Pest Private Eye An Educational Role-playing Video Game

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Pest Private EyeAn Educational Role-playing
Video Game
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Pest Private Eye

• Educational video game and website about an IPM
  detective!
• http//pestgame.unl.edu
• http//schoolipm.unl.edu/pestpi/

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The game teaches about pests and Integrated Pest
Management (IPM)
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What are pests? Animals or plants living where
they are not wanted

• Remember
• Food Water Shelter Pests
• Pests, like all living things, need these basic
  requirements in order to survive.

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Without food, water, and shelter, pests will
leave or die

• Taking away one or all of these things is a first
  step to solving your pest problem!

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We can manage pests using IPM. So, what is IPM?

• Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, uses a
  variety of methods to control pests.

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We can manage pests using IPM. So, what is IPM?

• IPM includes
• Education
• Habitat Modification
• Sanitation
• Exclusion
• Mechanical Controls
• Biological Controls
• Chemical Controls

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IPM Strategies

• EducationTeaching about pests and how to manage
  them through presentations, posters, displays,
  educational materials

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IPM Strategies

• Habitat ModificationChanging a pest's
  environment to make it undesirable to the pest,
  such as fixing leaky sinks to reduce water sources

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IPM Strategies

• SanitationKeeping things clean and reducing
  clutter

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IPM Strategies

• ExclusionKeeping pests out by screening windows,
  sealing holes, etc.

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IPM Strategies

• Mechanical ControlsTrapping pests

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IPM Strategies

• Biological ControlsUsing natural enemies, such
  as praying mantids, to kill pests

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IPM Strategies

• Chemical ControlsUsing low-toxic pesticides.
  These chemicals kill pests but are low risk to
  humans

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Pest PI Video Game

• Solve your own pest problems through IPM in this
  first person role-playing game. Lets play!

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Another Case Solved!