FIELDTECH

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SERVICE MANUAL

Fieldtech is a private owned Company located in the city of Apple Valley California, servicing the High Desert and Inland Empire.

Continuous communication and education are one of the main keys that we provide to our customers in our reporting system, to obtain and achieve customer expectations.

Please visit our website for more information: www.pestpreventioncontrols.com

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Our Pest Prevention programs are designed to eliminate and protect interior, exterior estructures, warehouses, buildings, etc. against pests. Following IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and EPA`s based programs, to prevent unnecessarily use of pesticides.

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ANT CONTROL Ants are one of the most successful groups of insects, feed on practically every kind of food, they can invade a property in less than an hour. About 700 species of ants exist in the United States and Canada. Ants unique physiology enables them to lift objects 20

times their own body weight. One tiny ant can have as many as 250,000 brain cells , so a colony with 40,000 ants has the same number of brain cells as a human.

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BED BUG CONTROL Bed bugs are efficient hitchhikers and easily transported, once introduced they are often spread throughout a property. Bed bugs can live up to 12 months without feeding. If you think that bed bugs only live in beds or mattresses think again, look for traces in your sofa,

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computer chair, behind pictures, inside books, clock radio, outlets, wood floors, closets these are common hiding places. Bed bugs are blood feeders, CO2 and body

heat is what attracts them at night to take their meal from you.

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COCKROACH CONTROL Cockroaches are disease-spreading pests, difficult to eradicate due to their small size and high rate reproduction, they can be found in every type of human habitation.

They are scavengers attracted to meats, sugars, fatty foods, starches, etc. Cockroaches can thrive asthma in children and adults, due to

excrement reaching the bronchial tubes. National Pest Management Association implicates cockroaches for spreading 33 different kinds of bacteria, 6 types of parasitic worms and more than 7 other human pathogens, these are usually spread

as roaches move over food surfaces.

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FLEA CONTROL Fleas are indiscriminate parasites, they will feed off cats, dogs, rabbits, ferrets, humans etc. During flea infestation treating your pet isn’t enough, you have to treat the environment in order to get rid of eggs and pupae. Once adults emerge they will try to find a blood meal immediately and can survive

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1-2 wees without eating. Females can lay up to 20 eggs per day, meaning that a single prolific female can cause a major infestation in a matter of weeks. Fleas can transmit diseases to humans and pets, for example: cat scratch disease, plague, murine

typhus, tapeworms among others.

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RODENT CONTROL Rats are one of the most abundant and widespread of all mammals, commonly lives close to humans occupying buildings, farmland, houses, sewers, etc.

Rodents are responsible for spreading: bubonic plague, hemorrhagic fever, leptospirosis, murine typhus, rat-bite fever, salmonella and tapeworm. A

single rat can produce up to 25,000 droppings in one year. Females reach sexual maturity 2-5 months, give birth 6-9 young per liter, and become pregnant again in about 12 hours. Signs of infestation are, gnaw marks, droppings, tracks/footprints, rub marks, greasy markings, burrows, runways and damaged goods.

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SPIDER CONTROL One of the most common spider on poisonous and can cause human death, High Desert areas is the Black Widow. spiders are very good in adaptation The venom of the Black Widow can and don’t need much food to survive. cause nerve-related problems, such as high blood pressure, restlessness, and severe facial spasms. There is a large diversity of spiders in size and color, mostly the smaller ones are the most dangerous. The majority are

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BIRD CONTROL There are three species of birds considered as pests in North America, the pigeon, the house sparrow and the starling. They exist in large numbers and are considered a nuisance to homeowners because they damage and deface property, when perching and nesting on roofs, building ledges, under solar panels, dropping are corrosive and difficult to remove. Also birds can harbor parasites that may invade

buildings, these parasites can bite and irritate, they are unlikely to transmit diseases to humans. The northern fowl mite and chicken mite are usually the main culprits. Other parasites that may cause problems inside buildings include the pigeon nest bug, soft ticks, and biting lice. Birds are involved in the transmission of several serious

diseases including histoplasmosis, salmonella, ornithosis, avian flu.

