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Sierra®

Integrated

Pest Management

Guide

Sierra

Integrated Pest Management Manual

Congratulations on your purchase of the Sierra backpack vacuum!

You are now in a select circle of pest control professionals who

actually practice IPM. That sets you apart because it demonstrates

that you are proactive and on the cutting edge of the industry.

Using a commercial backpack vacuum demonstrates your profes-

sionalism to your customer. Your job is not to become a janitor

and clean the clients’ premises. Rather, you are using a backpack

vacuum so you can easily and quickly reach and correct very spe-

ciﬁc problem sites and minimize the real or perceived toxic insult

to the environment. You can, in some cases, be solving problems

with the Sierra during the same amount of time you formerly

took just to do your thorough inspection. Using the Sierra, you

will demonstrate your expertise in identifying not only the prob-

lems pests create but the sources of those problems and you can

educate your customer as to their ability to prevent infestations

before they ever start. You will be able to reduce the toxic chemi-

cals needed to eliminate pests, demonstrating your concern about

improving indoor air quality and contamination of food products.

Here are some suggestions on how to improve your IPM work

with the Sierra:

Spiders:

Pesticides can’t penetrate spider egg cases. Dead insects at the

site become food for other insects. Spider webs are a prime food

source for the plaster bag worm. With the Sierra, you can remove

the spiders, webs and the dead insects and offer a chemical free

approach. Impress your customers by leaving the area free from

unsightly webs and dead bodies. Using the aluminum extension

wands allows you to reach as high as 40 feet with less than ﬁve

pounds of weight in your hands, reaching beyond the clutter in

basements and storage rooms. You can get webs in the highest

ceilings standing safely on the ground.

Cockroaches:

In badly infested apartments, tests have shown that more cock-

roaches were killed with the Sierra than were killed with a py-

rethrum fog. Cockroaches can instantly retreat into crack and

crevices or their lair where air currents do not deliver the fog. The

vacuum can pull them out along with the egg capsules, which are

not affected by the fog.

There are many advantages to removing the dead cockroaches.

Many studies have shown a serious problem with asthma exists in

low-income housing, caused by particulate from cockroach car-

casses.

There are alternatives to pesticides that can ﬂush out cockroaches

so they can be picked up with the vacuum. These include hot air

from a hair dryer, a plain air aerosol can or air from a compressed

air sprayer. The Sierra must be ready to capture the cockroaches

when they ﬂee their hiding places.

The initial and annual treatment should include the use of the

“down and under” long crevice tool to remove food particles, egg

cases, dead roaches, etc., in hard to reach areas under and behind

machinery. Doing this will make the bait more enticing.

A few cockroaches could survive the bumpy ride down the hose.

To keep them from escaping, leave the motor running when clos-

ing and removing the bag. Place the paper bag in a plastic bag

and seal it before discarding it.

Periodic removal of organic debris under and behind equipment

and appliances can easily be made with the Sierra “down and

under” long crevice tool. This accumulation of debris is rich with

allergens and roach-attracting body odors, inviting more roaches

to the site. Particles of this allergen saturated detritus become

airborne and contaminate the indoor air. Recycled in the air, these

particles can be life threatening to thousands of asthmatics. A

High-ﬁltration Disc in the dome ﬁlter of the Sierra ﬁlters out over

99% of potentially harmful particulate in the air we breath.

Wasps:

Elevated wasps nests (including larvae and adults) can easily be

removed by using the Sierra with extension wands. You can reach

up l5 feet or more and suck up chunks of the nest and larvae with

the open end of the wand. Do this late in the day or very early in

the morning when the wasps are settled in their hive. If the nest is

inside a foundation wall block, the wasps can be sucked into the

wand extension as they are returning to the nest. Leave the mo-

tor running when the bag is removed. Put the paper bag inside a

plastic bag and seal it. If the client objects to a liquid drench, use

the Sierra to suck out adult ground nesting wasps late in the after-

noon. Dusting wasp nests afterwards with a desiccant can control

additional insect activity.

