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Integrated Pest Management
By: Alyssa Kearney
Mrs. Prendergast
Period 4
What & Why
The First Step
Understand what the customer wants
you to do with the pest.
Consult the owner of the property and see
what they want done with the pest. Do
they want it dead? Do they care if you
use chemicals? (etc.)
The Second Step
Examine the pest and the problem
Make sure you know which species are
currently there. Check buildings, make
sure you have the right identification, know
characteristics of the pest.
The Third Step
Use short term actions to better control
the pest
If there’s a lot of the type of pest, try using
insecticides first to get rid of some of the
pests. Do small things that will let you do
the big tactic more thoroughly.
The Fourth Step
Use long term actions to rid the pest
Use the tactics to help resolve the pest
issue. Prevent the pests from doing harm
or coming back.
The Fifth Step
Write records
Remember to keep track of the strategy you
used to get rid of the pest. It might be
helpful in the future! Remember a
conclusion.
The Last Step
Consult the landowner again
Tell the owner the process you used to rid
the pest. Make sure the customer stays
informed about what they can do to help
control the pest in the future (if it comes
back).
The Six Tactics
Chemical Control- There are special
insecticide sprays you can use to manage
pests. You can spray or lubricate where
the pest is.
Biological Control- Predation (bringing in
predators to eat the prey) and parasitism
(you bring in another organism that gets
benefits from damaging the pest)
Physical Control- Using barriers, traps,
weeding, and getting rid of the pest using
hands
The Six Tactics
• Cultural Control- Using sanitation, crop
rotations, and covering the crops to get rid
of the pest.
• Regulatory Control- Take away things that
make the pest regulatory (i.e. health,
comfort, and recreation)
• Exclusion- Place barriers and watch the
pests closely.
Bagworm
• Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
• The bagworm is native to Pennsylvania.
Recognizable Traits
• The pests reside in cone shaped figures.
The actual pest is shiny black with amber
coloring on their underside. Male
bagworms turn into moths that can fly
around, while the women stay in the “grub”
form.
Life History of the Bagworm
• Bagworms start out as eggs. They grow
into larvae which look like moth larvae.
They also go through pupae. Then, as
adults, women stay in a grub like form
while men grow into moths.
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Eggs stay in
the bags the
females
made
previously.
Egg hatches
and the
larvae come
out and
search for
food. Each
one makes a
bag around
itself using
silk and plant
material.
Feeding
continues
until August
when they
attach
themselves
to sticks and
twigs. The
pests stay
there for
about a
month.
Males leave
their bags to
go mate.
They travel
to the
woman's bag
where the
woman can
lay 500 to
1,000 eggs.
Impact
• Bagworms can eat both hardwood and
softwood trees. They usually attack fir,
hemlock, juniper, pine, and spruce.
• Bagworms take away plant leaves, this
causes leaf damage. Attacks usually go
unnoticed because their bags look like
pinecones.
Getting Rid of Bagworms
• You can just pick up the bag and burn it.
• Attract birds. Use birdfeeders or make
your tree desirable.
• Use insecticides to spray on the pest to
make sure they die away.