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Parasites

Bed Bugs, Fleas and Ticks

Bed Bug	Flea	Tick

Guidelines to Prepare for Bed Bug Extermination, A Pictorial of Real Life Bed Bug Infestations , and Bed Bug, Their Eggs, Feces, & Skin - What do they look like, and General Guidelines to Prepare for a Spray Treatment.

Rodents: Mice and Rat

Mice	Rat

Crawling Insects

Ants

Pharaoh and the Little Black Ants	Fire Ant	Pavement Ant
Carpenter Ant

Cockroaches

German Cockroach	American Cockroach	Brown-Banded Cockroach

Spiders	Sow Bug, Pill Bug or Potato Bug	Centipedes

Silverfish and Firebrat	Earwigs

Powder Post Beetle	Millipede

Flying Insects

House Fly	Bees	Wasp & Hornet

Pantry Pests

Carpet Beetle	Spider Beetle	Indian Meal Moth

Please, see the Pantry Pest document at Grains Canada.

Outdoor or Garden Pests

Crane-Fly (Leather Jackets)	Caterpillar

City of Toronto
City of Toronto's Public Health
Public Health, City of Toronto (416 338 7600)- Fact Sheet on Bed Bug Infestations - Rights and Responsibilities - NOV. 2008

Our Preferred Approach to Controlling these Pests:

We employ the Bait technique to Control, Eradicate, and Exterminate the infestations of these Pests. Some of the advantages of the Bait technique are:

Our exterminators will inspect the structure for points of vulnerabilities that may result in cause of future infestations or conditions that may be helping the Pest flourish. It will be up to the owner to act on the recommendations.

A Bait in Block form being
deployed in Bait Station

Expected Results and Outcome of the Treatment:

In about 3-5 weeks, all pests would have been eliminated having consumed the bait. Typically, the Pests would simply cease to exist. However, it is possible that some Pests may expire near human living spaces. As well, they may result in bad odors. In that case, client would have to investigate the source and remove it.

Mice are feeding on
Bait in Block form.

Specific Notes on Bait Application:

Bait is mostly in block form and is usually deployed inside Bait Stations. The Bait Stations are placed on the floor level along the walls and have a tunnel through them from where the Pest may enter and leave.

Mice and Rats, during their normal foraging activities, will find the bait and consume it. It is common that it may appear that the pests become more active or appear to have become greater in numbers as they may come back a few times to feed on the bait.

At QPM, we have highest success rate of complete elimination of these pests with one treatment alone. The treatment includes a thorough inspection of the property before a comprehensive application process. We are one of the few service providers who are confident to provide a warranty that these pests would be gone for good. For a no-obligation quote call us anytime.

These pests are most active at night, they are shy and very cautious. Mice are more domestic in their nature whereas Rats have tendencies for the wilderness. And Mice try to be very inconspicuous whereas Rats' presence is hard to miss. Also, Rats are much massive than the Mice.

There is no Spray, Fumigation or Fogging Application for their elimination. To eliminate these pests we employ bait method. We use most effective baits available from the leading rodenticide manufactures. These rodenticides are highly palatable and contain powerful active ingredients, for the strongest, single-feeding bait. These are utilized for both rats and mice. Bait is usually placed behind appliances (or dropped in holes or above a ceiling) where it is inaccessible to non-target life forms. In other places QPM utilizes tamper-resistant and lockable bait stations.

These rodenticides are registered with PMRA as Commercial and are not sold to the public. Only Licensed Pesticide Operators are allowed to employ these.

Areas favoured by mice are food storage and preparation areas such as kitchens and pantries. Sub-floor areas, enclosed pipes and baths in bathrooms and loft areas are also favoured areas. Bait can be placed under or behind kitchen fittings, behind fridges, under kitchen units, behind the bottom drawer of the stove, etc.

The bait method results in gradual and almost fool-proof and guaranteed removal of these pests.

The Pest Profile

Rats are various medium sized, long-tailed rodents of the super family Muroidea. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus. Many members of other rodent genera and families are also called rats and share many characteristics with true rats.

Rats are typically distinguished from mice by their size; rats are generally large muroid rodents, while mice are generally small muroid rodents. The muroid family is very large and complex, and the common terms rat and mouse are not taxonomically specific. Generally, when someone discovers a large muroid, its common name includes the term rat, while if it is small, the name includes the term mouse - scientifically, the terms are not confined to members of the Rattus and Mus genera.

Species and description

The best-known rat species are the Black Rat and the Brown Rat. The group is generally known as the Old World rats or true rats, and originated in Asia. Rats are bigger than most Old World mice, which are their relatives, but seldom weigh over 500 grams (1 lb) in the wild.

The term "rat" is also used in the names of other small mammals which are not true rats. Examples include the North American pack rats, a number of species loosely called kangaroo rats, and others. Rats such as the Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis) are murine rodents related to true rats, but are not members of the genus Rattus. Male rats are called bucks, females are called does, and infants are called kittens or pups. A group of rats is either referred to as a pack, or a mischief.

In Western countries, many people keep domesticated rats as pets. These are of the species R. norvegicus, which originated in the grasslands of China and spread to Europe and eventually, in 1775, to the New World. Pet rats are Brown Rats descended from those bred for research, and are often called "fancy rats", but are the same species as the common city "sewer" rat. Domesticated rats tend to be both more docile than their wild ancestors and more disease prone, presumably due to inbreeding.

The widely distributed and problematic commensal species of rats are a minority in this diverse genus. Many species of rats are island endemics and some have become endangered due to habitat loss or competition with the Brown, Black or Polynesian rat.

The common species are opportunistic survivors and often live with and near humans. The Black Plague is traditionally believed to have been caused by the micro-organism Yersinia pestis, carried by the Tropical Rat Flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) which preyed on R. rattus living in European cities of the day; these rats were victims of the plague themselves.

While modern wild rats can carry Leptospirosis and some other "zoonotic" conditions (those which can be transferred across species, to humans, for example), these conditions are in fact rarely found (not true in neotropical countries). Wild rats living in good environments are typically healthy and robust animals. Wild rats living in cities may suffer from poor diets and internal parasites and mites, but do not generally spread disease to humans.

The normal life span of rats ranges from two to five years, and is typically three years.

Domestic rats differ from wild rats in many ways. They are calmer and less likely to bite; they can tolerate greater crowding; they breed earlier and produce more offspring; and their brains, livers, kidneys, adrenal glands, and hearts are smaller.

Rats are a common food item for snakes, both in the wild, and as pets. Captive-bred ball pythons in particular, are fed a diet of mostly rats. Rats, as food items, are available from many suppliers who supply to individual snake owners as well as to large reptile zoos.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat