Keys to monitoring pests: Be sure that you have accurately identified the pest that causes the damage you are monitoring (see pest identification) and understand the pest’s biology and habits in the field or site being monitored. Pest populations vary from field to field, building to building, and year to year. Therefore, pest monitoring is […]
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Raised Resistance Risks
The repeated use of virtually any insecticide is capable of selecting for resistance in insects. With the introduction of every new insecticide class, cases of resistance surfaced within two to 20 years. The speed at which a species develops resistance to an insecticide depends on many factors. However, history clearly shows that the potential for […]
Is Insecticide Resistance to Blame?
Most insect control failures are not due to resistance. Before assuming insects surviving an insecticide application are resistant, eliminate other possible causes of poor control such as: The pest was not identified correctly and the wrong pesticide was used; An incorrect dosage of pesticide was used or the pesticide was applied in an improper manner; […]