What's Bugging Me? Identifying and Controlling Household Pests in Hawaii

What's Bugging Me? Identifying and Controlling Household Pests in Hawaii
Author :
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages : 196
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0824817427
ISBN-13 : 9780824817428
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis What's Bugging Me? Identifying and Controlling Household Pests in Hawaii by : JoAnn M. Tenorio

The authors of the popular and informative What Bit Me? Identifying Hawaii's Stinging and Biting Insects and their Kin answer these and other questions in this long-awaited standard reference on Hawaii's household "bugs." What's Bugging Me? helps you identify those ants, spiders, termites, beetles, silverfish, and cockroaches that invade your home and offers effective strategies for dealing with them. A range of anti-pest weapons--not just chemicals--is given, emphasizing a modern "integrated control" approach. What's Bugging Me? teaches techniques for prevention, early detection, and monitoring of pest problems. It recommends specific methods that target the pest, not methods that merely poison the environment. Many inexpensive home remedies are suggested. In every-day language accessible to homeowners and apartment dwellers, the authors provide a wealth of authoritative information that will also benefit pest control operators, landscapers, builders, and entomology professionals.

Invasive Species in the Pacific

Invasive Species in the Pacific
Author :
Publisher :
Total Pages : 208
Release :
ISBN-10 : UOM:39015053507128
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Invasive Species in the Pacific by : Greg Sherley

Acquisition List

Acquisition List
Author :
Publisher :
Total Pages : 242
Release :
ISBN-10 : MINN:31951P00500597J
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (7J Downloads)

Synopsis Acquisition List by : University of Hawaii at Manoa. Library. Hawaiian Collection

What Bit Me?

What Bit Me?
Author :
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages : 84
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0824814924
ISBN-13 : 9780824814922
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis What Bit Me? by : Gordon M. Nishida

This reference covers the stinging and biting insects, spiders, mites, ticks, and their relatives commonly encountered by humans and pets in Hawai'i. In language understandable by nonscientists, the authors explain the history, life cycle, structure, and venoms and toxins known for each pest species. They provide descriptions to help you recognize what has bitten or stung you and to help you distinguish insects that are nuisances from those that are potentially dangerous. They also discuss how to treat bites and stings safely. What Bit Me? belongs on every home medical bookshelf. It contains information essential to parents, anyone who works with children, hikers, gardeners, agricultural workers, and especially health professionals. Book jacket.

Edible Insects

Edible Insects
Author :
Publisher : Bright Sparks
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9251075956
ISBN-13 : 9789251075951
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Edible Insects by : Arnold van Huis

Edible insects have always been a part of human diets, but in some societies there remains a degree of disdain and disgust for their consumption. Although the majority of consumed insects are gathered in forest habitats, mass-rearing systems are being developed in many countries. Insects offer a significant opportunity to merge traditional knowledge and modern science to improve human food security worldwide. This publication describes the contribution of insects to food security and examines future prospects for raising insects at a commercial scale to improve food and feed production, diversify diets, and support livelihoods in both developing and developed countries. It shows the many traditional and potential new uses of insects for direct human consumption and the opportunities for and constraints to farming them for food and feed. It examines the body of research on issues such as insect nutrition and food safety, the use of insects as animal feed, and the processing and preservation of insects and their products. It highlights the need to develop a regulatory framework to govern the use of insects for food security. And it presents case studies and examples from around the world. Edible insects are a promising alternative to the conventional production of meat, either for direct human consumption or for indirect use as feedstock. To fully realise this potential, much work needs to be done by a wide range of stakeholders. This publication will boost awareness of the many valuable roles that insects play in sustaining nature and human life, and it will stimulate debate on the expansion of the use of insects as food and feed.

Ask the Bugman

Ask the Bugman
Author :
Publisher : UNM Press
Total Pages : 188
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0826328350
ISBN-13 : 9780826328359
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Ask the Bugman by : Richard Fagerlund

How to control household pests in a more environmentally friendly way.

What's Wrong With My Vegetable Garden?

What's Wrong With My Vegetable Garden?
Author :
Publisher : Timber Press
Total Pages : 251
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781604691849
ISBN-13 : 1604691840
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis What's Wrong With My Vegetable Garden? by : David Deardorff

From the bestselling authors of What’s Wrong with My Plant? comes the perfect companion for the edible gardener We seek the satisfaction of nurturing amazing plants that become our platter of gourmet vegetables. We crave that moment when the flavor of a freshly picked tomato explodes in our mouths. Above all, by growing our own food, we know it is safe, clean, and chemical-free. The authors offer detailed plant portraits of popular vegetables complete with growth habit, growing season, planting techniques and temperature, soil, light, and water requirements. Rounded out with problem identification and organic solutions to these common problems, What's Wrong With My Vegetable Garden? will quickly become one of your most essential garden tools.

Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology

Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology
Author :
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 376
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781402096846
ISBN-13 : 1402096844
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology by : Jens Amendt

Forensic Entomology deals with the use of insects and other arthropods in medico legal investigations. We are sure that many people know this or a similar definition, maybe even already read a scientific or popular book dealing with this topic. So, do we really need another book on Forensic Entomology? The answer is 13, 29, 31, 38, and 61. These are not some golden bingo numbers, but an excerpt of the increasing amount of annual publications in the current decade dealing with Forensic Entomology. Comparing them with 89 articles which were published d- ing the 1990s it illustrates the growing interest in this very special intersection of Forensic Science and Entomology and clearly underlines the statement: Yes, we need this book because Forensic Entomology is on the move with so many new things happening every year. One of the most attractive features of Forensic Entomology is that it is multid- ciplinary. There is almost no branch in natural science which cannot find its field of activity here. The chapters included in this book highlight this variety of researches and would like to give the impetus for future work, improving the dev- opment of Forensic Entomology, which is clearly needed by the scientific com- nity. On its way to the courtrooms of the world this discipline needs a sound and serious scientific background to receive the acceptance it deserves.