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[[File:Crop Duster.jpg|thumb|right|A [[agricultural aircraft|crop duster]] applies pesticide Western corn rootworm]]
[[File:Crop Duster.jpg|thumb|right|A [[agricultural aircraft|crop duster]] applies pesticide Western corn rootworm]]
'''Pest control''' is group of methods to control some [[species]] of animals and plants that are considered by humans as harmful to their [[health]], [[economy]] or [[ecology]].<ref>http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05556.html</ref>
'''Pest control''' is group of methods to control some [[species]] of animals and plants that are considered by humans as harmful to their [[health]], [[economy]] or [[ecology]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bacillus thuringiensis |url=http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05556.html |access-date=2013-04-09 |archive-date=2015-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906000033/http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05556.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[Pest (biology)|Pest]] control is as old as [[agriculture]], as there has always been a need to keep crops free from pests. In order to get best results from food production there was always need to protect crops from competing plants trying to kill the crops to grow in its place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/a-crop-sprouts-without-soil-or-sunshine/|title=A Crop Sprouts Without Soil or Sunshine|first=Todd|last=Woody|date=20 September 2010|publisher=}}</ref>
[[Pest (biology)|Pest]] control is as old as [[agriculture]], as there has always been a need to keep crops free from pests. In order to get best results from food production there was always need to protect crops from competing plants trying to kill the crops to grow in its place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/a-crop-sprouts-without-soil-or-sunshine/|title=A Crop Sprouts Without Soil or Sunshine|first=Todd|last=Woody|date=20 September 2010|publisher=}}</ref>
Managing or controlling pests can be done with a number of methods. Killing them is often done (using the services of an exterminator or doing it yourself), but there are methods of humane pest control available too. These include using sound to deter or repel pests and making changes around the property to prevent pests from entering.
Managing or controlling pests can be done with a number of methods. Killing them is often done (using the services of an exterminator or doing it yourself), but there are methods of humane pest control available too. These include using sound to deter or repel pests and making changes around the property to prevent pests from entering.
Insects and wildlife enter buildings primarily to seek food, shelter, and warmth.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Pest Control|url=https://www.pest-control-services.org.uk/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-29|website=www.pest-control-services.org.uk}}</ref> The areas typically affected are the attic, the basement, and the roof. Homeowners can do some things to help ensure we don't provide an environment that's attractive to pests.
Insects and wildlife enter buildings primarily to seek food, shelter, and warmth.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Pest Control|url=https://www.pest-control-services.org.uk/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-29|website=www.pest-control-services.org.uk}}</ref> The areas typically affected are the attic, the basement, and the roof. Homeowners can do some things to help ensure we don't provide an environment that's attractive to pests.
==References==
== Pest Control Media ==
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File: Bronze Saite era art of an Egyptian cat in the Gulbenkian Museum.jpg|Bronze cat, Ancient Egypt. (664–525 BC)
File:Red weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) feeding on a dead African giant snail (Achatina fulica) - journal.pone.0060797.g001-F.png|[[Oecophylla smaragdina|Red weaver ants]], here feeding on a [[Lissachatina fulica|snail]], have been used to control pests in China, Southeast Asia, and Africa for many centuries.
File:Birds-seagull-donotfeed-amoswolfe.jpg|Sign in Ilfracombe, England designed to help control [[seagull]] presence
File:Cotesia9061.8.15.07.c.jpg|[[Biological pest control]]: [[parasitoid wasp]] (''[[Cotesia congregata]])'' adult with pupal cocoons on its host, a tobacco hornworm ''[[Manduca sexta]]'' (green background)
File:Following the plough 3 - geograph.org.uk - 1019422.jpg|Cultivation by [[ploughing]] exposes insect pests to predators such as [[black-headed gull]]s.
File: Choristoneura fumiferana.jpg|[[Choristoneura fumiferana|Spruce budworm]] (adult and pupa shown), a serious pest of forests, can be monitored using [[pheromone trap]]s.
File:Passenger pigeon shoot.jpg|A contemporary wood engraving of varmint hunters shooting [[passenger pigeon]]s, a varmint species that was known to damage crops. [[Overhunting]] resulted in complete extinction of the species.
File:Dog van Rekong Peo.jpg|Dog control van, [[Rekong Peo]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], India
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== References ==
{{reflist}}[https://termitehub.com/pest_control_and_termite_inspection_companies.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624025747/https://termitehub.com/pest_control_and_termite_inspection_companies.html |date=2016-06-24 }}{{science-stub}}
{{reflist}}[https://termitehub.com/pest_control_and_termite_inspection_companies.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624025747/https://termitehub.com/pest_control_and_termite_inspection_companies.html |date=2016-06-24 }}{{science-stub}}