Table of Contents
"The Best Control"
by Stephen Tvedten

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CHAPTER 1
EARTH DAY - April 22, 1994
ADDENDUM
TOXICOLOGY

CHAPTER 2
PEST MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OVERVIEW
WHAT ARE PESTS?
METHODS OF PEST CONTROL
STYLES OF PEST CONTROL
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COMPONENTS
JUST ONE CASE FOR IPM: RESISTANCE
THE MAIN REASON FOR IPM: HEALTH PROBLEMS
SUMMARY AND SOS

CHAPTER 3
WHAT IS IT?
METAMORPHOSIS
DAMAGES

CHAPTER 4
ARTHROPODS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE
PICTORIAL KEYS
CHAPTER 5
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
EQUIPMENT OVERVIEW
VACUUMS
HAND-HELD COMPRESSED AIR SPRAYERS
CANNED INSECTICIDES
CANNED AEROSOL PESTICIDES
CANNED PRESSURIZED LIQUID SPRAYS
DUSTERS
POWER DUSTERS
TRAPS AND BAIT STATIONS
EQUIPMENT SUMMARY
IPM SUMMARY
FINAL IPM COMMENT
A RECENT NCAMP EVALUATION OF FEDERAL "IPM" PRACTICES

CHAPTER 6
THE INSPECTION
LOCATING AND MONITORING PESTS
TOOLS FOR INSPECTION
EXTERIOR INSPECTION
SOME WATER SOURCES
SOME FOOD SOURCES
INTERIOR INSPECTION
ATTIC INSPECTION
CRAWLSPACE/BASEMENT INSPECTION
SHED AND GARAGE INSPECTIONS
SOME SPECIFIC INSPECTION HINTS
BUILDING EXTERIOR ABOVE GROUND LEVEL
INSIDE THE LIVING AREA AND ATTIC
INSPECTION VS. MONITORING
MORE PESTICIDE POISON CONTAMINATION PROBLEMS

CHAPTER 7
TYPICAL PLAN & INSPECTION REPORTS
PTA PESTICIDE POSITION STATEMENT
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY PESTICIDE WARNING

CHAPTER 8
DETECTION, MONITORING DEVICES & THRESHOLD LIMITS
PESTICIDE CONTROL SERVICES CAUTION

CHAPTER 9
HABITAT MODIFICATION & INCOMING GOODS INSPECTION
HOW TO BEGIN TO CHANGE THE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE
VACUUMING NOTES
EXCLUSION
PEST EXCLUSION MATERIALS
INCOMING MATERIAL INSPECTIONS
WAYS SOME PESTS GAIN ENTRY INTO BUILDINGS

CHAPTER 10
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION
CLASSIFICATIONS
FEDERAL PESTICIDE LAWS
THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA)
STATE, TRIBAL AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS
SUMMARY
PESTICIDE POISON NOTE
MORE ON THE HEALTH PROBLEMS/RISKS OF SYNTHETIC PESTICIDE POISONS
 

