OWNER, BUG-MAN PEST CONTROL

Larry Wise

Larry Wise brings a university entomology background to a family pest control business with roots going back to 1955.

Education:
M.S. in Entomology, University of Florida (2013)
Patent:
Named inventor on a UF-assigned bed bug control patent
Bug-Man:
Took over the business in 2012 and rebuilt its termite division; Bug-Man traces back to Lindsey Pest Control, founded in 1955
UF Coursework:
Bed Bug Volatiles
Bed Bug Data Analysis
Biology & Identification of Urban Pests
Airborne Pesticide Residues
Larry Wise, owner of Bug-Man Pest Control, on a service call
VERIFIED SOURCES

University of Florida Graduate Research & Bed Bug Experience

These records are drawn directly from the University of Florida’s own public listings. Each card links to the primary source.

UF Departmental Record

Graduate Research

The University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department lists Larry Wise among its 2013 M.S. graduates and identifies his graduate research as “Temperature Effects on Vapor Toxicity of Volatile Compounds to Bed Bugs, Cimex lectularius L.”

University of Florida Entomology and Nematology graduate record listing Larry Wise
US Patent Record

Patented Heat & Vapor Bed Bug Control Method

Larry Wise is a named inventor on a University of Florida-assigned patent for a novel bed bug control method that combines heat and targeted insecticidal vapor.

Figure from the UF bed bug control patent listing Larry Wise as an inventor
Video

Bed Bug Research Video

Watch archival footage from Larry Wise’s bed bug research work.

Thumbnail for Larry Wise's bed bug research video

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