Don’t let your home be home for bugs! 9/20/2006 Susan King Pesticide Coordinator University of Delaware Newark, DE
Dec 20, 2015
Don’t let your home be home for bugs!
9/20/2006
Susan KingPesticide CoordinatorUniversity of Delaware
Newark, DE
Don’t let your home be home for bugs!
• How to find a Pest Management Professional
• Pantry & stored product pests
• Ants
Don’t let your home be home for bugs!
• How to find a Pest Management Professional
• Pantry & stored product pests
• Ants
• Occasional invaders
• Biting insects & spiders
Don’t let your home be home for bugs!
• How to find a Pest Management Professional
• Pantry & stored product pests• Ants• Occasional invaders• Biting insects & spiders• Overwintering pests• Beneficial insects
How to find a Pest Management Professional
Delaware Department of Agriculture Pesticide Compliance Section:
http://www.state.de.us/deptagri/pesticides/index.shtml
How to find a Pest Management Professional
Delaware Department of Agriculture Pesticide Compliance Section:http://www.state.de.us/deptagri/pesticides/index.shtml
1. Licensed Businesses2. Search by Business License
Category3. Enter the License Category to
Search For: General Pest Control 4. Enter the License Category to
Search For: Wood Destroying Pest Control
Pantry & Stored Product Pests
• Indian Meal Moth
• Flour Beetle
• Anobiidae Beetle
• Dermestid Beetle
Indian Meal Moth
• Remove infested foods.
• Store all pantry foods in sealed containers or in the frig/ freezer.
• NO pesticides should be used in the pantry, unless a professional needs to treat cracks & crevices.
Flour Beetle
• Remove infested foods.
• Store all pantry foods in sealed containers or in the frig/ freezer.
• NO pesticides should be used in the pantry, unless a professional needs to treat cracks & crevices.
Cigarette
Beetle
Drug Store
Beetle
Powder Post Beetle
Pantry Pests & Stored Product Pests
Anobiidae Beetle
Anobiidae Beetle
• Must search for source of infestation
• If can not find infested pantry foods, call Professional
Anobiidae Beetle
• Must search for source of infestation
• If can not find infested pantry foods, call Professional
Anobiidae Beetle
•If pantry foods are infested:• Remove infested foods.• Store all pantry foods in sealed containers or in the frig/ freezer.• NO pesticides should be used in the
pantry, unless a professional needs to treat cracks & crevices.
Dermestid Beetles
• Must search for source of infestation
• If can not find infested pantry foods, call Professional
Dermestid Beetles
If pantry foods are infested:• Remove infested foods.• Store all pantry foods in sealed containers or in the frig/ freezer.• NO pesticides should be used in the
pantry, unless a professional needs to treat cracks & crevices.
Ants
• Carpenter Ant• Pharaoh Ant• Thief Ant• Odorous House Ant• Crazy Ant• Little Black Ant• Acrobat Ant• Pavement Ant• Fire Ant
Carpenter Ant Damage
Ants
Carpenter Ant
• Professional should find nest in yard
• Apply pesticide between nest & house
• May need to treat wall voids in house
• Professional may use a bait.
Carpenter Ant
• Professional should find nest in yard
• Apply pesticide between nest & house
• May need to treat wall voids in house
• Professional may use a bait.
• Homeowner-bought baits alone will not solve problem unless colony is eliminated.
Pharaoh Ant
• Pesticide spray causes colony to bud into 2…4…8…
• Only a Professional can identify Pharaoh Ants.
Pharaoh Ant
• Pesticide spray causes colony to bud into 2…4…8…
• Only a Professional can identify Pharaoh Ants.
• Professional can only use a bait for Pharaoh Ant. Can use pesticide for Thief Ant.
Odorous House Ant
• Most common kitchen ant.
• Sanitation will not stop infestation.
• Professional must apply barrier pesticide or a bait.
• Often 2 treatments are needed.
Odorous House Ant
• Most common kitchen ant.
• Sanitation will not stop infestation.
• Professional must apply barrier pesticide or a bait.
• Often 2 treatments are needed.
• Wait 2 weeks to see results.
Odorous House Ant
• Most common kitchen ant.
• Sanitation will not stop infestation.
• Professional must apply barrier pesticide or a bait.
• Often 2 treatments are needed.
• Wait 2 weeks to see results.
• Be patient.
• Box Elder Bug
• Leaf Footed Bug
• Lady Beetles
• Cluster Flies
• Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Over Wintering Pests
• Do not feed in the house over the winter.
• Do not breed in the house over the winter.
Over Wintering Pests
• Do not feed in the house over the winter.
• Do not breed in the house over the winter.
• Are only looking for shelter over the winter
Over Wintering Pests
• Caulk & seal
• Remove with vacuum
• Fly paper/ fly swatter
• Residual Pesticides for flies
• Perimeter pesticide treatment
Over Wintering Pests
Biting Insects & Spiders
Flea
Bed Bug
Fleas
• Treat animal
• Treat outdoor habitat
• Treat indoor habitat
• Spot-On insecticides
• Insect Growth Regulators
Bed Bugs
• Only a Professional can treat for Bed Bugs.
• Remove or treat infested furniture.
• Remove or treat carpet.
Bed Bugs
• Only a Professional can treat for Bed Bugs.
• Remove or treat infested furniture.
• Remove or treat carpet.
• Use residual insecticides.
• Use Insect Growth Regulators.
• May steam-clean mattress.
Occasional Invaders
• Bird Mites• Springtails• Silverfish• Camel Crickets• House Centipedes • Earwigs• Drain Flies• Bottle Flies• Ground Beetles
Springtails
• Springtails do not breed or feed indoors• Homeowner should control moisture• Caulk & seal
• Clean Drains with brush.• Apply an Insect Growth
Regulator.• Microbial cleaners can clean
drain.
Drain Fly