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What Is IPM?

Bug Reporter (to learn which bugs or other noteworthy pests are making headlines at our office and possibly in your neck of the woods!)

Household-Related Pest Identification for Mainers:

• FACT SHEETS

– Common Name Listing (an A’ to ‘Z’ alphabetical listing of the critters on our site)
– Plant Disease Fact Sheets

• PHOTO GALLERY (including a link to plant disease photos) and sites with additional insect and plant disease photos!
• PEST HABITAT (Where was it found?) (Choose a location in or near the home or yard and find a list of possible candidates)
• PEST DESCRIPTION (Does it fly, jump, or walk, and did you find it indoors or outdoors?)
• FREQUENT SPECIMENS (Many of the most frequent critters, pests and associated inquiries that routinely come in to our University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Insect Diagnostic Laboratory each year)
• INSECT and PLANT DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY (University of Maine Cooperative Extension) (how to send a plant sample)
• PLANT DISEASE RESOURCES (links to other useful plant disease web sites)
• FURTHER HELP / ADDITIONAL RESOURCES (links to other useful pest web sites)
  

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