Who writes this

Editorial team & reviewers.

PestControl.cc is written and edited by a small team with backgrounds in integrated pest management, structural inspection, and technical writing. Outside reviewers — listed below where applicable — vet articles in their specialty before publication.

Editorial team

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Daniel Mireles — Managing Editor

Daniel leads editorial planning and is responsible for sourcing standards. He has fifteen years of experience writing technical and consumer-facing guidance for the home and trades sector, and has spent the last four years focused on entomology, structural inspection, and integrated pest management literature. He sets the bar for every article: cited, accurate, and useful at 9 p.m. when something just crawled out of the wall.

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Rachel Holcomb — Senior Editor, Urban Entomology

Rachel edits the cockroach, ant, bed bug, and rodent verticals. She holds an M.S. in Entomology and previously coordinated a county-level urban IPM extension program. Her edits prioritize the realistic decision-making framework — when DIY is appropriate, when a licensed professional is necessary, and which products are worth the money.

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Jordan Tate — Contributor, Structural & Termite

Jordan is a licensed Wood-Destroying Insect Inspector with twelve years of field experience across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. He writes our termite, carpenter ant, and wood-boring beetle coverage and reviews any guide that touches structural pest pressure or moisture-driven infestation.

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Anjali Krishnan — Contributor, Vector & Public Health

Anjali covers mosquitoes, ticks, and other vectors of medical concern. She has an MPH with a vector-borne disease concentration and has worked on mosquito surveillance programs at two state public health departments. She reviews any article that discusses disease risk or pathogen transmission.

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PestControl.cc Editorial

Articles bylined "PestControl.cc Editorial" are collaboratively written by the team above and reviewed against current extension and EPA sources before publication. This byline appears on roundup-style articles where multiple contributors weighed in, and on legacy guides that have been substantially rewritten since their original byline.

External reviewers

For articles outside our direct expertise — particularly those touching pesticide application law, veterinary parasitology, or specialized regional pest pressure — we engage outside reviewers. Reviewers do not write articles; they fact-check finished drafts against current best practice in their specialty. Reviewer credit is listed on the relevant article when applicable.

We do not name external reviewers individually on this page because their availability and panel composition shift, and we don't want to misrepresent endorsements. Past reviewer specialties have included board-certified veterinary parasitology, structural pest control regulatory law (Florida and California), and university extension wildlife biology.

How a typical article is produced

  1. Topic selection. Topics come from search demand data, reader questions submitted via our contact form, and gaps we notice in existing extension literature.
  2. Sourcing. Authors begin from primary sources — university extension publications, EPA registered label data, CDC and APHIS technical sheets, and peer-reviewed entomology — rather than from other websites.
  3. Drafting. Articles are written in plain language with concrete, actionable steps. Cost figures, product categories, and timing windows are included wherever they help the reader make a decision.
  4. Internal review. A second team member reviews for factual accuracy, claim sourcing, and any conflict with the EPA label of products mentioned.
  5. External review (when applicable). Articles touching specialized topics are sent to an outside reviewer for the relevant specialty.
  6. Publication and updates. Articles list a "last updated" date. When a referenced active ingredient is restricted, when an EPA label changes, or when better information becomes available, we revise the article and update the date.

Corrections policy

If you find an error, please tell us. Material factual corrections are made promptly, with the change and date noted at the bottom of the article. Smaller copy-edits are made silently. The contact form is the best way to flag a correction; please include the article URL and the specific claim in question.

Conflicts of interest

No editor or contributor accepts gifts, sponsored placements, or paid editorial content from pest control companies, product manufacturers, or industry trade groups. The site is supported by display advertising; advertising is sold through ad networks and does not influence editorial content. See our disclaimer for the full advertising disclosure.

A note on bylines.

Some articles still display the "PestControl.cc Editorial" byline as we work through attributing legacy content to individual editors. Specific contributor bylines are being added in waves; the editorial standards above apply regardless of which byline appears.