CHAPTER 11
BASIC CONTROL OVERVIEW
AFTER SHAVE
ALKA SELTZER®
AMMONIA
AROMATIC PLANTS
BAKING SODA
BEER
BENEFICIALS
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
BIO PATH ® BAIT STATIONS
BLACK PEPPER
BLOOD MEAL
BOILING WATER
BORAX, OR SODIUM BORATE
BORIC ACID
BORON
BOTANICAL PESTICIDES
BOTANICALS
BOTTLE
BUTTERMILK
CANDLES
CANS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CAT LITTER
CHALK, TALCUM POWDER AND MEDICATED POWDERS
CLAW HAMMER
CUCUMBER
DEHUMIDIFIERS
DEODORIZER
DEVICES
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH
DRILLS
DOLLAR BILL
DRY ICE AND/OR CARBON DIOXIDE
EGGS
EGG SHELLS
ENZYME CLEANERS
EXCLUSION
FANS
FENCING, SCREENS AND CHICKEN WIRE
FREEZING
FRESH BAY LEAVES AND PEELED GARLIC CLOVES
GARLIC
GARLIC OIL
GEOTEXTILE FABRIC
GOLD FISH
GRAVEL
GRITS
GUM
HABITAT REDUCTION
HAIR
HAIR SPRAY
HEATING
HOME-MADE PESTICIDES
HYDRATED LIME
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
IMAGINATION
INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS
INSECTICIDAL SOAPS OR PREFORMED ENZYME CLEANERS
INSPECTION
LEAST TOXIC PESTICIDES
LIGHTS
LIMONENE AND LINALOOL
MARIGOLDS
MICROWAVE
MINT
MOTH CRYSTALS
MUSIC/NOISE
NEEM
NEGATIVE ION PLATES
NEWSPAPER
OAK LEAVES
ORGANIC MOSQUITO REPELLENTS
PEAS
PEPPERMINT
PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE
PLAIN WATER
PLANTS
POISONOUS PLANTS
POLYPROPYLENE BIRD NETTING
POWER WASHERS
PROPER PLANT CHOICE
PREFORMED ENZYME CLEANERS
PYRETHRUM
RADIOS
RHUBARB
RINSE-AND-VACS AND OR VACUUMS
SALT
SAND
SCARECROWS
SCENTED GERANIUMS, SASSAFRAS, SWEET BASIL, UCALYPTUS TREES
SILICA AEROGELS
SMELLY SNEAKERS
SOAP
SODIUM BORATE WOOD PRESERVATIVES
SPOT TREATMENTS WITH PESTICIDE POISONS
PESTICIDE POISON NOTE
SPRINKLERS
STINGING NETTLES (URTICA DIOCIA)
STRING
SUGAR
SYNTHETIC PESTICIDE POISONS
TALCUM POWDER AND/OR MEDICATED BODY POWDERS
TENNIS BALL
TIN FOIL OR ALUMINUN FOIL
TOOTHBRUSH
TRAPPING
UREA
VEGETABLE OIL
VENTILATION
VINEGAR
WALNUT SHELLS
WELL-USED KITTY LITTER
WORMWOOD (ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM)
GARLIC CAUTION
ENZYME CLEANER CAUTIONS

CHAPTER 12
SYNTHETIC PESTICIDE POISONS
HISTORY OF PESTICIDE CONTROL
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
RESPIRATOR
CONTAMINATED PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
TECHNIQUES TO WASHING
PESTICIDES ARE NOW GROUPED INTO FOUR CATEGORIES
CHEMICAL ORIGIN
INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS
MICROBIAL PESTICIDES
MOTH BALLS
PETROLEUM OILS
PHEROMONES
DISPOSAL OF LEFTOVER DILUTED PESTICIDE POISONS
RECORD KEEPING
FIRST AID
PESTICIDE LEAKS AND SPILLS
PESTICIDE POISON FIRES
PESTICIDE POISON THEFTS
MISAPPLICATION OF PESTICIDE POISONS
LIABILITY
CONCLUSION
PESTICIDE USE CAUTIONS

CHAPTER 13
PESTICIDES ARE NOT PESTISAFES
THREE ROUTES OF ENTRY
DUTY TO WARN
ACTIVE INGREDIENT
THE TOXIC PROBLEM
THE SOLUTION
WARNING: WHEN USED AS DIRECTED PESTICIDES KILL
WHY 99.9 PERCENT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH

CHAPTER 14
ANTS
AN ANT DIAGRAM
HOW YOU CAN DISTINGUISH ANTS FROM TERMITES
PEST OVERVIEW
ANT CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT
HYMENOPTERA OVERVIEW
ANT SPECIFICS
GENERAL CONTROL NOTES
CONTROL OVERVIEW
ACROBAT ANTS
ALLEGHENY MOUND ANT
ARGENTINE ANT
CARPENTER ANT
THE CRAZY ANT
HARVESTER ANT
LARGE(R) YELLOW ANT
(TEXAS) LEAF CUTTING OR FUNGUS GROWING ANT
LITTLE BLACK ANT
THE LITTLE FIRE ANT
ODOROUS HOUSE ANT
PAVEMENT ANT
PHARAOH ANT
PYRAMID ANT
FIRE ANT
SOUTHERN FIRE ANT
THIEF ANT
ANT CONTROL SUMMARY
FIRE ANT CONTROL NOTE
BLOOD FEEDERS OVERVIEW
WHAT IS NEEM?

