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Pests in the NewsOctober 20, 2012
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Sonoran News Protect your pets against unwanted pests. Bookmark and Share. scratching bulldog pup In days gone by, the word ?tick? was just another four letter word in this area. There may have been an occasional stray dog that wandered in and was found to have … |
Pests in the NewsOctober 20, 2012
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QUESTION:
what products would be good to use around boat docks & piers for spiders, slugs, snakes, flies, gnats, mosquitoes, dragonflies?
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Treating docks that extend out over the water is a very touchy area. There are actually many products specifically labeled for use on this site and you can view the entire list quickly on PestWeb in our Product Documents resource. Select the “Products by Approved Site” tab and then “Exterior Non-landscaped settings / Boat docks and piers”. What you will find for insect control is that all of the products are pyrethrum based, so no residual insecticides made the list. The problem is that any pesticide dripping into the water below presents a problem, whether or not it really ends up there at a level high enough to kill any aquatic organisms. Just introducing toxic materials into public waterways is not allowed, so spraying the dock itself with a hand sprayer is unlikely to be allowed. The Maxforce Fly Spot Bait you see on this list, which might be an excellent product for the fly control, is labeled for “Marinas”, so exactly how you interpret that site is a good question that should be discussed with your local regulatory agency. Since the fly bait can be “painted” on carefully and none of it should fall into the water, this may be a choice for the flies on your list.
Otherwise, any application would need to have the assurance that no liquid (or solid) material could fall into the water, so treating the docks themselves may not be possible other than by fogging toward pests such as spiders, or fogging onto mosquito resting sites. But, let’s address the other animals on your list. First – dragonflies. In my opinion there is no reason at all to kill any dragonfly, as they are completely harmless to people and highly beneficial due to their predatory habits. If people are annoyed because dragonflies keep hanging around, oh well……… they really do need to learn to accept that not all bugs should die.
Snakes and slugs should be addressed at their origin, which is on the land that connects with the dock. For slugs the use of bait products around the areas near the entrance to the dock will help to kill many of them and prevent them from slithering out onto the dock itself. The only reason I can think of that would lead slugs to live on the dock would be the presence of algae that they might feed on, and this could be removed with a power washer. Snakes would be unlikely to live on the dock, so removing their habitat on shore, eliminating any rodents they may feed on, and perhaps using snake traps within closed stations on shore to capture them would be the answers.
Spiders are tougher, but again we have no options for applying residual products to the dock itself. You can find at least one of the web removal products on the list on PestWeb, so this could be a help in eliminating webs and preventing new webs on some surfaces. Otherwise I believe we are down to vacuuming and perhaps fogging with pyrethrum, which will have limited effect.
Mosquitoes and gnats may be controlled, in part, with source management. If they are breeding in this waterway itself then perhaps the use of labeled larvicides will help to reduce their numbers. But, since this likely is a larger lake or river that may not be an option, so that leaves us with trying to control the adult insects, always a bad option. The use of light traps will draw many of them, but these might be best placed away from the dock to draw the bugs to the traps and not to the docks. Otherwise, it is wearing repellents and long sleeves during those periods when the mosquitoes are active, and keeping unnecessary lights off to avoid attracting gnats.
Pest QuestionsOctober 20, 2012
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QUESTION:
We have a customer who has carpet beetles coming up from the drains. Customer originally put drain gel and bleach down drains and they never went away. So, we treated the entire house outside and inside with Talstar and Demand CS. We also put a fogger in the crawlspace, but they have come back after a few days. First of all, why are carpet beetles in the drains and second what treatment would we do next? We have never had this problem so severe before. Thanks.
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Well, I guess I will start with the belief that carpet beetles, neither adults nor larvae, could possibly enter a home through the drains, meaning they could not come up from the sewer or septic system by crawling up the pipes and into the house. I have been properly corrected on American roaches before, which apparently DO have the ability to walk through the water barrier that should be there in the P-trap, but little beetles simply could not. Unless, that is, there is no water barrier due either to a lack of a P-trap or a defective P-trap that has no water in it. Even then I’m at a loss to suggest why carpet beetles would be in the pipes below.
Pest QuestionsOctober 20, 2012
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Commons residents find mice in apartment units
Diamondback Online Staff increased pest control efforts this summer in preparation for the upcoming school year and colder weather by doubling the number of rodent traps in July and August. They also regularly check buildings' foundations to confirm there are no cracks … |
Pests in the NewsOctober 19, 2012
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Netherfield School closed for rat control treatment
BBC News Parents were asked to collect their children from the school on Thursday afternoon. A statement from the school said: "Having had a risk assessment carried out by pest control, we have been advised to lay poison for a few days as a precautionary measure. |
Pests in the NewsOctober 19, 2012
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Fall Season is Peak Time for Pests to Make Their Way Indoors
ScoopSanDiego.com Fall is the best time to start making your house appear to pests as a fortress, not a welcoming motel. With winter on the horizon, pests such as rodents, cockroaches and spiders, will be looking for a nice, cozy place to use as shelter during the … |
Pests in the NewsOctober 19, 2012
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Alien invaders: Site addresses invasive pests
Delta Farm Press Invasive pests cost the United States an estimated $130 billion in damage and preventative measures every year, and information is the best defense. The Arkansas Forest Resources Center has just launched a website, www.ARInvasives.org, dedicated to … |
Pests in the NewsOctober 19, 2012
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Extension: Lady beetle can be helpful or a pest
Lancaster Eagle Gazette During the spring and summer, the immature and adult lady beetles consume large numbers of plant-feeding pests, thereby reducing the need for pesticides. In spite of their important role in nature, multicolored Asian lady beetles can be seasonal pests … |
Pests in the NewsOctober 19, 2012
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Cluster Flies: A Fall Invader That Lives Up To Its Name
Patch.com Other insects overwinter in the form of eggs or pupae. Those that are adults are more vulnerable and must find a suitable location where they won't freeze. There are several that make a yearly fall appearance, including Boxelder bugs, multi-colored … |
Pests in the NewsOctober 19, 2012
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