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Dhang, Partho. Urban pest control: a practioner's guide / Partho Dhang. — 1 online resource : illustrations — <URL:http://elib.fa.ru/ebsco/2416034.pdf>.

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Subject: Urban pests — Control.; Insect pests — Control.; Baiting.; Baits.; Bird pests.; Control methods.; Formulations.; Insecticides.; Integrated control.; Integrated pest management.; Pest control.; Pest control equipment.; Pest control operators.; Pesticides.; Pests.; Plant pests.; Stored product pests.; Vertebrate pests.; Insect pests — Control.; Urban pests — Control.

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This book, inclusive of 13 chapters, focuses on the control of invertebrate and vertebrate pests that commonly infest man-made structures. With emphasis on the most important pest organisms, specific chapters are devoted to the discussion of control strategies for cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes, bed bugs, termites, rats and mice, bats and birds. Chapters for the control of sporadic pests and pests of stored products are also included, as well as chapters for insecticide formulations, insecticide baits and baiting, and integrated pest management. The last chapter explores safety considerations in handling pesticides. With these contents, this book aims to be of valuable use to practitioners engaged in pest control services.

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Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
1 Understanding the Business of Controlling Pests
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Trading Pest Control Business
- 1.3 Trends in the Pest Control Industry
- 1.4 Pest Control Tools
- 1.5 Sustainable Pest Control
- 1.6 Green Pest Control
- 1.7 Pesticides and Health
2 Household Pests and Their Control – Cockroaches
- 2.1 German Cockroach ( Blattella germanica)
  - Description
  - 2.1.1 Life cycle
    - Eggs
    - Nymphs
    - Adults
    - Mating
  - 2.1.2 Control and management of the German cockroach
    - Identifying hiding places
    - Inspection
    - Search
    - Habitat modification
  - 2.1.3 Recommended insecticide treatment
  - 2.1.4 Monitoring and follow-up visits
    - Appearance
    - Diet
- 2.2 American Cockroach ( Periplaneta americana)
  - 2.2.1 Life cycle
    - Eggs
    - Nymphs
    - Adults
  - 2.2.2 Control and management of the American cockroach
    - Identifying hiding places
    - Inspection
    - Habitat modification
  - 2.2.3 Recommended insecticide treatment
    - Appearance
- 2.3 Brown-banded Cockroach ( Supella longipalpa)
  - 2.3.1 Life cycle
    - Eggs
    - Nymphs
  - 2.3.2 Control and management of brown-banded cockroach
    - Identifying hiding places
  - 2.3.3 Recommended insecticide treatment
    - Appearance
- 2.4 Oriental Cockroach ( Blatta orientalis)
  - 2.4.1 Life cycle
    - Eggs
    - Nymphs
    - Behaviour
  - 2.4.2 Control and management of the Oriental cockroach
    - Identifying hiding places
    - Inspection
  - 2.4.3 Recommended insecticide application
    - Appearance
- 2.5 Australian Cockroach ( Periplaneta australasiae)
  - 2.5.1 Behaviour and habitat
  - 2.5.2 Control and management of the Australian cockroach
    - Inspection
  - 2.5.3 Recommended insecticide application
    - Appearance
    - Behaviour and harborage
- 2.6 Smoky Brown Cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa)
  - 2.6.1 Life cycle
    - Eggs
    - Nymphs
    - Adults
  - 2.6.2 Control and management of the smoky brown cockroach
    - Inspection
  - 2.6.3 Recommended insecticide application
    - Appearance
- 2.7 Asian Cockroach ( Blatella asahinai)
  - 2.7.1 Behaviour and harbourage
  - 2.7.2 Control and management of the Asian cockroach
3 Household Pests and Their Control – Flies
- 3.1 Housefly ( Musca domestica)
  - 3.1.1 Life cycle
    - Eggs
    - Larvae
    - Pupae
    - Mating and oviposition
    - Behaviour of adults
  - 3.1.2 Control and management of houseflies
  - 3.1.3 Recommended insecticide application
  - 3.1.4 Housefly control by use of traps
    - Food baited traps
    - Water trap using a light source
    - Housefly control by use of UV light trap
    - trap location.
    - trap designs.
    - effect of lighting on traps.
    - effect of temperature on trap efficiency.
    - traps and human exposure.
