1. Don’t let your home be home for bugs! 9/20/2006 Susan King Pesticide Coordinator University of Delaware Newark, DE

2. Don’t let your home be home for bugs! How to find a Pest Management Professional

3. Don’t let your home be home for bugs! How to find a Pest Management Professional Pantry & stored product pests Ants

4. Don’t let your home be home for bugs! How to find a Pest Management Professional Pantry & stored product pests Ants Occasional invaders Biting insects & spiders

5. Don’t let your home be home for bugs! How to find a Pest Management Professional Pantry & stored product pests Ants Occasional invaders Biting insects & spiders Overwintering pests Beneficial insects

6. How to find a Pest Management Professional Delaware Department of Agriculture Pesticide Compliance Section: http://www.state.de.us/deptagri/pesticides/ index.shtml

7. How to find a Pest Management Professional Delaware Department of Agriculture Pesticide Compliance Section: http://www.state.de.us/deptagri/pesticides/index.shtml 1. Licensed Businesses 2. Search by Business License Category 3. Enter the License Category to Search For: General Pest Control 4. Enter the License Category to Search For: Wood Destroying Pest Control

8. Pantry & Stored Product Pests Indian Meal Moth Flour Beetle Anobiidae Beetle Dermestid Beetle

9. Pantry Pests & Stored Product Pests Indian Meal Moth

10. Remove infested foods. Store all pantry foods in sealed containers or in the frig/ freezer. NO pesticides should be used in the pantry, unless a professional needs to treat cracks & crevices.

11. Pantry Pests & Stored Product Pests Flour Beetle

12. Remove infested foods. Store all pantry foods in sealed containers or in the frig/ freezer. NO pesticides should be used in the pantry, unless a professional needs to treat cracks & crevices.

13. Cigarette Beetle Drug Store Beetle Anobiidae Beetle Pantry Pests & Stored Product Pests

14. Cigarette Beetle Drug Store Beetle Powder Post Beetle Pantry Pests & Stored Product Pests Anobiidae Beetle

15. Must search for source of infestation

16. Anobiidae Beetle Must search for source of infestation If can not find infested pantry foods, call Professional

17. Anobiidae Beetle Must search for source of infestation If can not find infested pantry foods, call Professional

18. Anobiidae Beetle If pantry foods are infested: Remove infested foods. Store all pantry foods in sealed containers or in the frig/ freezer. NO pesticides should be used in the pantry, unless a professional needs to treat cracks & crevices.

19. Carpet Beetle Adult & Larva Pantry Pests & Stored Product Pests Dermestid Beetles

20. Must search for source of infestation

21. Dermestid Beetles Must search for source of infestation If can not find infested pantry foods, call Professional

22. Dermestid Beetles If pantry foods are infested: Remove infested foods. Store all pantry foods in sealed containers or in the frig/ freezer. NO pesticides should be used in the pantry, unless a professional needs to treat cracks & crevices.

23. Ants Carpenter Ant Pharaoh Ant Thief Ant Odorous House Ant Crazy Ant Little Black Ant Acrobat Ant Pavement Ant Fire Ant

24. Carpenter Ant Ants

25. Carpenter Ant Damage Ants

26. Carpenter Ant Nest in trees in the yard Tunnel in water-damaged wood of structure

27. Don’t allow moisture source inside building Carpenter Ant

34. Professional should find nest in yard Apply pesticide between nest & house

35. Carpenter Ant Professional should find nest in yard Apply pesticide between nest & house May need to treat wall voids in house Professional may use a bait.

36. Carpenter Ant Professional should find nest in yard Apply pesticide between nest & house May need to treat wall voids in house Professional may use a bait. Homeowner-bought baits alone will not solve problem unless colony is eliminated.

37. Pharaoh Ant Ants

38. Pharaoh Ant Pesticide spray causes colony to bud into 2…4…8…

39. Pharaoh Ant Pesticide spray causes colony to bud into 2…4…8… Only a Professional can identify Pharaoh Ants.

40. Ants Pharaoh AntThief Ant

41. Pharaoh Ant Pesticide spray causes colony to bud into 2…4…8… Only a Professional can identify Pharaoh Ants. Professional can only use a bait for Pharaoh Ant. Can use pesticide for Thief Ant.

42. Odorous House Ant Ants

43. Odorous House Ant

44. Most common kitchen ant. Sanitation will not stop infestation.

45. Odorous House Ant Most common kitchen ant. Sanitation will not stop infestation. Professional must apply barrier pesticide or a bait. Often 2 treatments are needed.

46. Odorous House Ant Most common kitchen ant. Sanitation will not stop infestation. Professional must apply barrier pesticide or a bait. Often 2 treatments are needed. Wait 2 weeks to see results.

47. Odorous House Ant Most common kitchen ant. Sanitation will not stop infestation. Professional must apply barrier pesticide or a bait. Often 2 treatments are needed. Wait 2 weeks to see results. Be patient.

48. Acrobat Ant Crazy Ant Little Black Ant Pavement Ant Ants

49. Fire Ant

50. Box Elder Bug Leaf Footed Bug Lady Beetles Cluster Flies Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Over Wintering Pests

51. Box Elder Bug Leaf Footed Plant Bug Over Wintering Pests

52. Multicolored Asian Lady Beetles Cluster Fly Over Wintering Pests

53. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Over Wintering Pests

54. Do not feed in the house over the winter. Do not breed in the house over the winter. Over Wintering Pests

55. Do not feed in the house over the winter. Do not breed in the house over the winter. Are only looking for shelter over the winter Over Wintering Pests

56. Caulk & seal Remove with vacuum Fly paper/ fly swatter Residual Pesticides for flies Perimeter pesticide treatment Over Wintering Pests

57. Biting Insects & Spiders Flea Bed Bug

58. Fleas Treat animal Treat outdoor habitat Treat indoor habitat

59. Fleas Treat animal Treat outdoor habitat Treat indoor habitat Spot-On insecticides Insect Growth Regulators

60. Bed Bugs Look under mattress buttons & ticking. Look where wood pieces meet.

61. Bed Bugs Look behind base boards. Under peeling wall paper Under carpet edges

62. Bed Bugs Only a Professional can treat for Bed Bugs.

63. Bed Bugs Only a Professional can treat for Bed Bugs. Remove or treat infested furniture. Remove or treat carpet.

64. Bed Bugs Only a Professional can treat for Bed Bugs. Remove or treat infested furniture. Remove or treat carpet. Use residual insecticides. Use Insect Growth Regulators. May steam-clean mattress.

65. Black Widow Biting Insects & Spiders

66. Delaware is not in the Brown Recluse distribution range. Biting Insects & Spiders

67. Occasional Invaders Bird Mites Springtails Silverfish Camel Crickets House Centipedes Earwigs Drain Flies Bottle Flies Ground Beetles

68. Bird Mites Remove bird nests Discourage nesting Screen vents to keep birds out

69. Springtails Springtails do not breed or feed indoors Homeowner should control moisture Caulk & seal

70. Clean Drains with brush. Apply an Insect Growth Regulator. Microbial cleaners can clean drain. Drain Fly

71. Bottle Flies Bottle Flies feed on carrion Homeowner should Correct Sanitation

72. Ground Beetles Ground Beetles are beneficial Insects. Homeowner should eliminate food source. Use perimeter pesticide to stop entry into home.