Coverage
Three ways to get rid of mosquitoes in your garden this summer, and a common myth
Ryan Katz, billed as a pest management expert with Graduate Pest Control.
Walked the reporter’s own yard identifying breeding sites (plant saucers, mulch, gutters, tarps, bird baths) and made the case that the mosquitoes biting you were almost certainly bred on the property rather than blown in from next door. A bottle cap of standing water is enough, and a week of it produces larvae.
It is the argument this site makes on every mosquito page, put to a reporter who came to test it: source reduction first, fogging second, and fogging is worth little while something is still breeding inside the treated area.
It’s mice season (and you might not even know you have them)
Ryan Katz, billed as a rodent remediation specialist with Graduate Pest Control.
Explained why mouse pressure has climbed, how mice get in along wire and pipe runs through gaps most homeowners never see, and why poison and do-it-yourself trapping backfire: poison travels up the food chain to pets and predators, and mice learn to avoid traps.
The reporter asked what professionals do instead, and the answer was exclusion, targeted trapping and detection dogs. That is the order of work this site describes on every rodent page.
Garden Guide: How to get rid of a yellow jacket nest
Ryan Katz, billed as an expert with Graduate Pest Control in East Northport.
Asked to debunk the home remedies for an underground yellow jacket nest (vinegar and baking soda, blocking the entrance, flooding it, diatomaceous earth, late-season traps) and to explain what professional removal actually targets, which is the queen rather than the individual wasps.
A reporter took the removal myths to a practitioner rather than repeating them, and the answers turn on how the nest is built and where the queen sits. That is the same structural reading the rest of this site argues for.
Field notes
Longer pieces written from the work itself. The full set is on the field notes page.
- "Everything is sealed" is not a finding: the mouse hole behind the dishwasher
- A yellow jacket nest under the front door, removed in two days
- Why Rodents Enter Long Island Homes in the Fall
- The maternity calendar that decides when an attic can be sealed
- How to find the source apartment in a cockroach line
- How far do bed bugs actually travel between apartments?
Press and speaking enquiries
Reporters and event organizers can reach Ryan Katz directly at ryan@graduatepestcontrol.com or (631) 212-9601. Credentials and licensing are set out in full on the credentials page.
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