Bees:

Bees are beneﬁcial and should be protected except in instances

where the customer is in danger of being stung. DO NOT attempt

to remove a swarm hanging on a tree limb with a vacuum cleaner

unless you are properly protected from their stings. The noise of

the motor will aggravate bees and they will probably attack.

To control bee nests inside walls, check instructions in the Mallis’

Handbook for Pest Control or Smith and Whitman’s NPCA Field

Guide to Structural Pests.

House Dust Mites:

Just about every home in the world has dust mites. They live in

dust balls, sofas, mattresses, and even rugs. Their principal food

is the thousands of microscopic particles of skin which people

and pets shed daily. These tiny pests are the most common cause

of indoor allergies. After ten years, dead house dust mites could

comprise one sixth of the weight of a well-used sofa cushion. Just

sitting on the cushion spews a cloud of the troublemakers into

the air. Simply attempting to kill the mites with a miticide is not

enough to prevent the allergies. The microscopic particles from

dead bodies, eggs and feces will be constantly recycled by a con-

ventional vacuum cleaner. The High Filtration Disc available

for the Sierra traps and retains these particles. Shop vacs, which

pick up liquids, actually aerosolize the allergens and intensify the

problem.

Many companies advertise elimination of dust mites in air ducts

for a low price. The price is low because dust mites don’t live in

air ducts. They need dead air pockets where the relative humid-

ity is above 50%. If only 1% of them survive they can repopulate

the colony rapidly at humidity levels higher than 50%. The Sierra

with its various attachments can remove pockets of dust and the

house dust mites from mattresses, sofas, rugs and from behind

beds and furniture.

Clover Mites:

This pest comes in from the turf to overwinter behind the walls,

especially on the sunny side of the house. In early spring, when

the sun heats up the wall, they come boiling out of openings

around the windows and they cover the walls. When touched,

they leave a red stain on the wall. The vacuum is the best way to

remove them without staining the wall. Dusting a desiccant into

the crevices around the window will stop more from coming in.

Other Invaders:

There are numerous other pests that you may be called on to

remove. Pest control textbooks such as the Mallis Handbook on

Pest Control and Smith and Whitman’s “NPCA Field Guide to

Structural Pests” recommend the vacuum cleaner as an alternative

to pesticides to control occasional invaders. This group includes:

box elder bugs, mold or plaster beetles, elm leaf beetles, cluster

ﬂies, face ﬂies, phorid ﬂies, wheel bugs, centipedes, camel crickets,

ﬁeld crickets, house crickets, daddy long legs (or harvest men),

millipedes, clover mites, pill bugs, scorpions, silverﬁsh, bristle tails,

sow bugs, spring tails, thrips, and weevils. Removing these insects

with the Sierra is the most effective and versatile method in the

industry.

Booklice:

This psocid insect is sometimes found in enormous numbers in

damp situations, especially around books. Reducing the humidity

to below 50% can control them. The Sierra is ideal to remove the

unsightly accumulation of dead booklice on books and shelves.

Pantry Pests:

Vacuuming dead insects that have emerged from infested pack-

ages of food can help avoid repeated callbacks. The Sierra can also

remove live insects hiding behind the shelf or under shelf paper,

a practice which can keep them from spreading. Some people

are very sensitive and fearful of using pesticides in a pantry area.

Even if a residual is used, new pests can still emerge from cartons

or packages that were infested from the grocery store. The pest

control operator may need to inspect and discard each infested

package in the pantry that contains condiments, grains, candy,

pet food, birdseed, etc.

Fabric pests:

Moths and carpet beetles are increasing, partly because of an in-

crease in international trafﬁc with untreated wool products. Once

introduced into a home or institution, these fabric pests can live in

the accumulation of hair, dead insects and lint behind and under

furniture and along and under baseboards, especially in clothes

closets. Running a Sierra upholstery tool over each wool garment

that has been stored for long periods can dislodge and destroy the

fragile carpet beetle eggs. The PMP can do it as an add-on-service

or the customer can have each garment dry cleaned.

Carpet beetles can enter homes from shrubbery such as Spiraea,

Ceanothus, daisies and wild buckwheat. Other outside sources of

carpet beetle infestations include nest of chipmunks, birds, bats

and bees. Dead insect galleries or birds in a chimney ﬂue or an at-

tic are prime food sources for carpet beetles.