CHAPTER
HUMAN LICE
HEAD LICE
BODY LICE
CRAB LICE
ONE "LAST" TOXIC CONTROL CAUTION/WARNING

CHAPTER 16
CONENOSE BUGS
BITING BUGS

CHAPTER 17
BEDBUGS
BAT BUGS
CAUTION

CHAPTER 18
FLEAS
PEST OVERVIEW
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT
HABITAT ALTERATION
CONTROL
FOLLOW-UP
SUMMARY
CAT FLEA
DOG FLEA
HUMAN FLEA
EUROPEAN MOUSE FLEA
NORTHERN RAT FLEA
ORIENTAL RAT FLEA
STICKLIGHT FLEA
GROUND SQUIRREL FLEA
INTEGRATED PEST CONTROL MEASURES
CULTURAL, PHYSICAL CONTROL AND SANITATION
HARBORAGE POINTS
CONTROLS
WAYS TO REDUCE FLEAS ON PETS THAT LIVE IN BUILDINGS
IPM OR LEAST-TOXIC FLEA CONTROL SUMMARY
FLEA TRAPS
FINAL COMMENTS ON YOUR PET'S FLEAS

CHAPTER 19
TICKS AND MITES
PEST OVERVIEW
GENERAL CLASS DESCRIPTION
TICKS
LIFE CYCLE
ATTACHMENT AND FEEDING
MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF TICKS
TICKS AND DISEASES
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
BROWN DOG TICK
DEER/BEER TICK
AMERICAN DOG TICK
LONE STAR TICK
ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOOD TICK, ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER TICK
WESTERN BLACK-LEGGED TICK
EASTERN BLACK-LEGGED TICK
GROUNDHOG TICK
COMMON FOWL TICK 396
RELAPSING FEVER TICK
IPM CONTROL
MAKE AND USE A TICK FLAG OR TICK DRAG
LYME DISEASE
TREATMENT NOTES
TICK PEST MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
HABITAT ALTERATION 399
PESTICIDE CONTROL
TO CONTROL TICKS ON PETS
FOLLOW UP
TICK REMOVAL
HUMAN ITCH MITE OR SCABIE MITE
HOUSE DUST MITES
BIRD MITES
MORE METHODS TO MANAGE DUST MITE ALLERGIES

CHAPTER 20
BEES, YELLOWJACKETS, HORNETS AND WASPS
PEST OVERVIEW AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION
HOW TO AVOID BEING STUNG
BEES AND WASPS
HONEYBEE
PAPER AND UMBRELLA WASPS
SOLITARY WASPS
CARPENTER BEE OVERVIEW
PAPER WASPS OVERVIEW
YELLOWJACKETS OVERVIEW
AERIAL NESTERS
UNDERGROUND NESTERS
WESTERN YELLOW JACKET
COMMON YELLOW JACKET
EASTERN YELLOW JACKET
SOUTHERN YELLOW JACKET
GERMAN YELLOW JACKET
GIANT HORNET
BALD- OR WHITE-FACED HORNET
MANAGEMENT OF YELLOWJACKETS
IPM WASP & BEE CONTROL STRATEGIES
AFRICANIZED HONEY BEE
SUMMARY
FINAL NOTE
SWARM TRAPS & BUMBLE BEES

CHAPTER 21
STINGING CATERPILLAR
CHAPTER 22
MOSQUITOES
LIFE HISTORY OF THE MALARIA PARASITE
PEST OVERVIEW
HOW BTI WORKS TO CONTROL MOSQUITOES
OTHER WAYS TO CONTROL MOSQUITOES
CONTROL OVERVIEW
DEET NOTE
NATURAL FLOODWATER AND SALT MARSH MOSQUITO CONTROL
OVERALL CONTROL SUMMARY

CHAPTER 23
SPIDERS
PEST OVERVIEW
SPIDERS ARE SELDOM IGNORED
SOME SPIDER FACTS
SPIDERS IN LEGEND
BLACK WIDOW SPIDER
BROWN RECLUSE OR FIDDLEBACK SPIDER
TREATMENT FOR THE BITE
BROWN RECLUSE AND BLACK WIDOW SPIDER CONTROL NOTES
AGGRESSIVE HOUSE SPIDER
BANDED GARDEN SPIDER
COBWEB SPIDERS
CRAB SPIDERS
FUNNEL WEAVERS OR GRASS SPIDERS
HOUSE SPIDER
JUMPING SPIDER
LONG-BODIED CELLAR SPIDER
OECOBIUS PARIENTALIS
SHORT-BODIED CELLAR SPIDER
SOUTHWESTERN TARANTULA
OTHER TARANTULAS
WEB WEAVING SPIDERS
WOLF SPIDERS
YELLOW HOUSE SPIDER
SPIDERS IN BOATHOUSES
SPIDERS ON MONUMENTS
WANDERING SPIDERS
PEST MANAGEMENT OF WANDERING SPIDERS
SUMMARY
CONTROL (GENERAL FOR MOST SPECIES)
FOLLOW-UP

