IPM (Integrated Pest Management)

Common sense pest control

Is an effective but also an environmentally friendly approach on managing pests

You need to understand the specific needs of the pests to put IPM into action

1.) INSPECT & INVESTIGATE (the detective stage)

-gather clues(interviewing people)

-inspect the buildings and grounds to know the problem that needs to be fixed

-results from the inspection should be written down as in what specific evidence that they found in each room

2.) IDENTIFY & LEARN-identify what pest you are going against

-educate your knowledge on the pest by reading about its life-cycle, food sources, habitats, special skills, and usual enemies

3.) MONITOR-inspecting of areas where pests are occurring an where they might

occur Monitoring traps tells us: -if the population of the pest is decreasing or going up-if the make-up of the population is changing-what direction are they traveling in

4.) CHOOSE CONTROL METHODS-info gathered in previous steps helps choose the best control

methods for the situation Types of control methods: habitat modification, physical,

biological control, and pesticides

5.) EVALUATE-allows you to improve and adjust the program-provides an chance for the participants in the IPM program to look

at the monitoring records and check if the program is using the right solutions in fixing the pest problems

Questions to be asked:-were the actions we took necessary?-did we solve the problems from the actions and treatments we

used?-could we have done it better next time?- Better info to aid us in pest management decisions in the future?

6.) EDUCATE-helps people be more aware of how they throw out their trash and

store food ( is a key part to productively managing pests)

It’s an environmentally friendly way of solving pest issues

Pesticide use might contaminate the food you eat, the water you drink, and you yourself

IPM pesticide’s have the lowest amount of toxic in it

1.) SANITATION- Frequent and careful cleaning to eliminate the food pests

eatEx. Wiping down countertops with Lysol wipes and cleaning the

places that you use to wash and clean things can help control pests.

2.) Physical- Involves mechanical/non-chemical ways of eliminating pests or

preventing them to enter a certain areaEx. You can use traps or barriers to capture pests.

3.) Biological Control- Relies on natural enemies of the pestEx. A toad can eat 3,000 grubs, slugs, or beetles every month.

4.) Pesticides- Help eliminate existing pests (habitat modification)Ex. You can use insecticides(type of pesticides) to kill spiders and

fleas.

5.) Cultural- reduces the conditions that the pest needs to liveEx. crop rotation, pruning, varying planting dates, and good

sanitation

6.) Chemical- involves the use of naturally resulting or made pesticides. IPM

programs choose the least toxic, most specific pesticide and aim them at where the pests are living.

Ex.

It’s non-native to PA-came from Asia

Agrilus planipennis

Very small, metallic-like green beetles Up to 3/8 - ½ inches long and 1/16 inches wide Creates a D shaped hole as it chews its self out beneath the

bark of ash trees (late May through mid-July) Never wonders more than one mile away from where it exited

a tree, to search for a mate Female lays 60-90 eggs in a crack of an ash tree bark

Life span: 3-6 weeks

Egg: very small (1mm), - mother leaves them in a black crack, - larvae hatch from egg and immediately chew their way into the

tree Larva(immature stage of EAB): white& slightly

flattened,1.5 inch in length (full grown)-Wind back and forth as they feed creating galleries (S-shaped

patterns)-Feed under bark for 1 or 2 years and can survive in green wood Adult: 3/8 – ½ in. long & 1/16 inch wide & very small - Live a total of 3 to weeks

- Emerges and creates a D shaped hole as it chews its self out beneath the bark of ash trees (late May through mid-July)

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