James Rodriguez, ACE, Technical Director, J.T. Eaton & Co.
SPP can feed on more than just the food in your customers’ pantries. The hardest problems to solve are when a pantry pest infests carcasses of dead animals like rats, mice or birds that are dead in inaccessible areas.
Another difficult scenario is when SPP are in a wall void where mice have cached their food. We need to consider things like this before jumping the gun and doing a treatment.
You can eliminate most SPP infestations by locating and removing the infested product(s), vacuuming cracks and crevices, using pheromone traps and/or spot treating infested areas. Here are three more tips:
• Ask your customer about any recent or previous rodent or bird infestations, or about the use of rodenticides. Include these in your inspection.
• Protect your pheromone glue traps in high-traffic areas by placing pheromones on glue boards in multiple-catch devices.
• Once the insect is identified, have a protocol for temporary containment of stored food (plastic sheathing or plastic tubs, for example), so you can determine the level of infestation and pinpoint the source.
from Pest Management Professional http://www.mypmp.net/2018/09/18/consider-all-spp-sources-before-treating/
Sacramento CA
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