IPM in the Field
A restaurant has flies; you find an open dumpster and rotting fruit. This IPM step is your first move.
What is Sanitation (Cultural Control)?
You are using a 1-gallon sprayer. The pressure is high, but the pattern is "spitting." What is the likely cause?
What is budding(colony splitting)?
This spray pattern is best for applying a residual barrier to a wide exterior foundation.
What is a Fan Spray?
Every time you apply a pesticide, this document is the "legal Bible" you must follow.
What is The Label?
You must have this kit to handle a broken bottle of concentrate on a client's driveway.
spill kit
To stop mice, you suggest installing a door sweep to close a 1/4inch gap. This is what type of control?
What is Exclusion (Mechanical Control)?
You use a bellows duster to apply a thin film of boric acid into an electrical outlet. Why only a thin film?
What is to prevent the pest from avoiding it (repellency) and ensure they walk through it?
You are applying a "Spot Treatment." According to CA law, this cannot exceed how many square feet?
What is Two (2) square feet?
In California, you must submit your Pesticide Use Report (PUR) to the County by this day of the month.
What is the 10th day?
This binder must contain technical safety info for every chemical currently on your vehicle.
msds or sds
You find 2 roaches in a kitchen. You decide not to spray because the population hasn't reached this level.
What is the Action Threshold?
You are treating a hollow wall for Carpenter Ants. This formulation is best because it expands to fill the void.
What is Aerosol Foam?
This precise, narrow spray pattern is required for treating the gap between a baseboard and the floor.
What is a Pin-stream?
A customer asks for the name of the chemical you used. Legally, you must provide this and what other info?
What is the Active Ingredient and the EPA Registration Number?
You are wearing gloves and goggles, but the label says you also need this for overhead spraying.
wide brimmed hat or head protection
Using a parasitic wasp to control cockroach egg cases is an example of this rarely used IPM pillar.
What is Biological Control?
You apply a small gel bait to a tiny hole to avoid food contact. This is the technical name for this treatment.
What is to crack and crevice treatment
This spray pattern is used outdoor lawns for general pest but is generally prohibited for roach control in kitchens.
What is a Broadcast Spray?
This Act requires you to notify parents and staff 72 hours before a non-exempt spray on a school campus.
What is the Healthy Schools Act (HSA)?
This tool is essential for checking attics for rats and "hot spots" of motors during a roach inspection.
flash light
You trim ivy 12 inches away from a house to reduce moisture. This is known as this type of modification.
What is Habitat Modification, Cultural Control?
To treat for aphids on a crepe myrtle, you use this type of treatment method so the new leaves and branches uptake the active ingredients to prevent future pests.
what is systemic treatment?
You are treating bush for mosquitoes, you have to treat the underside of the leaves using the mist pattern, what is this spray pattern called?
foliar treatment
The office moves to a new building. They have this many days to notify the Structural Pest Control Board of the change of address.
what is 30 days
You must have this signage on you chemical box visible from atleast 25ft away.
danger/poison