral role in pest management at food processing plants,” says Desiree Straubinger, BCE, CP-FS market technical director for Rentokil. “Since they are there every day, they will be able to notice things that are out of the ordinary.” Frank Meek, BCE Meek of Orkin says "Broadly speaking, when it comes to pest control, workers can and should be trained to report two things: the presence of pests inside a plant and the existence of conditions that could lead to infestation" See linked article for more valuable insights from other experts. - Alex Blahnik, Patricia Hottel, Jerry Heath and Myron Baumann

A properly trained workforce can help make pest control programs as effective as possible.

08/04/2021

How do you see the future of Pest Control? Your views on the future will be of immense interest. You may also find it interesting that Daniel Schroeer CEO of Futura Germany, the market leader in Digital and Green Pest Management products did a skype interview with me on my views on emerging trends and the future of urban pest control. This was two years ago and holds true today. Now it will be great to hear how you see the future of pest control. Please add your comments below.

In the second episode of Talking Pest Management we are glad to have Raja Mahendran as our guest today. He's a very knowledgeable pest controller and consult...