1. TIRUPATI ENTERPRISES
(PROFESSIONAL PEST MANAGEMENT)
– ‘We are experts in Pest management since last
27 years. Over the years we have realised that
there is lack of Pest awareness in most of the
people, so our aim is to make people aware about
different types of pest and take good
precautionary measures in guidance of an Expert
Pest Management Company .’
All over the world Pests are known to cause
severe Health problems and damage properties by
large numbers.
We make sure that you ‘live a Pest Free and a
healthy life’ by making your family and locality
free from disease ailment. It is very essential to
do Pest control treatment on regular basis by a
‘Good Certified Pest Management Company’.

2. Pest Awareness & Precautionary
Measures
Ants
Did you know? An ant can lift 20 times its own body
weight.
 There are more than 12,000 species of ants all over the world.
 An ant can lift 20 times its own body weight. If a second grader was as strong as an
ant, she would be able to pick up a car!
 Some queen ants can live for many years and have millions of babies!
 Ants don’t have ears. Ants "hear" by feeling vibrations in the ground through their
feet.
 When ants fight, it is usually to the death!
 When foraging, ants leave a pheromone trail so that they know where they’ve been.
 Queen ants have wings, which they shed when they start a new nest.
 Ants don’t have lungs. Oxygen enters through tiny holes all over the body and carbon
dioxide leaves through the same holes.

3.  When the queen of the colony dies, the colony can only survive a few months. Queens
are rarely replaced and the workers are not able to reproduce.
Although ants are frustrating when they get into your home or when you’re having a picnic,
ants do help the environment. They are social insects, which means they live in large colonies
or groups. Depending on the species, ant colonies can consist of millions of ants.
There are three kinds of ants in a colony: The queen, the female workers, and males. The
queen and the males have wings, while the workers don’t have wings. The queen is the only
ant that can lay eggs. The male ant’s job is to mate with future queen ants and they do not
live very long afterwards. Once the queen grows to adulthood, she spends the rest of her life
laying eggs! Depending on the species, a colony may have one queen or many queens.
Ant colonies also have soldier ants that protect the queen, defend the colony, gather or kill
food, and attack enemy colonies in search for food and nesting space. If they defeat another
ant colony, they take away eggs of the defeated ant colony. When the eggs hatch, the new
ants become the "slave" ants for the colony. Some jobs of the colony include taking care of
the eggs and babies, gathering food for the colony and building the anthills or mounds.
Prevention:
 Eliminate standing water. Pests, such as ants, mosquitoes and termites, are attracted to
moisture.
 Keep tree branches and other plants cut back from the house. Sometimes pests use
these branches to get into your home.
 Make sure that there are no cracks or little openings around the bottom of your house.
Sometimes pests use these to get into your home.
 Make sure that firewood and building materials are not stored next to your home.
Pests like to build nests in stacks of wood.
 Regular Pest Control treatment through a Professional Pest Management should be
done, at least once in four month which helps in keeping pest away from you and also
safeguards your property from getting damaged due to Pest.

4. Bed Bugs
Bed bugs get their name because they are commonly found in beds but can also be found in
other places where humans spend a lot of time: hotels, airplanes, and couches.
Did you know? Female bed bugs can lay over 500 eggs in a
lifetime!
Diet:
Bed bugs can feed on the blood of any warm-blooded animal. Their most common targets are
humans because, unlike animals with fur, we have a lot of exposed skin for them to bite.
Habitat:
Bed bugs are typically found in beds and small cracks and crevices.

5. Impact:
Bed bugs are typically found in beds and small cracks and crevices. When Bed bugs feed,
they inject the skin with their saliva (this keeps the blood from clotting) and
an anesthetic (this keeps the host from feeling the bite and moving). Bed bugs do not spread
disease, but their bites can become red, itchy welts.
Prevention:
 Don’t take mattresses or padded furniture that has been left at the curb or on the
street.
 Check your bed sheets for blood spots.
 Keep your suitcases covered in plastic and off the floor when you travel.
 When you travel, take a small flashlight to help you look for bed bugs.
 When you return from a trip, wash all of your clothes - even those that have not been
worn - in hot water to ensure that any bed bugs that may have made it that far are not
placed into your drawers/closet.
 Bed bugs are hard to see, so if you think you have bed bugs, call a pest management
professional.
Cockroaches
Did you know? A cockroach can live for up to one week
without its head.