CHAPTER 24
SCORPIONS AND IMAGINATION
DIAGRAM OF SCORPION
SCORPION OVERVIEW
PEST DISCUSSION
DESCRIPTION
PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE
CONTROL
IMAGINARY ITCHES
ENTOMOPHOBIA
CONTAGIOUS HYSTERIA
DELUSORY PARASITOSIS
SUMMARY

CHAPTER 25
BARKLICE OR BOOKLICE OR PSOCIDS
CHAPTER 26
THE BEST CONTROL FOR ROACHES
LIFE CYCLE OF THE COCKROACH
PEST OVERVIEW
DESCRIPTION
BASIC THEORY OF COCKROACH CONTROL
GERMAN COCKROACH
BROWN-BANDED COCKROACH
AMERICAN COCKROACH
ORIENTAL COCKROACH
WOOD COCKROACHES
FIELD OR VEGA COCKROACH
SMOKY BROWN COCKROACH
BROWN COCKROACH
AUSTRALIAN COCKROACH
SURINAM COCKROACH
ASIAN COCKROACH
COCKROACH CONTROL OVERVIEW
COCKROACH RESISTANCE

CHAPTER 27
FABRIC PESTS
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
CARPET BEETLE OVERVIEW
HIDE AND CARPET BEETLE
HIDE AND LARDER BEETLES
INCINERATOR BEETLE
BLACK CARPET BEETLE
COMMON, FURNITURE AND VARIED CARPET BEETLES
WAREHOUSE AND CABINET BEETLES OR TROGODERMA BEETLES
CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF CARPET BEETLES
CARPET BEETLE DESCRIPTION
CLOTHES MOTH OVERVIEW
CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CLOTHES MOTH
CLOTHES MOTHS DESCRIPTION
INITIAL SUMMARY
COMMON CARPET BEETLE
BLACK CARPET BEETLE
VARIED CARPET BEETLE
FURNITURE CARPET BEETLE
BLACK LARDER BEETLE & INCINERATOR BEETLE
LARDER BEETLE
HIDE BEETLE & LEATHER BEETLE
WAREHOUSE BEETLE OR CABINET BEETLES OR TROGODERMA BEETLES
WEBBING CLOTHES MOTH
CASEMAKING CLOTHES MOTH
CARPET MOTH OR TAPESTRY MOTH OR WHITE-TIP CLOTHES MOTH 519
IPM GUIDELINES FOR CARPET BEETLE CONTROL
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR CLOTHES MOTHS
PORPHYRIC HERBICIDES AND INSECTICIDE NOTE

CHAPTER 28
STORED PRODUCT PESTS
PEST OVERVIEW
DETROIT FREE PRESS ARTICLE
CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW
GENERAL CONTROL OVERVIEW
CONFUSED FLOUR BEETLE & RED FLOUR BEETLE
SAW-TOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE AND MERCHANT GRAIN BEETLE
GRANARY WEEVIL AND RICE WEEVIL
CABINET OR WAREHOUSE BEETLES
LESSER GRAIN BORER
BEAN WEEVIL
BLACK CARPET BEETLE
DRUG STORE BEETLE
SEED BEETLE OR PEA AND BEAN WEEVIL
GRAIN MOTH OVERVIEW
ANGOUMOIS GRAIN MOTH
INDIAN MEAL MOTH
MEDITERRANEAN FLOUR MOTH
ALMOND MOTH
KHAPRA BEETLE
CADELLE BEETLE
SPIDER BEETLES
GOLDEN SPIDER BEETLE
CIGARETTE OR TOBACCO BEETLE
HIDE AND LARDER BEETLES
PESTS OF MOLDY, DAMP OR OUT-OF-CONDITION GRAIN AND GRAIN PRODUCTS
PSOCIDS
TRYOGLYPHID, CHEESE, FLOUR OR GRAIN MITES
OVERVIEW OF IPM GUIDELINES FOR STORED-PRODUCT INSECTS
INSPECTION, MONITORING AND DETECTION
EXCLUSION
SANITATION
MODIFYING THE ENVIRONMENT
HEAT OR COLD CONTROLS
TOXIC NOTE

