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Pest Management at Home

Most people are bothered by pests at one time or another. Whether it’s weeds in the lawn, diseases in the shrubs, fruit-flies in the composter or ants in the kitchen the following fact sheets will help. There are ways to manage pest problems without harming the environment or your health. Learn more about:

Having a healthy, problem free lawn

Hiring a Lawn Care Company
Lawn Weed (PDF: 302k)
Preventing Pest Damage in Home Lawns

Preventing pests in the home and garden

Bed Bugs (PDF)
Carpenter Ant (PDF: 1.1mb)
Chinch Bug (PDF: 51k)
Common Diseases of Roses (PDF: 22k)
Earwig (PDF: 37k)
Eastern Tent Caterpillar (PDF: 245k)
Flea (PDF: 25k)
Garden Aphid (PDF: 27k)
Mice & Rats (PDF: 271k)
Powdery Mildew of Lilac, Phlox and Other Ornamentals (PDF: 16k)
Wasp (Yellowjacket) (PDF: 36k)
White Grub (PDF: 60k)

Enjoy the Outdoors Safely

Ticks and Lyme disease (PDF)
Lyme Disease (PDF)
Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus (PDF)
Rabies (PDF)

Choosing and using pest control products

Preventing Pests in the Home Garden (PDF: 21k)
Pesticide Safety at Home (PDF: 81k)
Pesticide Safety in the Garden (PDF: 33k)
Understanding the Pesticide Label (PDF: 70k)

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Last Updated: 2006-Apr-5
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