Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding the business of controlling pests -- Household pests and their control: cockroaches -- Household pests and their control: flies -- Household pests and their control: mosquitoes -- Household pests and their control: bed bugs -- Household pests and their control: termites -- Sporadic pests and their control -- Stored product pests -- Vertebrate pests and their control -- Methodology in pest control: insecticide formulations -- Methodology in pest control: insecticide baits and baiting -- Shift to integrated pest management (IPM) -- Handling pesticides.

This book, inclusive of 13 chapters, focuses on the control of invertebrate and vertebrate pests that commonly infest man-made structures. With emphasis on the most important pest organisms, specific chapters are devoted to the discussion of control strategies for cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes, bed bugs, termites, rats and mice, bats and birds. Chapters for the control of sporadic pests and pests of stored products are also included, as well as chapters for insecticide formulations, insecticide baits and baiting, and integrated pest management. The last chapter explores safety considerations in handling pesticides. With these contents, this book will be of valuable use to practitioners engaged in pest control services.

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