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State-of-the-Art
Exterminators |
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Shawn |
Nottingham |
Phone: |
606-546-4949 |
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Service
Categories: |
structural |
commercial |
school |
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landscape
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residential |
golf
course |
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Environmentally
friendly pest control by true pest control artists. Service to restaurants
and food service accounts only. No termite work. |
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What
is your definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)? |
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Elimination of
pests using alternative methods (ie exclusion, structure modification,
lures, traps, sanitation, caulking, sealing, etc) with pesticides
used only as a last resort, and then only odorless, vaporless crack
& crevice treatment. |
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Is pest management performed on a specific schedule? |
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Monitoring
is done monthly. Inspection is done monthly or as needed for roaches,
ants, mice, etc. No termite work performed. |
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How are
pest problems identified? |
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Identification
is done using Victor pheramone roach traps, glueboard, sticky traps,
tanglefoot, duct tape. Plus, we work with the Department of Entomology
at the University of Kentucky. |
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What practices
do you use to prevent and/or control pests? |
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Prevention and
control of pests are done with exclusion, inspection, trapping, landscaping,
plastic, duct tape, cement and plastic compounds. |
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Do you
use biological controls? |
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To a limited
extent only. BoraCare, Terro ant bait, etc (boric acid). |
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Do you
use synthetic chemicals? |
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Occasionally,
we use CB Aerosol products (pyrethrins), non-residual or flushing
only, plus Drione dust (pyrethrin). |
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What
are the top 10 pesticides you use/sell/recommend? |
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We use what
we described above. We recommend glueboards and terro ant bait OTC
(boric acid) to customers. |
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If pesticides are used, how much are used per year of each? |
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Crack & crevice
treatment are used only and of that, less than 3 cases of aerosols
are used per year and around 7 pounds of Drione dust per year. |
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Does
your company perform habitat modification? |
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Yes. Eliminate
mulch, moisture, pruning, removal, etc. |
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Do you
use any physical or mechanical controls? |
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We use duct
tape for cracks and crevices, putty to seal wall voids, metal traps
and heat treatment in small areas. |
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What
type of fertilizers do you use/sell/recommend? |
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Superior by
far to the competition. |
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What
do you usually use/sell/recommend for addressing: |
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termites |
Did Not
Respond (DNR) |
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cockroaches |
Glueboards and
pheromone traps. |
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carpenter
ants |
Landscape modification. |
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ants (indoor) |
Terro ant bait. |
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How do
you evaluate effectiveness of your pest management |
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Harlan County
Food Services, division of Harlan Co. KY Board of Education; David
Griffin, Director of Operations, Burger King Restaurants, London,
KY. |
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