You open the kitchen cabinet, reach for the jar of peanut butter,
and there on its top are mice droppings. What's the safest means to
be rid of the mice? In "Ask the Bugman," Board Certified
Entomologist Richard Fagerlund offers advice on pest control drawn
from answers to commonly asked questions in his nationally
distributed newspaper column. For mice, live traps are best, using
oatmeal as bait. Never use poisons or glue boards. He also
encourages preventive measures to plug the holes mice use as
entrances.
With thirty-years' experience in pest control, Fagerlund offers
suggestions for controlling nearly fifty common (and a few not so
common) pests found in and around the home. The questions are
divided into categories including disruptive pests, destructive
pests, biters and stingers, reptiles and rodents, and garden and
household bugs. But what separates "Ask the Bugman" from other such
books is its environmental ethic, which is carefully laid out in
the principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Typical IPM
methods include habitat modification, improved sanitation, and the
use of less-toxic, pest-specific baits. As alternatives to harmful
chemicals, he counsels use of home remedies, provides a number of
these, and includes others sent in by readers of his column. Ten
original sketches of common household pests give readers an
appreciation of their appearance.
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