  - 3.1.5 Fly control in special locations
    - Poultry and animal farms
    - Garbage and other organic refuse
    - Food processing industries
    - Homes and residential places
- 3.2 Minor Flies as Pests
  - 3.2.1 Blowflies
  - 3.2.2 Drain flies
  - 3.2.3 Fruit flies
  - 3.2.4 Midges
4 Household Pests and Their Control – Mosquitoes
- 4.1 Mosquitoes in General
  - 4.1.1 Life cycle
    - Adults
    - Eggs
    - Larvae
    - Pupae
- 4.2 Aedes Mosquito
  - 4.2.1 Life cycle
    - Behaviour
- 4.3 Culex Mosquito
  - 4.3.1 Life cycle
    - Behaviour
    - Appearance
- 4.4 Anopheles Mosquito
  - 4.4.1 Life cycle
    - Behaviour
- 4.5 Mansonia Mosquito
  - 4.5.1 Life cycle
    - Behaviour
- 4.6 Mosquito Habitats in Urban Areas
- 4.7 Control and Management of Urban Mosquitoes
  - 4.7.1 Recommended insecticide application
    - Regular larviciding in water-accumulating areas
    - Adulticiding in breeding and resting areas
5 Household Pests and Their Control – Bed Bugs
- Appearance
- 5.1 Bed Bug Life Cycle
  - Dispersal
- 5.2 Control and Management of Bed Bugs
  - Locating infestation
  - Conducting an interview
  - Visual inspection
  - 5.2.1 Use of traps and monitors
    - Passive monitors
    - Active monitors
  - 5.2.2 Recommended insecticide treatment
  - 5.2.3 Fumigation
  - 5.2.4 Heat treatment
  - 5.2.5 Personal protection
6 Household Pests and Their Control – Termites
- 6.1 Subterranean Termite
  - 6.1.1 Life cycle
  - 6.1.2 Termite castes
  - 6.1.3 Common subterranean termite species as pests
    - Coptotermes
    - Macrotermes
    - Microcerotermes
    - Nasutitermes
    - Globitermes
- 6.2 Control and Management of Subterranean Termites
  - 6.2.1 Termite damage
    - Termite entry into a structure
    - What are the signs of termites in a structure?
    - What types of structures are vulnerable to termite infestation?
  - 6.2.2 Termite control methods
    - 6.2.2.1 Post-construction – above-ground infestation with active termites
    - Control of above-ground infestation on a structure
    - Controlling above-ground mud tubes/nest
    - 6.2.2.2 Post-construction – prevention on an existing structure
    - Preventive treatment using the soil poisoning method
    - Preventive treatment using the baiting method
    - 6.2.2.3 Pre-construction – on a structure under construction
7 Sporadic Pests and Their Control
- 7.1 Drywood Termite
  - 7.1.1 Drywood termite control
    - Life cycle
- 7.2 Powderpost Beetle
  - 7.2.1 Anobiid powderpost beetles
    - Appearance
  - 7.2.2 Bostrichid (false) powderpost beetles
  - 7.2.3 Lyctid (true) powderpost beetles
  - 7.2.4 Control and management of powderpost beetles
    - Foraging
    - Life cycle
- 7.3 Ant
  - 7.3.1 Types of pest ants
    - Crazy ant (Paratrechina longicornis)
    - Pharaoh ants (Monomorium pharaonis)
    - Ghost ant (Tapinoma melanocephalum)
    - Big-headed ant (Pheidole megacephala)
    - Little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata)
    - The Singapore ant (Monomorium destructor)
    - Red imported fire ant (RIFA – Solenopsis invicta)
    - Carpenter ant (Camponotus species)
  - 7.3.2 Control and management of common urban ants
    - Inspection
    - Habitat modification
    - Recommended insecticide treatment
    - Control and management of psocids
    - Behaviour
    - Life cycle
    - Control and management of fleas
    - Treatment of pets
    - Life cycle
    - Prevention
- 7.4 Psocid
- 7.5 Flea
- 7.6 Tick
- 7.7 Mite
  - 7.7.1 Scabies mites
    - Control and management of mites
    - Life cycle
    - Behaviour
    - Control and management of sandflies
- 7.8 Sandfly
- 7.9 Wasp
8 Stored Product Pests
- 8.1 Rice Weevil ( Sitophilus oryzae and S. granarius)
- 8.2 Sawtoothed Grain Beetle ( Oryzaephilus surinamensis)
- 8.3 Red Flour Beetle ( Tribolium castaneum) and Confused Flour Beetle ( Tribolium confusum)
- 8.4 Cigarette or Tobacco Beetle ( Lasioderma serricorne)
- 8.5 Drug Store Beetle ( Stegobium paniceum)
- 8.6 Carpet Beetle ( Anthrenus spp.)
