Common Methods of Pest Control

 

Pests can not only cause damage to your crops and the environment, but can also affect your health. That is why pest control is essential. Managing and regulating these pests is however not something new, it has been there since way back in the days of our forefathers , maybe a few types of pest control  have changed or some new ones have come up. There are quite a number of ways you can control pests, below are some of these methods.

 

Setting a trap

 

Traps have been used to capture pests longer than I can remember. They have remained effective in capturing non-insect pests like rats and mice. To capture them you or the exterminator sets the traps at strategic locations where the rats or mice pass through, or come to look for food. You may have to shift the location of these traps from time to time if they are not making any catch.

 

Applying pesticides

 

It is the most common method of getting rid of pests where one may use a truck, plane or hands to apply the pesticides. To kill pests that were destroying crops a plane carrying the pesticide would fly over a farmland spraying it down strategically.

 

Burning the fields

 

Fields are burned to kill insects, rodents and pest eggs that may be present in the field; this process is especially carried out after harvesting. You can also hire pest control vancouver wa experts.

 

Pest Hunting

 

Hunting pests down started way back when people used to move all over town looking for stray dogs and cats without owners and kill them. Some towns have had a system where the town clown offers a reward to anyone killing a pest and bringing in the proof.

 

Poisoning a bait

 

Another method of natura pest control is by setting up poisoned bait. The pest unknowingly consumes the poisoned laced bait and dies immediately. It is however dangerous method since anything else that eats or comes into contact with the dead pest may also die. Rats, wolves and birds have controlled through this method to prevent them from destroying crops.

 

Pest control through biological means

 

Biological pest control involves the use of parasites and other natural predators to control certain pests. One way is to use the pest's natural enemy like say using a cat on rodents. Some form of bacterium has been used to kill mosquitoes by infecting them first.

 

The methods discussed above are only typical examples of the pest control methods as there are other procedures that can be used. The best pest control method to employ among them will depend on your specific pest problem and the method that is more cost-effective at the time.