The Sierra has tools that can remove pockets of dead insects from

light ﬁxtures, behind baseboards, hard-to-reach sites on rugs un-

der furniture, dense cobwebs, etc.

Rodents:

Scavenger insects are often attracted to bait that has been strewn

about from bait boxes by rodents. Sometimes the bait is years

old. A previous owner or a PMP may have left it. It can be easily

removed with several of the tools in the Sierra kit. Rodent drop-

pings must be removed because they are a strong attractant for

more rodents.

Hantavirus:

Inhalation of dust containing dried feces and urine from some

species of mice can cause Hantavirus and other viral diseases such

as Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (LCM). Hantavirus strains have

also been found in squirrels, domestic rats and chipmunks. Clean-

ing up accumulations of these rodent feces with the Sierra with its

High Filtration Disc is a proﬁtable add-on business. No other disci-

pline is better suited for this task than the pest control industry.

Extreme caution must be taken in removing suspected Han-

tavirus sources. The manufacturer assumes no liability for

operators or others exposed to possible Hantavirus and other

viral infections. The following recommendations are based on

the best available knowledge to date. Always continue to educate

yourself on the current methods involving the lowest possible risk

to the operator and the customer. You must wear rubber gloves,

a half face respirator with HEPA ﬁlter and then treat the site with

one and a half cups of bleach or ammonia (not both) in one gal-

lon of water. Wait until the feces are dry before removing them.

Extreme care must be used in disposing of the Micro Filter and

High Filtration Disc. Incineration is recommended. Also clean

the cloth bag in a disinfectant solution immediately upon comple-

tion of the job and replace the High Filtration Disc. Wet-dry vacs

are not recommended because they compound the problem by

aerosolizing the pathogenic organisms.

Bats:

Bat nest debris can cause serious illnesses. Before doing work in

a bat infested attic, the Sierra with its High Filtration Disc can

remove the pathogenic organisms while minimizing the risk to

the PMP or the client. Follow the precautions noted in the section

about Hantavirus.

Bedbugs:

DDT almost eliminated these bloodsuckers in the ﬁfties but today

they are making a comeback. Treating a mattress with any pesti-

cide is unwise considering the associated liability problems. The

Sierra kit has several tools that can safely and effectively eliminate

them from the seams and buttons in the mattress and in the bed-

springs, crevices in the bed and baseboard, walls and ﬂoor under

and behind the beds.

Wood Destroying Insects:

Even after you have successfully eradicated an infestation of ter-

mites or wood borers, evidence of the old infestation (the wings,

pellets, or frass) may remain behind. This can cause problems

when the structure is examined for resale. The inspector will note

the evidence of wood borers and perpetual buyers may be dis-

couraged from purchasing the home or building. Pellets from an

inactive gallery of dry wood can spill out due to strong trafﬁc or

heavy indoor activity. This may mean that the pest control opera-

tor is called back to retreat the structure. In order to avoid giving

the consumer the impression that the job was left unﬁnished, you

should always vacuum before leaving a job. The Sierra’s specialty

attachments make thorough cleanup simple. Your customers will

appreciate the difference between cleaning with a broom or the

average vacuum cleaner and using the Sierra because it is the

quickest, most efﬁcient way to clean.

Bug Zappers:

Dead insects accumulate in the pan of electric bug zappers. These

then attract more insect scavengers. Cleaning the zapper pan pe-

riodically with the Sierra provides another add-on-service.

Public Relations:

Walking into an account with a backpack vacuum instead of a

compressed air sprayer positions you a cut above the conventional

serviceperson. You can impress customers by removing the dust

around the coils under the refrigerator, and by removing cobwebs

in corners, basements and storage sheds. These are extra services

that demonstrate your attention to details and aesthetics. Afﬁxing

a label with your company name or logo on the Sierra will give

your company further recognition and attention.

About The Equipment:

Before operating your Sierra for pest control, read the ProTeam

Owner’s Manual carefully for safety, preparation, operation and

maintenance instructions.

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