Ants	Hornets
	Bed Bugs	Mice
	Bees	Millipedes
	Beetles	Moths
	Carpenter Ants	Mosquitoes
	Cave Crickets	Rodents
	Centipedes	Silverfish
	Clover Mites	Termites
	Cockroaches	Ticks
	Dust Mites	Wasps
	Earwigs	Water bugs
	Fleas

Pest Management:

Pests will be managed to:

• Reduce any potential human health hazard or to protect against a significant threat to public safety.

• Prevent loss or damage to property.

• Prevent pests from spreading in the community or to plant and animal populations beyond the site.

• Enhance the quality of life for residents, students and/or employees.

Integrated Pest Management Procedures:

IPM procedures will determine when to control pests, and whether to use physical, horticultural, or biological means. Chemical controls are used as a last resort. IPM practitioners depend on current, comprehensive information on the pest and its environment, and the best available pest control methods. Applying IPM principles prevents unacceptable levels of pest activity and damage. These principles are implemented by the most economical means and with the least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment. For example, we only use tamper proof rodent stations as required by the state government.

It is the policy of Emergency Pest Control to utilize IPM principles to manage pest populations adequately. While the goal of this IPM program is to reduce and ultimately eliminate use of toxic chemicals, toxic chemicals may become necessary in certain situations. The choice of using a pesticide will be based on a review of all other available options and a determination that these options are unacceptable or are unfeasible, alone or in combination. Cost or staffing considerations alone will not be adequate justification for use of chemical control agents. The full range of alternatives, including no action, will be considered.

 Hot Topics

Lyme disease risk
The single most significant carrier of Lyme disease lurks not in deep, dark forests, but in parks, on farms and even in the tall grass of suburban backyards. That carrier – the one most likely to bring Lyme-infected ticks in contact with human beings – is not the white-tailed deer, but the white footed mouse, according to doctors at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. A three-year UMDNJ study has found that recognizing and avoiding the habitat of the rodents can significantly reduce the risk of contracting the tick-borne illness.
There is a misconception among most people that deer are the culprit. But no; it’s really mice.

Roaches:
You’ll rarely find roaches distributed evenly in an infested office/apartment building. Some units might be heavily infested, while other tenants may not have seen a roach in years. Apartments/offices that are clean, uncluttered, well maintained, and treated regularly can still be heavily infested. What ?!

One or more units in a building are often the “Focus” of the infestation. These focus apartments/offices/classrooms have conditions ideal for roaches . . . abundant food, water, and especially shelter . . . and overflow populations keep re-infesting the apartments, offices or classrooms next door, above or below. There’s little you can do to stem the tide without first identifying these focus apartments, offices and/or classrooms (Usually fairly east), and then treating them (often difficult).

The Profile of a Problem

Poor Cooperation. Tenants of problem units usually refuse to allow pest control service. (If the apartments next door have been regularly treated, are clean and uncluttered but remain infested, it’s a good bet that you’ve found the problem).

Clutter. Stacks of boxes, bags, food, clothing, and other items will be jammed into corners or scattered on the floor throughout the unit. (Harborage for roaches)

Poor Sanitation. The stove in the kitchen, cafeteria or efficiency will be covered with caked-on grease, there will be food scraps on the floor, the trash will be overflowing, and dirty dishes will be piled in the sink and on countertops. (Food and water for roaches)

High Temperatures. The average room temperature will be 80ºF or higher. (In 30 days, twice as many roaches will hatch at 83ºF degrees than at 73º F.)

Roaches. Naturally, a focus unit will have roaches, roaches, and more roaches. A shot of flushing agent under the kitchen sink or behind a cabinet should confirm your suspicions.