The bugs crawled up their walls and down their arms. The van Dams accidentally squished them when they sat down and woke up at night when the buzzed past their pillows. Robert van Dam spent much of the past year tinkering with a handmade …
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Va. Supreme Court: Noncompete pacts can't be too broad
Washington Post 4, brings to a close a 2009 lawsuit that Home Paramount Pest Control filed against a former employee at its Falls Church branch who the company said illegally courted Home Paramount customers after going to work for a Springfield-based competitor, … |
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Rats share rooms at guest house
IBNLive.com These rats were found during a pest control programme conducted at the guest house. “On the first day of the programme, we found as many as 84 rats. In the next few days we had 120 of them. Most of them were found in the kitchen,” said a staff involved … |
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Australia redback spiders in Britain: Creepy crawlies invading our homes from …
Daily Mail The survey of local authority pest control teams illustrates the wide variety of exotic pests now established in UK homes – and experts believe their numbers are increasing. Among the most terrifying revelations are the numerous sightings of the … Deadly Australian spider comes to BritainTelegraph.co.uk |
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Agriculture officers to lecture on pest management
Antigua Observer ST JOHN'S, Antigua — The Agricultural Extension Services Division (AESD) will be holding an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) workshop for agricultural producers on November 16at the Fisheries Complex at Point Wharf. The overall objective of the … |
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Food and pest industries unite to reduce foodborne illness
Australian Hospitality Magazine The code details the expectations food businesses should have of their pest managers. Image: buyemergencyfoods.com There are more than five million cases of foodborne illnesses suffered by Australians each year, and pest managers are now calling for a … |
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Rodents are number one pest problem for hospitality and catering SMEs
Eat Out Magazine Pest infestations are a very real problem for over one in 10 UK SMEs and the figure is far higher for businesses in the hotel, catering and hospitality sectors. That's according to new research from Rentokil. The research from the experts in pest … |
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QUESTION:
German cockroaches: before we seal around pipe
openings under sinks of apartments, is it best to
leave gel bait on pipes, spray in gap with
insecticide/igr mix, or dust?
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Good question, and I think we should consider what our longest term goal is when we put the insecticide into that gap that then is permanently closed. By the way, wonderful that you consider this IPM step, rather than the idea that every time you visit this account you add another application of contact insecticide into that opening. So much better, I believe, to just eliminate the opening.
Since we can only kill a cockroach one time perhaps we should look at the products that are going to provide the longest residual once we close an opening. Since it is possible that future roaches could move around in the void behind that former opening it would be desirable to kill those as well. Sprayed products and baits are going to have a relatively short residual or acceptance – months perhaps, but still short. But, dust formulations of inorganic active ingredients will last for many years if that void inside remains dry. Since we still believe that actives such as silica gel dust (Drione, Tri-die) or Diatomaceous Earth (MotherEarth D, Alpine D) can be very effective on cockroaches, these might be the best choice. They also present the least hazard to any people or pets that might possibly contact them in the future.
Puffing the dust in with a hand held bulb duster or plunger duster like the Mini Dust-R will create some turbulence that helps to push the dust further into the void, and if you really wanted to get the dust dispersed well you could go with a small battery operated duster such as the Exacticide or Power Puff. These look like cordless drills and run on a rechargable battery, and are very convenient for dusting into voids through small openings.
Injecting an IGR ahead of time, perhaps from an aerosol to keep the interior of that void dry, might be useful too. If roaches are inhabiting the void this could be very helpful in stopping the development of new adult roaches from either eggs or early nymphs.
Pest QuestionsNovember 14, 2011
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March residents fear 'rat infestation' in car park
BBC News Local pest controller Tom Bannister said he had "never seen anything like it" in his 30-year career. The council confirmed an increase in the number of rat sightings and said it was working with pest control contractors to address the problem. … Rat catcher: March infestation is 'biggest in 30 years'Cambs Times 24 |
Pests in the NewsNovember 13, 2011
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'Army' on move to beat forest pests
Northern Advocate ON PATROL: Pukenui Forest Trust volunteer Max Hutchings in the newly created pest control zone. A solid, tough little army of volunteers is dealing out death to pests in the Pukenui Forest. … |
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