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Household and Structural Pest Management for Professionals Professional Pest Control Rev. 2/17 Household and Structural Pest Management for Professionals See The UT E&PP Redbook, Household and Structural Pests section (https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Pages/Household-Structural.aspx) for information related to preventing and otherwise managing pests using integrated pest management. More information for the pest management professional can be found in the following UT Extension Publications https://ag.tennessee.edu/PSEP/Pages/studymanuals.aspx Vail, K.M., G. Burgess, R. Gerhardt and C. Harper [eds.]. 2007. PB1673 General Pest and Rodent Control Pesticide Applicator Licensing Manual (GRC). pp. 130. Vail, K., G. Burgess , R. Gerhardt and C. Jones [eds.]. 2002. PB1685 Public Health Mosquito Control: The Tennessee Mosquito Control Handbook (Pesticide Applicator Licensing Manual). pp. 54. Vail, K., G. Burgess, C. Pless and B. Bonds [eds.]. 2006. PB 1703 Wood-Destroying Organisms Licensing Manual. Vail, K.M., E. Burgess, R. Gerhardt, and Craig Harper. 2006. PB1732 Industrial, Institutional, Structural and Health Related Pest Management Certification Manual (Category 7). pp. 105 Vail, K.M., E.E. Burgess, R. Gerhardt, C. Jones, J. Skinner and C. Harper. 2003. PB1733. Public Health Pest Control (Certification Category 8). pp. 99 Further references for household pest identification: Manuals: Bennett, G. W., J. M. Owens, & R. M. Corrigan. 2011. Scientific Guide to Pest Management Operations, seventh edition Cleveland, OH: Questex Publishing. Mallis, A. 2011. Handbook of Pest Control - the Behavior, Life History and Control of Household Pests. 10th edition. Mallis Handbook LLC. Field Guides Hedges, S. 2010. Pest Control Technology Field Guide for the Management of Structure-Infesting Ants, 3rd edition. G.I.E. Inc. Publishers, Richfield, Ohio. Hedges, S. Pest Control Technology Field Guide for the Management of Structure-Infesting Flies. Franzak and Foster Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Hedges, S. 2012. Pest Control Technology Field Guide for the Management of Urban Spiders. Franzak and Foster Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Hedges, S. and M. Lacey. Structure-Infesting Beetles. Volume 1: Hide and Carpet Beetles/Wood-Boring Beetles .Franzak and Foster Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Hedges, S. and M. Lacey. Structure-Infesting Beetles. Volume 2: Stored Product Beetles/Occasional and Overwintering Beetles.Franzak and Foster Co. Klotz, J., L. Hansen, R. Pospischil and M. Rust. 2008. Urban Ants of North America and Europe: Identification, Biology and Management. Comstock Publishing Associates, Cornell Univeristy Press, Ithaca, New York pp. 196 Smith, E and R. Whitman. 2007. NPMA Field Guide to Structural Pests. Second edition. http://npmapestworld.org/ General identification guides for insects. Petersons Field Guides: Insects of North America # 19, Beetles of North America #29, Moths of Eastern North America #30 APPs NPMA Mobile Field Guide App is now available on iOS and Android devices, http://www.npmapestworld.org/technical-resources/npma-field-guide-app/ 1 Professional Pest Control Rev. 2/17 The following pages list recommended procedures and, if necessary, pesticides to manage specific pests. Remember to reduce the pest’s access to food, water and shelter. If pesticides are needed, they are more likely to provide control if access to these necessities are limited. Additional publications (SPs, PBs) are listed on our web site at http://eppserver.ag.utk.edu/personnel/Vail/publications.html. Percentages that appear after the Trade Name indicate percentage of the active ingredient. Where no percentage is given, see the label for more details. SEE THE LABEL FOR ALL DIRECTIONS! Extensive changes to pyrethroid labels occurred recently to help limit pyrethroid contamination of water and habitat of protected species. An extensive summary of the changes can be found at http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102861932245-488/Letter+to+Registrants+-- +January+2013%5B1%5D.pdf EPA has recently revised outdoor foliar use directions for products containing the active ingredients imidacloprid, dinotefuran, clothianidin or thiamethoxam with pollinator protection language (http://www2.epa.gov/pollinator- protection) and ASPCRO has clarified the language as it pertains to non-agricultural use (http://pesticidestewardship.org/PollinatorProtection/Documents/ASPCRO%20non- ag%20neonic%20guidance%208-18-14%20final.pdf). To help pest management professionals effectively control pests while protecting pollinators, NPMA has developed Pollinator Awareness Training (pestworld.learningzen.com), pollinator information to share with clientele www.pollinatorhealth.org, and a draft of best management practices for these situations. Additional label language changes to protect pollinators are expected. CONTROL PESTS DESCRIPTION MATERIALS REMARKS AND METHODS ANTS - ARGENTINE ANT Perimeter Spray: Our best research results for odorous ARGENTINE ANT, Bump (Node) on waist: one, Termidor SC 0.06% house ants have been a 0.06% ODOROUS HOUSE obvious Arilon 0.05%, 0.10% fipronil (Termidor SC) spray to entry ANT Gaster tip: no circular Optigard Flex 0.1% (to points and 1 foot up and 1 foot out opening perimeter and plants from the foundation base COMBINED PB1629 Odor when crushed: combined with Optigard Ant with (1) a liquid or other bait placed in “disagreeable, rotten- Gel Bait in outdoor stations the landscape near/around the coconut-like” with an structure where ants are active OR additional faint musty odor COMBINED with (2) Phantom applied Color: light to dark brown Outdoor Baiting: indoors as crack and crevice in areas Advion Insect Granule of activity as well as at potential entry ODOROUS HOUSE ANT (perimeter broadcast) points. Gel baits may work longer Nodes on waist: one, very Intice Thiquid 1% outdoors when placed in stations. Baits flat, barely noticeable node Gourmet Ant Bait Liquid listed under odorous house ant and hidden by the gaster Maxforce Quantum Ant Bait outdoor baiting have eliminated small, Gaster tip: no circular MAXFORCE®COMPLETE Brand laboratory-maintained odorous house opening Granular insect Bait ant colonies within 8 weeks of bait Odor when crushed: Maxforce Ant Killer Bait Gel placement or have proven effective in “disagreeable, rotten- (for Argentine ant) field studies. coconut-like” Niban FG, G baits Color: brown to black Optigard Ant Gel Bait Ants nesting in structures through the Both ant workers: 1/8 inch PT 388B Advance Ant Gel Bait winter can be quite challenging to Terro-PCO (1%) control and to the pest management The odorous house ant is the professionals’ reputation. Often the ant most common house- Indoor Crack and Crevice Spray and centers of activity are difficult to define invading ant in TN. It nests in Outdoor Entry Points because small numbers of ants are shady, moist areas such as Phantom found in many different locations. You under mulch, pine straw, bait one area and activity ceases, only stones, and logs. Moves to be found in another area. It’s worth indoors during periods of exploring the use of placing Quantum heavy rain and moves nests or any other liquid/gel bait in indoor often. Winged male odorous stations near ant activity where house ants may be collected residents will not see the station or from lights from May through trailing ants. Moisture is fairly limiting June. this time of year when indoor heat is running longer because of low outdoor Argentine ant is not as temperatures and liquid/gel bait in a common as the odorous station may serve as moisture source. house ant, but can build up larger populations. Behavior is similar for both species. 2 Professional Pest Control Rev. 2/17 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS ANTS - Large, black, red, or red- Outdoor perimeter spray 1. Correct moisture CARPENTER and-black ants that nest Termidor SC problem, repair leaks and PB1599 in damp wood. Wingless Arilon ventilate. workers 1/4 to 3/8 inch Transport GHP long. Winged male and 2. If ants entering from or female reproductives will Baits: foraging outdoors, spray a fly from a colony. Indoors in cracks and crevices where ants are seen: slower acting, Carpenter ants do not eat Advion Ant Bait Arena nonrepellent insecticide wood, but excavate Advion Ant Gel around the perimeter with smooth galleries in the Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait an emphasis on areas wood to raise their young. Niban FG, G where ants are entering Piles of coarse sawdust the structure. or splintered wood often Outdoors: mixed with insect parts Advion Ant Bait Arena 3. Place baits where ants may indicate a carpenter Advion Ant Gel are actively foraging. If ant nest nearby. Gourmet Ant Bait Liquid baiting, do not spray ants, Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel trails or baits with a fast- Maxforce Granular Bait acting, repellent spray Niban FG, G because it will kill ants too Optigard Ant Gel Bait quickly and will stop them Terro-PCO (1%) from feeding on the baits. Dusts: 4. Find and treat (dust, Deltadust spray or foam) nests in Boric acid dusts wood parts. Tempo 1D Drilling into the wood may Sprays (or foam according to label): be necessary. Dust nests TalstarP, Tempo SC Ultra, in wall voids. Do not apply Tempo Ultra WP, Cy-Kick, sprays near electricity. Transport, PT221L, Suspend SC, Bora-Care, Shell- guard, Tim-bor (dust, spray or foam), Armor- Guard (dust, spray or foam) ANTS-PHARAOH Nodes on waist: two Baits: Because Pharaoh ant also called "sugar Gaster tip: sting Advion Ant Bait Arenas colonies are hidden and ants” or “piss Worker size: 1/16 inch Maxforce FC Ant Bait Station can occur in virtually any ants” Antennae: 12- Niban FG crack or crevice, baiting is segmented antennae with the best way to get an PB 1629 a three-segmented club Indoor crack and crevice spray and entry points: insecticide back to the Color: yellow or orange Phantom SC colony. Give a taste test with the end of the of baits. Prebait entire abdomen darkened Outdoor entry points and trails around structure structure with honey. Termidor SC Place a bait wherever Nests rarely found ants are found. All outdoors; however, queen(s) and all almost any indoor crack immatures must be killed and crevice close to to eliminate a colony.
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