Integrated Pest Management Procedure Manual
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SSC Facilities Services at Texas A&M University Integrated Pest Management Procedure Manual revised 6/2018 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE MANUAL SSC Services for Education 600 Agronomy Road College Station, Texas 77843 Written by: Amanda J. Bakken Under the direction of: Bryan McGee Layout and Design by: Barbara Musgrove PURPOSE OF BOOK The purpose of this Integrated Pest Management (IPM) book is to educate pest management technicians and the Texas A&M University (TAMU) campus on the newly adopted IPM plans and policies. This book includes the IPM policies, objectives, recordkeeping, and requirements that will be used by technicians. This book is not comprehensive, but an ongoing work in progress that is meant to be updated as more effective techniques, technologies, and methods become available to properly maintain and prevent pests. Pest-specific examples, including visual references, are given and should be referenced as needed. SSC Services for Education and TAMU take the safety and well-being of students, faculty, staff, and visitors seriously. Dangers associated with pesticides exist to humans, animals, and the environment, but by following this plan many of these risks can be mitigated and effective management of pests and diseases can be exacted. DEFINITION OF IPM AND PROCEDING POLICIES Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, is an ecosystem-based strategy that focuses on long-term prevention of pests or their damage through a combination of techniques. Techniques include mechanical control, genetic manipulation and control, regulatory practices, biological control, habitat manipulation, modification of cultural practices, and use of resistant varieties of plants. Pesticides are used only after surveillance and/or monitoring indicates they are needed. Pesticides will be used according to established guidelines, and applications will be made with the goal of removing only the target organism. Pest control materials are selected and applied in a manner that minimizes risks to human health, beneficial and non-target organisms, and the environment. It is the policy of SSC and TAMU to practice IPM for the buildings, and with time, the grounds, that they care for. Long-term monitoring, surveillance, and IPM practices can be cost-effective, and minimize risks associated with corrective maintenance measures. INTRODUCTION Pests are any living organism which is invasive or prolific, detrimental, troublesome, noxious, destructive, a nuisance to either plants or animals, and harmful to human or human concerns, livestock, human structures, and wild ecosystems. Pests can be detrimental in one setting (i.e. bees in an office), but beneficial in another (bees pollinating crops). Integrated pest management attempts to strike a balance between recognizing an organism as a necessary component in an ecological niche, while managing their presence when it interferes with humans, plants, or animals. This book will focus its attention on structural pests, and work towards eventually encompassing ground management pests. TAMU/ SSC is moving progressively towards an IPM plan for grounds management and structural pest control and has adopted this IPM plan for the buildings and grounds that SSC manages. The plan is designed to voluntarily comply with policies and regulations promulgated by the TAMU AgriLife Extension Service for public buildings and educational facilities. OBJECTIVES SSC/TAMU has the following objectives for this IPM plan: • Provide a safe environment through managing buildings by monitoring, identifying causal agents/ symptoms or structural flaws creating portals of entry, and identifying environments conducive to pest population build up. • Eliminate significant threats caused by pests to the health and safety of students, faculty, staff, and visitors. • Prevent loss or damage to structures or property by pests. • Protect environmental quality inside and outside buildings. • Identify different components of IPM that can be combined for more complete pest control. • Reduce potential pesticide exposure for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. • Reduce overuse of pesticides utilizing target specific applications. • Prioritize pests by potential to harm: bed bugs, fire ants, biting and stinging insects, bats or other animal pests have priority, whereas less harmful pests, i.e. sugar ants, have less priority. This IPM plan document will be stored in the Grounds Management office of the IPM Coordinators and is available to the public upon request. Table of Contents IPM COORDINATOR.......................................................................................................................... 1 LICENSING AND TRAINING.............................................................................................................. 2 POSTING AND NOTIFICATION OF PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS..................................................... 4 RECORD KEEPING & PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION........................................................... 5 TRAINING........................................................................................................................................... 5 GENERAL IPM STRATEGIES............................................................................................................ 5 SSC FACILITIES SERVICES TEAM MEMBERS & SERVICE PROVIDERS..................................... 6 TAMUS ROLE(S).................................................................................................................................6 MEANS OF APPLICATION................................................................................................................. 7 ACCIDENT PROTOCOLS................................................................................................................... 8 Pesticide Related Accidents................................................................................................................ 8 Fire...................................................................................................................................................... 8 Vehicle Accidents................................................................................................................................ 8 PEST PREVENTION........................................................................................................................... 9 ACTION THRESHOLDS..................................................................................................................... 9 PEST SPECIFIC EXAMPLES........................................................................................................... 10 Ants....................................................................................................................................................11 Red Imported Fire Ant....................................................................................................................... 13 Carpenter Ant.................................................................................................................................... 14 Bed Bugs .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Bees and Wasps............................................................................................................................... 19 Carpenter Bees................................................................................................................................. 22 Booklice, Silverfish, and Firebrats..................................................................................................... 24 Centipedes and Millipedes................................................................................................................ 26 Integrated Pest Management Policy and Treatment i Cockroaches......................................................................................................................................27 Crickets..............................................................................................................................................30 Fleas.................................................................................................................................................. 33 Flies................................................................................................................................................... 36 Ground Beetles................................................................................................................................. 39 Mosquitoes........................................................................................................................................ 40 Pillbugs and Sowbugs....................................................................................................................... 43 Rove Beetles..................................................................................................................................... 44 Scorpions...........................................................................................................................................45 Spiders.............................................................................................................................................. 47 Stored Product Pests........................................................................................................................ 49 Termites............................................................................................................................................