Integrated Pest Management

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Integrated Pest Management
Dr. Marc L. LameIndiana University, School of
Public and Environmental Affairs
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PREFACE Where am I coming from?

• As an former CE IPM Specialist frustrated
• As a current implementer of IPM - grateful
• As an ex-enviro. Regulator - confused
• As a taxpayer/parent angry
• As an entomologist - excited

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Integrated Pest Management Defined

• IPM is a process for achieving long term,
  environmentally sound pest suppression through
  the use of a wide variety of technological and
  management practices - USEPA

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Pest

• A biological entity which competes with humans
  for food, shelter, water and ATTENTION!

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Arthropod Pests
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Vertebrate Pests
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Weeds
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The traditional pest management model
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
e x t e r m i n a t o r PMP
P E S T I C I D E S

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a Shift in Pest Management
A SAFE ENVIRONMENT
SAFE ENVIRONMENT
C U L T U R A L
G E N E T I C
M E C H A N I C A L
B I O L O G I C A L
C H E M I C A L
P E S T IC I D E
monitoring, prevention, treatment (identification
, biology, technology)
EDUCATION
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Management Techniques Used as Part of Urban IPM
Programs

• Improving hygiene standards
• Habitat manipulation
• Encouraging natural occurring biological control
  species
• Selection of target specific control products
  that have low mammalian toxicity and low
  environmental impact
• Biological control products
• Pest proofing

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What is IPM?

• Dont attract Pests
• Keep them out
• Get rid of them, if you are sure you have them
  with the safest, most effective method(s)

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A Shift to an IPMProgram (structural)
SAFE ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
S c h e d u l e d
T r e a t m e n t s
C u l t u r a l
E x c l u s i o n
C h e m i c a l
M e c h a n i c a l
S a n i t a t i o n


monitoring, prevention, treatment (identification,
biology, technology)
EDUCATION
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IPM Tactics
Pesticides
Physical/mechanical control
Cultural/sanitation practices
Education Communication
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Cultural
Involves manipulation of the pests environment
to make it less favorable for the pest to exist.
It may also be referred to as habitat
modification or environmental alteration.
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Mechanical/Physical

• Excluding (pest proofing) pests using barriers,
  including screens, seals, nets and caulking
• Manually removing pests using hands, snares or by
  vacuuming
• Setting traps, including sticky, electric,
  light, multiple catch and snap types
• The use of heat or cold to destroy pests

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Biocontrol

• Predators
• Parasitoids
• Pathogens

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Chemical

• Pesticides herbicides, fungicides,
  insecticides, rodenticides, etc
• Label (FIFRA)
• Timing
• Coverage
• In general pesticides kill pests they DONT
  prevent pests!

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what do todays scientists say?- Body Burden,
Environmental Working Group, Mt. Sinai School of
Community Medicine and Commonweal, 2003

• An average of 91 chemical contaminants in the
  human body
• Of 167 chemicals found, 76 cause cancer, 94 are
  toxic to nervous systems and 79 cause birth
  defects or abnormal development
• 17 are pesticide breakdown products

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RED HERRINGS

• 1. The Toxicity Arguments
• consistent with the label doesnt mean necessary,
  
• Inerts have no effect,
• but its poison
• 2. IPM costs too much horse pucky
• Know the economics of your system
• What is your model?

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Implementing Integrated Pest Management Pest
Management is People Management
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Thus, IPM must be defined as an INNOVATION to be
adopted

• IPM is a cluster of technologies (cultural,
  mechanical, biological, genetic, and chemical)
  which is an integrated application (based on
  biological information) designed to allow humans
  to compete with other species (pests).

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Marc defines the Pest Management Professional as
an

• Diagnostician/educator

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Diagnostician/educator

• The doctor/patient relationship
• History (question the patient)
• Examination
• diagnosis
• Curative action
• Preventive Medicine
• behavior modification
• Check-up

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PMP - Diagnostician

• Your professional relationship
• History
• Inspection for conducive conditions
• Inspection for pests
• ID and biology
• monitoring

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Perform regular inspections
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Know where to look
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And what is Bobby looking for?
Conducive Conditions those things that attract
pests and allow them to be where you dont want
them.
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Monitoring

• The only way to justify pesticide application
• Allows for proper diagnosis

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Whatkind of roach?
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What does it meanbaby roaches?
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Your eyes 24/7but not your mind
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Whose been eating in this trap?
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Justified Applications

• Treat every pesticide like it might be bannedbe
  precautious!
• Timing and Coverage based on children and target
  pest

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PMP - Educator

• Your professional relationship is a Partnership
  to teach your patient how to
• To prevent pests
• Inspect for pests
• ID and biology
• Monitoring
• To Remove pests

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Moth Fly required a shift in strategies
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Pest perception!
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IPM Training

• pest ID
• Pest Biology
• conducive condition ID and remediation
• All management alternatives and their safe use!
• Thus

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Pest Prevention is Everyones Job
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Bobby says Ecological Equivalents

• Wet places where is your swamp?
• Warm places where is your jungle?
• Tight places where is your bark?
• Safe places where is your shelter?
• Safe places where is your escape?
• Dining places where is your food?
• Pooping places where is your bathroom?

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Wet places where is your swamp?
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Wet places where is your swamp?
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Warm places where is your jungle?
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Tight places where is your bark?
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Safe places where is your shelter?
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Safe places where is your escape?
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Dining places where is your food?
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Pooping places where is your bathroom?
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Pest Vulnerable Areas

• Kitchen, pantry and cafeteria
• Dumpsters
• Teachers lounge
• Custodial closets
• Special Ed/Kindergarten/classroom
• Bathrooms
• External grounds
• Commonalities Food, Water, Shelter

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Sanitation

• Eliminate food, water and harborage for pests

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Exclusion

• Eliminate pest entry points

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control

• Doing what you do now---just think pests!!!
• Repair what is broken
• Remove the source of the problem
• Communicate with the responsible person
• Professional improvement

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Verification!
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Minimum Implementation Standards

• Those that manage their environment (building or
  grounds) know what their pest management program
  is.
• Those responsible for the cultural (sanitation)
  and mechanical (exclusion) components of IPM
  have been trained to incorporate them into
  existing job responsibilities .
• Those responsible for the chemical pesticide
  component of IPM are certified (with instructions
  to treat as needed and based on monitoring)

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Spanning 10 Years, 7 States and 5 EPA Regions

• 71 Reduction in Pesticide Applications
• 78 Reduction in Pest Complaints to School
  Administrations

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Questions and Comments
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For More IPM Info

• http//schoolipm.ifas.ufl.edu/
• http//ag.arizona.edu/urbanipm/schoolipm/newslette
  rs/index.html
• www.schoolswithoutpesticides.com
• www.ipminstitute.org
• http//urbanentomology.tamu.edu/
• www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/indexes/anripm.tmpl
• www.beyondpesticides.org
• Trumans Scientific Guide to Pest Management
  Operations (6th ed.). Bennett, B, Owens, J. and
  Corrigan, R (2003). Advanstar Communications.
• Rodent Control A Practical Guide for Pest
  Management Professionals. Corrigan, R. M. (2001).
  GIE Media.
• A Worm in the Teacher's Apple Protecting
  America's School Children from Pests and
  Pesticides.  Lame, M. L. 2005. Authorhouse.

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www.schoolswithoutpesticides.com
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SOURCES FOR IMAGES

• Dr. Dawn Gouge, University of Arizona for
  materials and development
• Carl Olsen, University of Arizona for materials
  and development
• Jerry Jochim, Monroe County Community School
  Corporation
• http//schoolipm.ifas.ufl.edu/
• http//ag.arizona.edu/urbanipm/schoolipm/newslette
  rs/index.html
• www.schoolswithoutpesticides.com
• http//www.doyourownpestcontrol.com/