PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INSECTS, RATS AND

OTHER PESTS

The prevention and control of insects, rats, and other pests should be the

concern of every member of the family and the community because of their ill

effects on the health and economy of the people. Destroying their breeding places and knowing ways to control them can

help get rid of these pest.

Insects, Rats, and pest

Breeding Places Ways of Control

•Flies Dirty toilets, dump sites, human and animal wastes, decaying materials, uncovered food.

Always maintain the cleanliness of the toilet and its surroundings. Segregate garbage and dispose of them properly by means of composting, sanitary landfill, and other safe ways of disposal.

Insects, Rats, and pest

Breeding Places Ways of Control

•Mosquitoes Stagnant water in open containers, tires of vehicles, gutters, trunks of trees where water stays permanently, plastic containers, tanks, jars, water containers pails, bottles with water, flower vases with water, dark corners where clothes are hung or where household things are kept or filed.

Let the water flow continuously along the canal; compress tin cans, sell or give them to garbage collectors (ecoboys) together with old tires and plastic containers. Tires can be recycled into flowerpots and doormats. Put a hole on the trunk of the tree to prevent stagnant water. Cut the leaves of plants

Insects, Rats, and pest

Breeding Places Ways of Control

where water stays. Always clean water storage or water containers, drums, pails, jars, tanks and flower vases. Change the water regularly to prevent wrigglers. Instead of using water in the flower vase, use soil or sawdust.

Insects, Rats, and pest

Breeding Places Ways of Control

•Bedbug Beds, chairs, pillows, mattresses, and in between bamboo/wooden floors.

Boil water and pour it on the suspected breeding places of bedbugs. Spray hot or moist liquid and chemicals on their breeding places. Always keep the house and breeding places of bedbugs clean.

Insects, Rats, and pest

Breeding Places Ways of Control

•Cockroaches Dark, moist, or dump places or corners, like underneath the lavatory, sides of the cabinet or the cupboard where food and kitchen utensils are kept.

Keep places dry and clean like the kitchen, toilet , and their surroundings. Cover food tightly as well as the garbage cans. Spray chemicals once in a while.

Insects, Rats, and pest

Breeding Places

Ways of Control

•Rats Dirty toilets, dump sites of garbage, human and animal wastes.

Maintain clean and sanitary toilets and their premises. Cover garbage cans tightly. Dispose of garbage properly by burying or covering it with soil to prevent the site from becoming a breeding place of rats. Construct a rat-proof food storage cabinet , or a rat-proof shed if affordable.

Insects, Rats, and pest

Breeding Places

Ways of Control

•Ants Garbage cans Destroy breeding places by spraying them with chemicals or pouring hot water on them. Store the food properly. Clean the cabinets where foods are kept. Clean the garbage cans as well. Avoid leaving food or food particles on the table, floor or in the kitchen.

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