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BAT CONTROL Due to their strange anatomy and shape are considered dangerous and scary, but they play a crucial role in pollination process, of flowers and help plants to distribute fruit seeds. There are more than 1200 species of bats in the world, 70% consume insects and small bugs for food, the other 30% consume various types of fruit. Only a small number of bats feed on blood. The design of webbed wings classifies them

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as the only true mammals to be able to fly. Usually breed on Spring, female can have one or two litters through during that period, there is usually only one young born at a time, wings aren’t fully developed at birth. Bats do not attack but will use their teeth to defend themselves

if cornered. Bats are associated with a few diseases that affect people, such as rabies and histoplasmosis.

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BEE CONTROL Bees are very important for the environment; they are in charge of the pollination. Pollination is a process through which bees collect nectar and pollen from flowers. This pollen is used by them as a protein and the nectar is taken into use for energy.

action fertilizes plants and makes them a food source for many organisms.

Part of our effort to help with this process is to relocate bees that are causing or potentially affecting homeowners.

When bees travel from one flower to another, they transfer the pollen, this

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WASP CONTROL Are social insects, that live in colonies, protecting gardens and farm crops numbers can vary depending on by controlling pest populations. food source and nest location.

Our service include a neutralizerWasps can sting several times, is repellent treatment and removal very painful and for some individuals of nest, due to their aggressive sensitive to venom can be fatal. They nature they can’t be relocated. are aggressive predators, consume insects such as flies, caterpillars and beetle larvae, this play a vital role in

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WILDLIFE CONTROL Our Wildlife removal services consist on trapping and relocation of the animal, followed by cleaning-sanitation of the affected area, lastly sealing and proofing all potential access points.

Here are some facts of the most common:

due to their great climbing ability they can cause structural damage to homes or buildings in the search of food and shelter. They can carry several bacterial diseases and parasites including rabies, that can be transmitted to humans and pets through bite or ingestion of their Raccoons: are very smart creatures waste. Raccoons possess an amazing normally active at night, they can also dexterity that gives them the ability be a nuisance to any homeowner, to open doors latches and bottles. because they can destroy gardens,

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WILDLIFE CONTROL Skunks: are nocturnal and sensitive to light and sound, they have a bad reputation because of the corrosive substance with a persistent unpleasant odor, secreted by the anal glands. They are omnivores which means they eat meat and vegetation.

Their diet consists of plants, insects, larvae, worms, fruit, eggs, reptiles, small mammals and fish.

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Opossum: are considered giant rats, but no they are the only marsupial in North America, they are mostly solitary, avoiding one another except during the breeding season in late winter. Generally nocturnal will spend the day in hollow tree trunks, rock crevices, underbrush piles or in burrows, they are excellent climbers and good swimmers.

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OTHER PESTS CONTROL Ocassional invaders in this section include: centipedes, mites, crickets, moths, box-elder-bug, caddisfly, dobsonfly, earwig, firebrat, horntail, kissing-bug, lady-bug, leaf-footed-bug, mayflie, millipede, pillbug, psocids, silverfish, slugsand-snail, sowbug, springtail, stinkbug, stonefly, thrips, scorpions,

beetles, stored product pests are considered outdoor pests, they can invade your home and become a nuisance. We provide a customize service depending on the issue.

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COMMERCIAL CONTROL Fieldtech provides the latest technology on 3rd party Audit type accounts, barcoded devices, real time reports, client portal access, Pest activity trending, Facility Assessments, and more. IPM services will be conducted on weekly, monthly or quarterly basis depending on Auditor specification. We have 10 years experience on handling prestigious and demanding facilities

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on food, storage and beverage industry that require inspections from the following auditors: AIB International, BRC – British Retail Consortium, FDA – Food and Drug Administration, FSSC, NSF, Silliker, SQF – Safe Quality Food.