Integrated Pest Management

Our Commitment To Environmental Stewardship

Plunkett's has taken many steps to provide our clients with a higher quality, more worthwhile service, which includes our commitment to providing environmentally responsible pest management. This means using integrated pest management, or IPM, to deal with pest issues. It’s as close to truly organic as pest control can get.

An IPM approach is focused on addressing the three key elements pests need to survive: food, water and shelter. By concentrating on eliminating the sources of these elements, your home becomes a less desirable destination for pests and greatly reduces the likelihood of an infestation. More importantly, IPM aims to correct the root cause of the pest problem, providing you with a longer-term solution in the least intrusive manner possible. To read more about integrated pest management (IPM), click here.

The IPM Approach

Six basic steps make up an IPM program:

• Inspecting the area
• Properly identifying the pest problem
• Selecting control methods based on the size and type of the pest problem
• Employing two or more control measures in combination
• Applying pesticides judiciously
• Evaluating effectiveness

Specific IPM actions include:

• Structural repair and maintenance to exclude pests (replacing screen with holes or adding door and garage stops, etc.)
• Behavioral modification (properly storing garbage, moving wood away from house, etc.)
• Precise pesticide applications (injecting a non-volatile gel in a wall where pests have been detected)

Participation is the Key to Success

Our knowledge of pests and our experience managing them allows us to develop an effective IPM plan. However, IPM is always more effective when our clients are actively involved. Your knowledge of your home and surroundings, your observance of pest problems, and your cooperation with us, your pest management company, will ensure that the IPM program successfully rids your home of pests in the most environmentally responsible way.