CHAPTER 29
CRICKETS
GRADUAL METAMORPHOSIS OF A CRICKET
PEST OVERVIEW
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
CAMEL CRICKET
FIELD CRICKET
GROUND CRICKETS
HOUSE CRICKET
JERUSALEM OR STONE CRICKET
MOLE CRICKET
TREE CRICKETS
IPM CONTROL

CHAPTER 30
FLIES
LIFE CYCLE OF THE HOUSE FLY
FLY ANATOMY
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
PEST OVERVIEW
HOUSE FLY & LITTLE HOUSE FLY
FACE FLY
STABLE FLY
BLACK BLOW FLY, GREEN BOTTLE FLY, BLUE BOTTLE FLY
CLUSTER FLY
DRAIN AND MOTH FLIES
FRUIT FLIES AND PHORID FLIES OVERVIEW
VINEGAR OR FRUIT FLY
PHORID FLIES
FUNGUS GNATS
MIDGES
SUMMARY
NON-TOXIC FRUIT FLY CONTROL
ALTERNATIVE FLY CONTROL
ENZYME SPRAYS
NEGATIVE ION PLATES

CHAPTER 31
OCCASIONAL INVADERS
OCCASIONAL INVADERS OVERVIEW
IPM CONTROL OVERVIEW
BOX ELDER BUG
ELM LEAF BEETLE
GROUND BEETLES
EARWIGS
EUROPEAN EARWIG
RIPARIAN OR SHORE OR STRIPED EARWIG
RED-LEGGED EARWIGS
EARWIG OVERALL COMMENTARY
SILVERFISH & FIREBRATS
SPRINGTAILS
SOW BUGS AND PILL BUGS
CENTIPEDES
MILLIPEDES
SPIDER MITES
GYPSY MOTHS, HELIX WORMS, BAG WORMS
CHIGGERS
CLOVER (OR BROWN) MITE
SNAILS AND SLUGS
SWIMMING POOL INSECTS

CHAPTER 32
VERTEBRATES
INTRODUCTION TO RODENTS AND OTHER VERTEBRATE PESTS
OVERVIEW
THE BEST BAITS
HUMAN DISEASES
HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME (HPS)
ENTRY
CONTROL OVERVIEW
INSPECTION
BAT OVERVIEW
BIRD OVERVIEW
RODENT OVERVIEW
LARGER VERTEBRATE OVERVIEW
PRINCIPLES OF RODENT CONTROL
RAT OVERVIEW
RATS AS DISEASE CARRIERS
KINDS OF RATS
HABITS OF RATS
SENSES OF RATS
FEAR OF NEW OBJECTS (NEOPHOBIA)
FOOD & WATER
RANGE
NESTS
INSPECTION
CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT
SUMMARY
NORWAY RAT
ROOF RAT
HOUSE MICE OVERVIEW
LOSSES DUE TO MICE
MICE AS DISEASE CARRIERS
APPEARANCE
HABITS OF HOUSE MICE
SENSES OF MICE
CURIOSITY
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
FOOD AND WATER
RANGE
NESTS
INSPECTION
CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT
SUMMARY
HOUSE MOUSE
IPM RODENT HABITAT MODIFICATION AND SANITATION
PRINCIPLES OF RODENT CONTROL
RODENT CONTROL WITH LIQUID POISON BAITS
ARMADILLOS
DEER
FERAL DOGS AND CATS
FERAL HOUSE CATS
POCKET GOPHERS
DEER MICE
MEADOW MICE
MOLES
SKUNKS, RACCOONS AND OPOSSUMS OVERVIEW
SKUNKS
RACCOONS
OPOSSUMS
PORCUPINES
SHREWS
TREE SQUIRRELS
EASTERN GRAY SQUIRRELS AND WESTERN GRAY SQUIRRELS
RED ("PINEY" OR "CHICKADEE") SQUIRRELS
FOX SQUIRRELS
SOUTHERN FLYING SQUIRRELS AND NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRRELS
IPM SQUIRREL CONTROL
GROUND SQUIRRELS
CHIPMUNKS
RABBITS
SNAKES
WOODCHUCK AND/OR MARMOT

CHAPTER 33
BATS
OVERVIEW
DISEASES TRANSMITTED BY BATS
CHEMICAL CONTROL
EXCLUSION
HOW TO REMOVE A STRAY BAT FROM YOUR BUILDING 707
BIG BROWN BAT
LITTLE BROWN BAT
MEXICAN FREE-TAILED BAT
CONTROL CAUTION
TYPES OF WEATHERSTRIPPING
OUTSIDE CONTROL
TREATMENT - DIRECT CHEMICAL CONTROLS
SUMMARY
DID YOU KNOW

CHAPTER 34
BIRDS
INITIAL DISCUSSION
INITIAL OVERVIEW
CONTROL SUMMARY
PIGEONS
STARLINGS
HOUSE OR ENGLISH SPARROWS
OTHER BIRDS
SOME HEALTH HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH BIRDS
DEFACEMENT AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
TOOLS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PEST BIRDS
HABITAT MODIFICATION
EXCLUSION 728
REPELLENTS
TRAPPING
LETHAL ALTERNATIVES
PUBLIC RELATIONS
BIRD DROPPINGS REMOVAL AND CLEAN-UP
NOTES
IPM BIRD CONTROL SUMMARY

CHAPTER 35
WOOD DESTROYING ORGANISMS
FORWARD
INITIAL COMMENTS
SAND BARRIER
THE INSPECTION
HOW YOU CAN DISTINGUISH ANTS FROM TERMITES
TERMITE LIFE CYCLE
SODIUM BORATE HELPS WOOD BITE BACK
SUBTERRANEAN (BELOW THE EARTH) TERMITES
SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES OF NORTH AMERICA
SPECIFY THE CORRECT TREATMENT AND CONTROL
PREVENTION OF SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE ATTACK DURING CONSTRUCTION
CLEARANCE BETWEEN WOOD AND SOIL
TERMITE SHIELDS
VENTILATION
CONCRETE SLAB-ON-GROUND FOUNDATION
BASIC CHECKLIST FOR TERMITE PROBLEMS
DRYWOOD TERMITES
COMMON SPECIES
POWDER POST TERMITES
ROTTEN WOOD, DAMP WOOD TERMITES
TREE-NESTING (ARBOREAL) TERMITES
CARPENTER ANTS
CARPENTER ANT CONTROL
CARPENTER BEES
OTHER WOOD DESTROYING ORGANISMS
POWDER POST BEETLES
TRUE POWDER POST BEETLES
FALSE OR LARGE POWDER POST BEETLES
POWDER POST BEETLE CONTROL
FURNITURE, TIMBER, DEATHWATCH BEETLES
ROUND HEADED BORERS OR "LONG -HORNED" BEETLES
OLD HOUSE BORER
BARK AND TIMBER BEETLES
WHARF BORER
FLATHEADED (OR METALLIC WOOD) BORERS
WOOD WASPS (HORNTAILS)
WOOD-BORING WEEVILS
OVERVIEW OF DAMAGE
SPECIFIC KEYS
WOOD DECAY
SURFACE MOLDS OR MILDEWS
SAPSTAIN (or BLUESTAIN) FUNGI
(CUBICAL) BROWN ROT
WATER-CONDUCTING FUNGI
SOFT ROT
WHITE ROT
WHITE-POCKET ROT
DECAY CONTROLS
WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO ACCURATELY INSPECT YOUR HOME
HOW TO BEGIN YOUR HOME INSPECTION
REPORT WHERE ALL THE PROBLEMS WERE FOUND
CAUTION
NOW GO OUTSIDE
COMPILING THE INSPECTION RESULTS
THE GRAPH
THE LABEL
PENALTIES
SYNTHETIC RESIDUAL PESTICIDE POISON COMMENTARY
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
CORRECTING MOISTURE PROBLEMS
PERMANENT WOOD DESTROYING ORGANISM CONTROL
GLYCOL ETHERS CAUTION
THE GREATEST "SECRET" OF CONTROL
SUPPLEMENTAL SECTION
ONE "LAST" PESTICIDE WARNING
ALTERNATIVE TERMITE CONTROL
CHAPTER 36
CAREFREE YARD AND LAWN MAINTENANCE
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IPM
HOW TO BEGIN AN IPM PROGRAM
SAFETY AND LIABILITY
PROPER PLANT/TURF SELECTION
SELECTED LAWN GRASSES
THE SOIL TEST
TYPES OF SOIL
ORGANIC FERTILIZER
LIMING
OTHER MINERALS
WEED CONTROL OVERVIEW
TYPICAL WEEDS
SPOT REPAIRS
WEED CONTROL
PHYSICAL CONTROL
BIOHERBICIDE
MECHANICAL WEED CONTROL
CULTURAL CONTROL OF WEEDS
CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL
WEED PESTS
CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE
SEEDING
WATERING
MOWING
RECOMMENDED MOWING HEIGHT
CUTTING SUMMARY
GRASS ROOTS
CLOVER, EARTHWORMS AND MICROORGANISMS
THATCH
SEVERAL DETHATCHING TECHNIQUES
BIO-DETHATCHING
MECHANICAL DETHATCHING
AERATION
CHOICE OF SEED OR SOD
TO START A NEW LAWN
ALLOW A FEW WEEDS
WEEDS AND "INJURIES"
PEST CONTROL INDUSTRY CAUTION
CONTROLLING LAWN DISEASES/FUNGI
BUG JUICE SPRAY
CONTROLLING INSECT PESTS
APHIDS
ARMYWORM
BEETLES
BILLBUGS
BLACK TURFGRASS ATAENIUS
CATERPILLARS
CHINCH BUG
CUTWORM
GRASSHOPPER
GREENBUGS OR APHIDS
GRUB
JAPANESE BEETLE
LACEBUGS
LEAF HOPPERS
MOLE CRICKETS
NEMATODES
POTATO LEAFHOPPER
SCALE
SNAILS AND SLUGS
SOD WEBWORM
SPIDER MITES
WIRE WORMS
CHICKEN CONTROL
NEEM NOTE
SYNTHETIC PESTICIDE WARNING
IPM PEST CONTROL OVERVIEW
SEAWEED AND FISH EMULSION SPRAYS
CHINCH BUGS
FUNGUS PROBLEMS
WEEDS
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
NATURAL LAWN MAINTENANCE CONCLUSION
COMPOST PILES
WATERING INSTRUCTIONS
WEEDING AND BED MAINTENANCE
COMPOST MANAGEMENT
LIMING
ORGANIC MATERIALS FOR IMPROVING SOIL TILTH
ROLES OF SELECTED NUTRIENTS
FALL CLEAN-UP
TREE AND SHRUB CARE
NATURAL ORGANIC TREE FEEDING
TREE INJURY NOTE
PRUNING
CONCLUSIONS
NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL
Acknowledgments/Bibliography/References
Glossary of Terms
Index
 

IPM WARNING/CAUTION
The terminology IPM or Integrated Pest Management as used by the indoor pest controlcompanies is meaningless. They become IPM experts by sitting in a good old boysmeeting for 1 - 3 hours and are state qualified IPM practitioners, and then theycontinue to spray their poisons as usual!Even the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now distributing materials , e.g.,"Integrated Pest Management in Schools" and "Pest Control in the SchoolEnvironment: Adopting Integrated Pest Management" from a cooperative IPM effortwith pesticide manufacturers, formulators and professional applicators, e.g., the pestcontrol industry trade group RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment), theNational Pest Control Association (NPCA) and the Professional Lawn Care Association(PLCAA) who paid for all of the printing and mailing.RISE executive director Allen James said, "IPM, including the use of specialtypesticides, assures that our children and school personnel can enjoy a safe and healthyacademic environment." The EPA material states, "There are, of course, many pestproblems that require the use of pesticides." As you read and use this manual ofIntelligent Pest Management you will find that volatile, synthetic pesticide poisons arereally not needed, are harmful and actually increase pest problems, contamination andcosts. You should never need to hire any professional poison applicators or use anydangerous synthetic pesticide poisons again!Consultation Note: For a $30 annual personal fee, Get Set, Inc. provides free mail orphone consultations on all the materials covered in this manual/CD and any newlydeveloped alternatives, techniques products and current health concerns. Call1-800-221-6188 to order.
 

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