If you have a home or business that is infested with pests, you need to know how to prevent them from returning. Here are a few tips to help you get started. Before you start using insecticides or chemical solutions, make sure to identify what you’re dealing with. Also, learn how to recognize natural enemies and insecticides. Hopefully, these tips will help you get rid of your pests in a short amount of time.
Identifying pests
The first step to implementing pest control measures is to identify the particular type of pest you are dealing with. The best way to do this is to use a flashlight to search for pests in dark or secluded areas. You can use this flashlight to identify their harborage areas and possible points of entry. A magnifying glass with a 10x magnification is also helpful in identifying specific pests.
Predicting pests’ presence or abundance
Effective pest control Adelaide solutions can predict the presence or abundance of various pests. This can be accomplished by developing a model of predator-pest dynamics. Predator spillover from hedges to fields and concurrence of high crop proportion and aggregation are considered as two important factors influencing pesticide application. These factors are summarized in Table 2.
Using natural enemies
Biological control of pests by using the predators and natural enemies of the pest is a proven and affordable option. The predators are free-living species that feed on large numbers of prey. The parasitoids are creatures that develop on a single host insect, including certain flies and wasps. In addition to predators, there are pathogens that kill the host insects and are specific to particular groups of insects.
Using insecticides
Several environmental effects have been identified from the use of insecticides. Among these are increased mortality and decreased reproductive success of insects, and changes in the structure and function of ecosystems. Insecticides may have particularly detrimental effects on macro invertebrates, causing a decrease in their richness and abundance. They may also disrupt the general properties of the ecosystem, as the prevalence of tolerant life stages may increase.
Using fogging
FOGGING is an effective method for controlling many insects, but it is not appropriate for many pest infestations. Although fogging is useful for the rapid knockdown of flying insects on exposed surfaces, it does not eliminate the adult mosquito population and may even harm bees. Also, the chemicals used for fogging may have other harmful effects on vegetation and bees. That is why fogging applications are usually used in combination with other methods of pest control.