- 8.7 Indianmeal Moth ( Plodia interpunctella)
- 8.8 Control and Management of Stored Product Pests
  - Inspection
  - Habitat modification
  - 8.8.1 Insecticide application
  - Follow-up
  - 8.8.2 Fumigant application
9 Vertebrate Pests and Their Control
- 9.1 Rats and Mice
  - Feeding and activity
  - Nesting behaviour
  - 9.1.2 Types of pest rats and mice
    - Norway rat
    - Roof rat
    - House mouse
  - 9.1.3 Control and management of rodents
    - Inspection for activity
    - Rodent-proofing and exclusion
    - Use of traps and monitors
    - Rodent baiting
    - Using mechanical and physical methods
- 9.2 Bats
  - 9.2.1 Controlling and management of bats
    - Inspecting for bats
    - Using bird netting to exclude bats from a house
    - Using bat repellents
    - Controlling the occasional bat
- 9.3 Birds
  - 9.3.1 Control and management of birds
    - Bird spikes
    - Nets
    - Bird repellent chemicals
    - Bird scaring gels
    - Use of birth control baits
10 Methodology in Pest Control – Insecticide Formulations
- 10.1 Pesticide Formulations and Application
- 10.2 Commonly Used Insecticide Active Ingredients
  - 10.2.1 Pyrethroids in general
    - Mode of action
  - 10.2.2 Organophosphates – chlorpyrifos and dichlorvos
    - Mode of action of OPs
  - 10.2.3 Insect growth regulators in general
    - Mode of action
  - 10.2.4 Carbamates – propoxur
    - Mode of action
  - 10.2.5 Phenylpyrazoles – fipronil
    - Mode of action
  - 10.2.6 Neonicotinoids – imidacloprid
    - Mode of action
- 10.3 Commonly Used Insecticide Formulations
  - 10.3.1 Emulsifiable or emulsion concentrate (EC)
  - 10.3.2 Suspension concentrate (SC)
  - 10.3.3 Microencapsulation (ME)
  - 10.3.4 Aerosols
  - 10.3.5 Granules
  - 10.3.6 Dusts
  - 10.3.7 Fumigants
  - 10.3.8 Baits
11 Methodology in Pest Control – Insecticide Baits and Baiting
- 11.1 Baits and Methods of Baiting
- 11.2 Baiting Cockroaches
  - 11.2.1 Common active ingredients used in cockroach bait
  - 11.2.2 Baiting cockroaches with a sprayable form of bait
- 11.3 Baiting Common Ants
- 11.4 Baiting Subterranean Termites
  - 11.4.1 Preventive treatment using in-ground stations
    - Installation procedure
    - Precautions
    - Station inspection
    - Baiting
    - Station re-inspection and re-baiting
  - 11.4.2 Treating infestation with above-ground stations
    - Installation procedure
    - Station re-inspection and re-baiting
    - Precautions
  - 11.4.3 How to measure the process of colony elimination
    - Active ingredients commonly used in termite bait
12 Shift to Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- 12.1 IPM Versus Conventional Pest Management
- 12.2 IPM has to be Marketed as a Value-Added Service
  - 12.2.1 Providing a diagnostic service
  - 12.2.2 Installing pest barriers
  - 12.2.3 Use of safe and efficient formulations
  - 12.2.4 Use of baits and colony suppression
  - 12.2.5 Providing options and warranties
  - 12.2.6 Providing a multi-service programme
    - Case study no. 1
    - Case study no. 2
  - 12.2.7 Presentation of cost–benefit overview
- 12.3 Shifting to IPM
13 Handling Pesticides
- 13.1 Using a Pesticide
  - 13.1.1 Reading the pesticide label
  - 13.1.2 Understanding the hazard class
  - 13.1.3 Knowing the hazard symbol pictograms
  - 13.1.4 Keeping emergency measures on hand
Appendix
References
Index

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