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

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

Pantry Pests & Stored Product Pests

Indian Meal Moth

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.

Pantry Pests & Stored Product Pests

Flour Beetle

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

Anobiidae Beetle

Pantry Pests & Stored Product Pests

Cigarette

Beetle

Drug Store

Beetle

Powder Post Beetle

Pantry Pests & Stored Product Pests

Anobiidae Beetle

Anobiidae Beetle

• Must search for source of infestation

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.

Carpet Beetle

Adult & Larva

Pantry Pests & Stored Product Pests

Dermestid Beetles

Dermestid Beetles

• Must search for source of infestation

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

Ants

Carpenter Ant Damage

Ants

Carpenter Ant

• Nest in trees in the yard

• Tunnel in water-damaged wood of structure

Don’t allow moisture source inside building

Carpenter Ant

Carpenter Ant

• Professional should find nest in yard

• Apply pesticide between nest & house

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

Ants

Pharaoh Ant

• Pesticide spray causes colony to bud into 2…4…8…

Pharaoh Ant

• Pesticide spray causes colony to bud into 2…4…8…

• Only a Professional can identify Pharaoh Ants.

Ants

Pharaoh Ant Thief Ant

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

Ants

Odorous House Ant

Odorous House Ant

• Most common kitchen ant.

• Sanitation will not stop infestation.

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.

Acrobat Ant

Crazy Ant Little Black Ant

Pavement Ant

Ants

Ants

Fire Ant

• Box Elder Bug

• Leaf Footed Bug

• Lady Beetles

• Cluster Flies

• Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Over Wintering Pests

Box Elder Bug

Leaf Footed Plant Bug

Over Wintering Pests

Multicolored Asian Lady Beetles

Cluster Fly

Over Wintering Pests

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

Fleas

• Treat animal

• Treat outdoor habitat

• Treat indoor habitat

• Spot-On insecticides

• Insect Growth Regulators

Bed Bugs

• Look under mattress buttons & ticking.

• Look where wood pieces meet.

Bed Bugs

• Look behind base boards.

• Under peeling wall paper

• Under carpet edges

Bed Bugs

• Only a Professional can treat for Bed Bugs.

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.

Black Widow

Biting Insects & Spiders

Delaware is not in the Brown Recluse distribution range.

Biting Insects & Spiders

Occasional Invaders

• Bird Mites• Springtails• Silverfish• Camel Crickets• House Centipedes • Earwigs• Drain Flies• Bottle Flies• Ground Beetles

Bird Mites

• Remove bird nests• Discourage nesting• Screen vents to keep birds out

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

Bottle Flies

• Bottle Flies feed on carrion

• Homeowner should Correct Sanitation

Ground Beetles

• Ground Beetles are beneficial Insects.• Homeowner should eliminate food source.• Use perimeter pesticide to stop entry into

home.