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Welcome to Home and Garden IPM from Cooperative Extension

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Click this button to go to our page containing Fact Sheets and links to information about insects, spiders and other critters a Maine homeowner might encounter

Link to our online photo gallery of insects, spiders and other critters that a homeowner in Maine might encounter.

Link to some definitions of what IPM isLink to our Insect and Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab at 491 College Avenue in Orono

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Click for listing of further resources, including information on home-related rodents, bats, etc.

Pest Identification and Management for people in Maine

The intent of these pages is to help people in Maine identify pests that are found in and around the home and to provide information on how to control them, if control is necessary.
Attention-grabbing news announcement about Spotted-wing Drosophila (SWD) Fruit Flies -- with a note to click to find out what we know so far about this new invasive fruit fly pest!

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