Michigan General Pest Management 7A Chapter 2: Using Equipment in General Pest Management 100% Pass

Michigan General Pest Management 7A Chapter 2: Using Equipment in General Pest Management 100% Pass Flashlight Probably the most important piece of inspection equipment. Many insects, rodents, and other pests are secretive by nature. They hide in inaccessible or difficult to reach areas. Monitoring traps Can record the presence or absence of pests and/or the number of pests before and after a control program. Flushing agents Contain an insecticide that stimulates insects. Only by using a flushing agent can you determine if insects are in hidden places. Inspection diagrams Gives an overview of the structure and surrounding buildings and areas are often helpful. Inspection reports Should list the specific pests present and structural deficiencies contributing to the pest problem, and so on. Building plans Enable you to visualize floors and rooms above, below, and on all sides of problem areas. It also helps to pinpoint warm and humid areas. Nozzles Most of these on the handheld sprayer offer a four-way multi-tip that can produce two different pin-stream spray patterns and two different flat-fan spray patterns. Pin-stream nozzle Produce solid streams of spray and are used to spray insecticides into various cracks and crevices. Crack and crevice extension tube Extremely useful because it permits the professional to apply pesticide directly into cracks and crevices with little worry of spilling of splashing pesticide on surrounding surfaces. 14.08 oz of spray per minute @ 20 psi The amount of spray delivered from a sprayer with a coarse fan pattern at a 50 degree spray angle will deliver this amount. Low pressure Usually recommended for spray applications inside structures. Too much or too little pressure often causes spotty and uneven coverage, which results in poor insect control. Less than 10 psi Most effective pressure for crack and crevice treatments. 20-25 psi A general, effective operating pressure for fan spray applications. At the beginning of each workday Fill the sprayer with a little water and run a check tosee that all components are working properly. At the end of each workday Release the pressure and rinse the sprayer with water, especially the hose. Always release the pressure from the sprayer if it is not used for an hour or more. Backpack sprayer Also called knapsack sprayer. Have tank capacities that usually range between 2 and 5 gallons. Commonly used for applying herbicides and/or insecticides on lawns, along fences, and building perimeters, and so forth. They may also be used for indoor pesticide and disinfectant spray applications, such as in large commercial food facilities and warehouses. Power sprayers Use electric or gasoline engines to pump liquid insecticides from a relatively large tank, usually over 100 gallons.