URBAN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

A Guide for Commercial Applicators

INTRODUCTION

Acknowledgements,

Preface                                                 Pest Control in Urban and Industrial Sites

Chapter One                                                         Pest Management and Control

Chapter Two                                  Using Equipment in Urban Pest Management

Chapter Three                                                                   Laws and Regulations

MODULE ONE                                       STRUCTURE INFESTING PESTS

Chapter One                                           Introduction: Insects and Their Relatives

Chapter Two                                                                                 Cockroaches

Chapter Three                                                                                            Ants

Chapter Four                                                                      Stored Product Pests

Chapter Five                                                                                    Fabric Pests

Chapter Six                                                                     Silverfish and Firebrats;

Chapter Seven                                                                                           Fleas

MODULE TWO                                                              INVADING PESTS

Introduction

Chapter One                                                           Houseflies and their Relatives

Chapter Two                                                                                Stinging Pests

Chapter Three                                                                                        Spiders

Chapter Four                                                          Ticks, Mites, Bedbugs & Lice

Chapter Five                                                                    Miscellaneous Invaders

MODULE THREE                                                             VERTEBRATES

Chapter One                             Introduction: Rodents and Other Vertebrate Pests

Chapter Two                                                                                              Rats

Chapter Three                                                                                           Mice

Chapter Four                                                                                            Birds

Chapter Five                                                                    Other Vertebrate Pests

APPENDICES

Appendix A                                                             Answers to Study Questions

Appendix B                                                                       Selected Bibliography

Appendix C                                                                                         Glossary

INTRODUCTION

PEST MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

PEST CONTROL IN URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL SITES

Responsibilities of Supervisors and Technicians ..................................... I

                       PEST MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

What are Pests? ................................................................................................. I

Ecosystem .......................................................................................................... I

Methods of Pest Control .............................................................................. I

Inspection ........................................................................................................... I

Habitat Alteration ............................................................................................ I

Pesticide Application ....................................................................................... I

Follow-up .......................................................................................................... 2

Styles of Pest Control ..................................................................................... 2

Preventive Pest Control ................................................................................. 2

Reactive Pest Control ..................................................................................... 2

Pest Elimination or Pest Extermination .................................................... 3

Integrated Pest Management ........................................................................ 3

Integrated Pest Management Components .............................................. 4

Monitoring and Recordkeeping .................................................................. 4

Education, Training, Communication and Liaisons .............................. 4

Integrated Control Methods ........................................................................ 4

Thresholds ......................................................................................................... 4

Evaluation, Quality Control, and Reporting ............................................ 4

A Case for IPM: Resistance .......................................................................... 4

How Pests Become Resistant to Pesticides .............................................. 4

How to Recognize Resistance ...................................................................... 4

The Way to Prevent Resistance .................................................................... 5

Summary ............................................................................................................ 5

Study Questions ............................................................................................... 6

                                     USING EQUIPMENT IN URBAN PEST MANAGEMENT

Hand-held Compressed Air Sprayers ........................................................ I

Spray Patterns .................................................................................................... 2

Pressure ............................................................................................................... 2

Power Sprayers ................................................................................................. 2

Why Calibrate Spraying Equipment? .......................................................... 3

Canned Insecticides ......................................................................................... 3

Canned Aerosol Insecticides ......................................................................... 3

Canned Pressurized Liquid Sprays .............................................................. 3

Aerosol and Fog Generators ........................................................................ 3

Cold Foggers .................................................................................................... 4

Thermal Foggers .............................................................................................. 4

For General Application ................................................................................ 4

Dusters ................................................................................................................ 4

                                          HandDusters  ............................................................................................... 5

                                                                       Power Dusters .......................................................................... 5

               Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Traps, Bait Boxes, Monitoring Devices, and

Pheromone Dispensers ............................................... 5

Bait Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6

Study Questions.....................................................................  7

 LAWS AND REGULATIONS

             Applicator Certification ........................................................... I

             Certification .......................................................................... I

             Certification Records ..............................................................I

             Classifications ........................................................................... I

             Federal Commercial Categories ................................................. 2

                                        Federal Pesticide Laws                               

                                      The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) ........ 2

             State, Tribal, and Local Laws and Regulations ............................3

             Protection: The Applicator's Responsibility .................................. 3

             Summary ....................................................................................... 3

           Study Questions.............................................................................. 4

STRUCTURE INFESTING PESTS

COCKROACHES

German Cockroach 
Brown Banded Cockroach . .
American Cockroach 
Oriental Cockroach 
Smoky-Brown Cockroach
Brown Cockroach 
Australian Cockroach . .
Surinam Cockroach 
Woods Cockroach 
Asian Cockroach 

Study Questions ......

CHAPTER THREE ANTS

Large Ants 

Small to Medium Sized Ants 

STORED PRODUCT PESTS

FABRIC PESTS