At bug people, we strongly focus on   implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)  

IPM is a pest management approach with the objective to protect human from Pests and Pesticides. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends that pest control operator use integrated pest management (IPM) to reduce pesticide risk and exposure human and environment.

Put simply, IPM is a safer, and usually less costly option for effective pest management in places like house, condominium or apartment, office, hotel, a school community, and etc. IPM program uses common sense strategies to reduce sources of food, water and shelter for pests in your property. An IPM program takes advantage of all pest management strategies, combining the use of bait and pesticides.

There are several pest control approaches which starting from home or property owners to professional pest control operator as follows:

Pest Control - Elimination of breeding grounds

Proper waste management and drainage of still water, eliminates the breeding ground of many pests.

Garbage provides food and shelter for many unwanted organisms, as well as an area where still water might collect and be used as a breeding ground by mosquitoes. Communities that have proper garbage collection and disposal, have far less of a problem with rats, cockroaches, mosquitoes, flies and other pests than those that don't.

Open air sewers are ample breeding ground for various pests as well. By building and maintaining a proper sewer system, this problem is eliminated.

Pest Control - Field burning

Traditionally, after a sugar cane harvest, the fields are all burned, to kill off any insects, or eggs, that might be in the fields.

Pest Control - Hunting

Historically, in some European countries, when stray dogs and cats became too numerous, local populations gathered together to round up all animals that did not appear to have an owner and kill them. In some nations, teams of rat catchers work at chasing rats from the field, and killing them with dogs and simple hand tools.

Pest Control - Traps

Traps have been used for killing off mice found in houses, for killing wolves, and for capturing raccoons and stray cats and dogs for disposal by town officials.

 

Pest Control - Poisoned bait

Poisoned bait is a common method for controlling rat populations, however it will not be effective when there are other food sources around, such as garbage. This method should be implemented by certified pest control operator who passed the training only.

 

Pest Control - Poison spray

Spraying poisons by planes, hand held units, or trucks that carry the spraying equipment, is a common method of pest control. Throughout the United States of America and other countries, towns often drive a town owned truck around once or twice a week to each street, spraying for mosquitoes. Crop dusters commonly fly over farmland and spray poison to kill off pest that would threaten the crops. Many find spraying poison around their yard, homes, or businesses, far more desirable than allowing insects to thrive there.

 

Pest Control - Space fumigation

A project that involves a structure be covered or sealed airtight followed by the introduction of a penetrating, deadly gas at a killing concentration a long period of time (24-72hrs.). Although expensive, space fumigation targets all life stages of pests.

 

Pest Control - Space treatment

A long term project involving fogging or misting type applicators. Liquid insecticide is dispersed in the atmosphere within a structure. Treatments do not require the evacuation or airtight sealing of a building, allowing most work within the building to continue but at the cost of the penetrating effects. Contact insecticides are generally used, minimizing the long lasting residual effects. On August 10, 1973, the Federal Register printed the definition of Space treatment as defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ‎ (EPA) :

 

Pest Control - Sterilization

Laboratory studies conducted with U-5897 (3-chloro-1,2-propanediol) where attempted in the early 1970s although these proved unsuccessful. Research into sterilization bait is ongoing.

Another effective method of soil sterilization is soil steaming . Pest is killed through hot steam which is induced into the soil.

 

 

Pest Control - Destruction of infected plants

Forest services sometimes destroy all the trees in an area where some are infected with insects, if seen as necessary to prevent the insect species from spreading. Farms infested with certain insects, have been burned entirely, to prevent the pest from spreading elsewhere.