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INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
Activity Book
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fun facts!
connect the dots!
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and Natural Resources
Cooperative Extension System
How many flies have invaded this house?
Draw 3 more flies. How many flies have invaded the home now?
Draw a screen on the window to prevent more flies from invading.
When flies inside your home make you scream…IPM
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When flies inside your home make you scream…IPM
Screen s are a cu ntrol.
When flies make you want to scream
nical co
Repair your window screens a nd mecha d holes
That’s the best solution…IPM e of rips an
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Keep scr ests.
lp
to contro
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Create a web for this helpful creature.
How do spiders use their webs to capture pests?
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Draw a line from the ant to
the food source.
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Midnight Raiders
Cockroach Invaders
Cockroaches love living with people.
Homes give them lots of food and cozy places Cockroach Menu
to rest and breed. But no one wants What's yummy to a roach? Search
cockroaches in their home. They smell bad. for the hidden words to find out.
They run all over at night. They can cause Then make sure the roaches won't
allergies, too. get to those goodies in your home!
To get rid of roaches, think like
a roach. What would
make you leave a cozy
human home?
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Take o ut the garb peanut butter, fingernail clippings,
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Keep fo od in close grease, soap
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after pets e
Rinse out pet dishes
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r recycling
from cans fo
Wash food
oung
nd holes. Y
Plug up cracks a ugh a
queeze thro
ro aches can s
as a dime.
crack as thin
places so NASTY! When they eat, cockroaches
Clear ou t warm, dark
't hide. barf a little bit. They also leave poop.
roaches can
These smelly things mark the spot so
the roaches can find food later.
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Help Izzy Find the Pest Insects.
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ADAPTATION EXTINCT
CHEMICAL HABITAT
CLASSIFY LIFE CYCLE
ENDANGERED PREY
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flour Keep Pests
from Pestering
YOU!
Kitchen pests like cereal, flour,
oatmeal, crackers, and pancake mix.
Travel the maze to see which containers
sugar pests can get into.
Draw a snack container that will keep
pests out of your food.
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flou
chips
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Connect the dots to find out what creature will helps control pests.
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If you're plagued by mice or rats...IPM
If you're plagued by mice or rats...IPM
If you're plagued by mice or rats
Get yourself a
That's the best solution...IPM
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Mosquito
Patrol!
Mosquitoes bite and make
you itch. They can also
make you sick. Some
mosquitoes lay eggs in
ponds or swamps.
The tree hole mosquito can
lay eggs in your yard! It
breeds any place it finds
still or slow-moving water.
That includes tree holes
that hold water.
This mosquito finds lots of
other places to lay eggs,
too. You'll see 10 in the
picture. Cross them out.
Then go on a mosquito
patrol in your neighborhood.
Tips
Turn over empty pots.
Dump water from toys.
Don't grow mosquitoes in
your area! Skeeter S
c at
Read labe
ls on all
repellents
. Don't
use produ
cts with
more than
10%
DEET.
Wear ligh
t, lo
clothing to ose
cover
your skin.
Did you know...
The Northern House mosquito can carry the virus for WEST NILE VIRUS. Go inside
Very few Northern House mosquitoes carry the virus. But children two hours
after suns
can get sick if bitten by one that does. et when
mosquitoe
s are
most activ
e.
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Help Izzy find the pests in this yard. Circle each pest insect.
ants
aphid
house fly
hornet
mosquito
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Help Izzy find the lucky clover!
Tip
a good
C lovers are bees!
n ectar for
source of
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Give Izzy the IPM tools to help plants grow.
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When weeds invade your garden…IPM
When weeds invade your garden…IPM
When weeds invade your space
Dig them up don’t leave a trace
That’s the best solution…IPM
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Dandy...
Many people think dandelions make lawns ugly.
Dandelions crowd out grass and can damage
sidewalks and pavements. But people long ago
thought dandelions were dandy. They used them in
medicines. They made fried flower blossoms and
or not? leafy salads. They boiled and fried roots and
made roasted root tea. Some people stil do!
Color the dandelion. In the blanks write
some uses for each of its parts.
Dig This!
What can you do with
dandelions?
• Make a bouquet.
• Make a snack!
Gather dandelion leaves.
Choose leaves from young plants
that have not yet blossomed.
Wash, dry, and chill until you have
1 cup of leaves. Whirl in a blender
until smooth:
1 cup dandelion leaves
1/4 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1-2 tablespoons mayo
!
ers and eat
on crack
spread
• Tie-dye a t-shirt! The dandelion's
yellow flowers, green leaves, and
red roots can be used to make
colorful dyes.
Tip Do you think dandelions
are pests?
et rid
Want to g yes no
ions?
of dandel eye th
out whil
Pull them ellow flowers -
ey
still hav can spre
ad
Did you know...
BEFO RE they
One dandelion flower can produce
seeds.
over 300 dandelion seeds! Birds eat the seeds.
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What Pest will Izzy destroy with his spade?
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Draw and color 4 more butterflies.
Did you know...
Butterflies prefer flowers that are
pink, yellow, red, or purple and have single petals.
After bees, butterflies are the second largest group of pollinators.
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What's A Weed? Tips
ng
omethi )
Take a whack
A weed is a plant growing where tter is s s
Each le cluding weed at weeds!
you don't want it. Weeds steal ( in
plants r vive. • Pull or hoe weeds out.
sunlight, growing space, and ne ed to su
Be sure to get every tiny
moisture from grass and plants bit of root so the weed
place
we do want. Weeds spread by P doesn't grow back.
seeds. Pull weeds before they light • The best time to get rid
set seeds. Then you'll have fewer
L of weeds is when they are
weeds in the future! A air small.
ts • Weeds pull more easily
nutrien
"Seeds one year, N from moist soil.
uench ing
thirst-q
weeds for seven." T water
Needs
Who ?
Weeds
hree,
e s of t
"Leav be." Milkweed can be a pest when it grows in
let it fields of crops. But what would happen
if it disappeared? Monarch butterfly
Poison ivy is a pest when it grows where caterpillars eat milkweed. Without
we hike or play. It gives you itchy rash milkweed, what would happen to
and weepy blisters. Is poison ivy good monarchs?
for anything? Some animals and birds
If you ate and grew as much as a baby monarch
eat the leaves and berries! Bees sip caterpillar does during its first weeks of life, you'd
nectar from the flowers. weight as much as a schoolbus in just 15 to 20
days after you were born!
WOW!
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How does our garden grow?
Sun and rain help plants to grow.
Draw a picture of what we can do to help plants too!
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Make a healthy salad.
Color which plants you
would use to
make a healthy salad.
Cut them out and paste
then in the salad bowl.
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Help Izzy find the vegetables.
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BAIT NUTRIENTS
FLOWER NUTS
IPM POISON
NECTAR SEED POD
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Get the healthy vegetables to the market!
Farmers' Market
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Draw the roots of the
plants so they can
benefit from the rain.
Water Cycle
Transpiration-
the movement
through plants
Condensation-
the clouds form
Precipitation- Evaporation-
the rain falls the vapor rises
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You do best in a certain kind of habitat. So
do plants! To grow and thrive, it's important
to have the right conditions. Be a friend to
plants. Notice where each grows best. Then
let it grow there!
Walk around your lawn, schoolyard, or
neighborhood park. Notice where different
plants grow well. What is it like? Is it wet or
dry? Shady or sunny? Are there places where
nothing grows?
Use what you learned on your walk. Draw
ferns, cattails, flowers, and other plants
where each would grow best.
Make a path from the cabin to the lake.
Put the right plants in the right places.
Plants growing in their own best habitat
are the best survivors.
Likes shade.
Likes water.
Likes sun.
Likes sun
or shade. Did you know...
Did you see any Creeping Charlie on your walk? Yes, also known
as ground ivy (Glechoma hereracea ), it grows well in shady,
moist places. It is a member of the mint family and makes pretty hanging baskets.
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BEETLE LADYBUG
CHARACTERISTIC LARVA
GARDEN PEST
HOST THORAX
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Pests have enemies, too!
Aphids and Ladybugs
Did you know...
• When it hatches, a ladybug larva will eat about 400
aphids. As an adult, it may eat up to 5,000 more
aphids!
• Insect sprays are the ladybug's number one danger.
Ladybugs look the same on both sides.
Draw the rest of this ladybug's body. T ip s
For fightin
g aphids
Pick off ap
hids from th
underside e
of leaves, o
them with r spray
water.
Grow plan
ts such as
that attract marigolds
aphids' na
enemies. tural
Buy a bag
of ladybug
garden nu s from a
rsery. Set
in your yard them free
.
Make aphid
traps to pu
to utside.
When you have aphids by the bunches...IPM
When you have aphids by the bunches...IPM
When you have aphids by the bunches
Lady bugs will make them lunches
That's the best solution...IPM
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Make a poster urging people to use IPM.
Plan for pesticide safety!
Care for you plants, family, and pets
Sometimes people buy and use pesticides. Pesticides are chemicals that get rid
of pests. They are poisons. Pesticides may accidentally get into our bodies and
make us sick. They can get into our bodies if we touch them, breathe them, or
swallow them. Find pesticides in the picture. Underline words that warn you
that they are poisons.
Fill in the blanks with the words that warn you about poisons.
R G
U I
N R
BUGPESTER SODA SPRAY
DANGER CLEANER
CAUTION
BLEACH
DANGER
WARNING DA
NG
WEED E R
LAW
KILLER N
BE
GR
EA WARNING
T HOUSEHOLD
BUG
CHEMICALS
SPRAY
CAUTION
N
CAUTIO
ER
FERTILIZ
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and Natural Resources
Cooperative Extension System
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