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Keep Bugs Away
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Pest Control Tool Box
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Identify the Pest
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Look Closely and Keep Records
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Decide if the Pest is a Problem
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Choose the Safest Treatments
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Different Ways to Keep Pests Away
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Keep it Clean
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Block Their Way
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Use Your Hands
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Let Nature Help
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Chemical Uses
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Let Nature Help
All speciesincluding insectshave natural enemies. IPM uses natural enemies or biological controls to manage pests. The most common natural enemies are predators and parasitoids. A predator is an organism that eats another living thing. For example, a ladybug is a predator that will eat an aphid. A parasitoid is an organism that slowly feeds off another organism in order to grow into an adult. One example of parasites used in IPM is mini-wasps which are harmless to humans and which will feed off a variety of insect pests before eventually killing them.
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