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This resource, compiled by Mrs. Vandana Mahajani, provides essential insights into pest control, encompassing various pests such as insects, rodents, and microorganisms. Learn about the classification of pests, their impact on human, plant, and animal health, and understand the goals of pest control: prevention, suppression, and eradication. Detailed methods for controlling specific pests, including bed bugs, beetles, fleas, and more, are outlined. This guide serves as a practical reference for effective pest management strategies in homes and environments.
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Pest Control Compiled by: Mrs Vandana Mahajani
What is a pest? Any organism that • Competes with humans, plants or animals • Injures humans, plants and animals • Transmits diseases • Disturbs humans or domestic animals
Types of pests • Insects like cockroaches, termites • Arthropods like spiders, mites, ticks • Microbes like bacteria • Unwanted plants or weeds • Snails ,slugs… • Rodents like mice and rats
Pest control goals • Prevention: Keeping a pest from becoming a problem • Suppression: Reducing their numbers • Eradication: Destroying entire pest population
Bed Bugs • Found in luggage and clothing • Control: 1.Fumigation 2.Pour boiling water Apply kerosene ,oil, emulsion.
Beetles • Found in cereals, furs, woolens, carpets wood. • Control: Spray area with insecticide powder Frequent vacuuming
Fleas • Found: Empty houses, grass, animals • Control: Insecticide spray
Silver fish • Found: • Paper, old book cases, cotton fabric • Control: Pyrethrum Sodium Fluoride
Cockroaches • Found: Drains , basement, kitchens • Control Cockroach killer preparation
Moths • Found Cloths, Carpets, Kitchens, Granaries. • Control Use synthetic fibers Good sanitation, vacuum cleaning Cleaning and drying areas.
Ants • Found Everywhere, especially near sweets and where food is stored. • Control Borax, Carbon bi Sulphide, pour boiling water
Termites • Found Wood and ground • Control Creosote or sodium arsenate, wax, varnish, pour molten paraffin , Ortho di Chloro benzene, Kerosene, fine wire gauze
Flies • Found Everywhere • Control Burn garbage, Repair pits and fill puddles, cover drains, pour kerosene, use fine wire gauze for protection
Mice and Rats • Found Drains and kitchens • Control Poisoning, trappings, fumigation