IPM
This is the first and most critical step in an IPM program to ensure you are targeting the correct pest.
What is Inspection?
This common invasive ant has a single node and is known for forming massive "super-colonies" that often require wide-scale baiting programs.
What is the Argentine Ant?
The larvae of this beetle are often "carrot-shaped" with a tuft of long hairs at the end of their bodies.
What is the Black Carpet Beetle?
This rodent is an excellent climber and is most likely to be found in attics or the upper levels of a structure.
What is the Roof Rat?
This social wasp typically builds its nest underground or in wall voids and is known for its aggressive scavenging behavior at picnics.
What is a Yellowjacket?
This term refers to the level of pest population where the cost of control is less than the cost of the damage the pest would cause.
What is an Action Threshold?
When crushed, this ant releases a pungent odor similar to rotten coconuts.
What is the Odorous House Ant?
Unlike other moths, this specific fabric pest avoids light and is usually found in the dark corners of closets or under heavy furniture.
What is the Webbing Clothes Moth?
When performing exclusion for rodents you have to use 1/4 inch hardware cloth for these kind of rodents
What is House Mice?
This flying insect builds an umbrella-shaped, open-cell paper nest, usually under eaves or porch ceilings.
What is a Paper Wasp?
Installing door sweeps, caulking cracks, and repairing screens fall under this specific IPM category.
What is Exclusion?
This control method is preferred for social insects like ants because it allows the foragers to carry the active ingredient back to the queen and larvae.
What is Baiting?
This is the primary protein found in wool, fur, and feathers that fabric pests are actually seeking to digest.
What is Keratin?
These are the dark, greasy marks left along baseboards or rafters as a result of the oils and dirt in a rodent's fur.
What is Sebum (Rub marks)?
These beneficial insects are protected in many regions; a professional should always contact a local beekeeper for relocation before considering extermination.
What are Honey Bees?
In a true IPM program, this control method should only be used as a last resort when other methods have failed to reach the action threshold.
What is Chemical Control?
This ant is easily identified by its "heart-shaped" abdomen and the fact that it often raises its abdomen over its head when disturbed.
What is the Acrobat Ant?
This beetle is recognized by its mottled pattern of white, yellow, and black scales; its larvae are notorious for feeding on natural fibers.
What is the Varied Carpet Beetle?
This type of rodenticide causes internal bleeding and typically requires multiple feedings (if first-generation) or a single feeding (if second-generation).
What is an Anticoagulant?
Bees and wasps are close relatives of these other pests
What are ants?
This non-chemical method involves removing the "food, water, and harborage" that pests need to survive.
What is Sanitation?
This species of ant prefers to nest in damp, decaying wood and can be distinguished from termites by its constricted waist and elbowed antennae.
What is the Carpenter Ant?
This treatment method uses extreme cold or heat (typically above 49°C) to kill all life stages of fabric pests without chemical residues.
What is Heat Treatment?
Because rodents are "neophobic," this practice involves placing unset traps for several days to allow the rodents to become comfortable with their presence.
What is Pre-baiting?
This treatment application is best performed at dusk or dawn when the majority of the colony is inside the nest and the insects are less active
What is Nocturnal/Low-light?