6.  Cockroaches have been around since the time of dinosaurs!
 A cockroach can live almost a month without food.
 A cockroach can live about two weeks without water.
 Some female cockroaches only mate once and stay pregnant for life!
 A cockroach can live for up to one week without its head!
 Cockroaches can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes!
 Cockroaches can run up to 3 miles an hour.
Cockroaches have been around for millions of years, evolving into some of the most
adaptable pests on Earth. There are approximately 4,000 living species of cockroaches in the
world. About 70 of these species are found in the United States.
Cockroaches are commonly found in buildings and homes because they prefer warm
environments close to food and water. Unfortunately, cockroaches can cause allergies and
trigger asthma attacks, especially in children. They can also spread nearly 33 different kinds
of bacteria.
Prevention:
 Keep cooking, eating and food storage areas clean and dry.
 If you see cockroaches, it is best to call a pest management professional due to the
illnesses they can spread.

7. Mosquitoes
Did you know? Only female mosquitoes bite
humans.
There are about 170 different kinds of mosquitoes in North America alone. These pests are
part of the same family as houseflies and fruit flies, because they all have two clear, veined
wings.
Best known as a summer pest, Mosquitoes can develop from egg to adult in 10 to 14 days.
Diet:
We usually say, "I have been bitten by a mosquito", but this is not completely true.
Mosquitoes do not bite. Female mosquitoes feed on plant nectar and blood. They need the
protein to reproduce. To get to the blood, they pierce our skin with their "proboscis" and suck
our blood. Male mosquitoes feed exclusively on plant nectars. Mosquitoes are busiest at night
and will fly up to 14 miles for a blood meal. They hunt for food by detecting body heat
and Carbon Dioxide, the gas we breathe out.

8. Habitat:
Mosquitoes breed in soft, moist soil or stagnant water sources such as storm drains, old tires,
children's wading pools and birdbaths.
Impact:
Mosquitoes spread diseases such as West Nile Virus, malaria and dengue fever.
Prevention:
 Replace all stagnant water at least once a week.
 Remove trash from around any standing water.
 When sleeping outdoors or in areas where mosquito populations are heavy, surround your
bed with "mosquito" netting.
 Screen windows, doors and other openings with fine mesh.
 Avoid going outdoors at night.
 Use insect repellent containing DEET on exposed skin anytime you’re around mosquitoes.
DEET doesn’t kill the mosquitoes. It just disorients them and they look elsewhere for food.
Rats
 An adult rat can squeeze into your home through a hole as small as the size of a quarter.
 Rats can live for up to 18 months, but most die before they are one year old.

9.  Rats have strong teeth that allow them to chew through glass, cinderblock, wire, aluminum
and lead.
 Smell, taste, touch and sound help direct them to their food sources.
 Rats are also responsible for spreading bubonic plague, also known as the "Black Death".
Although fleas are primarily responsible for infecting humans, they were originally infected
with the plague by feeding on the blood of rats.
Rats are scavengers. They have an excellent sense of taste and a good memory. A rat can
identify certain substances, including rat poisons, after just a tiny taste of it.
Impact:
These rats are known for the damage they cause by chewing on materials, urinating on food
and eating stored foods. They have also been known to chew on wires, which can cause fires
to start. They also carry disease and ectoparasites. Rats will also attack both animals and
humans. Human babies and even adults have been killed in rat attacks.
Prevention:
 Rats will eat almost anything, so keep your homes clean and don’t leave food out.
 Make sure that your home and storage areas are clean and dry.
 Make sure that you clean your sheds, crawlspaces, and garbage cans often.
 Close up any small holes and cracks they can come in through.
 To get rid of Rats call a Pest management

10. Mice
Did you know? Mice can squeeze through spaces as small
as a dime.
 Despite their tiny bodies, mice eat between 15 and 20 times a day.
 A house mouse produces between 40 and 100 droppings per day.
 Mice are good jumpers, climbers and swimmers.
 Mice can live in a lab for up to two years, but usually only live for about 5 months in
the wild, mostly because of predators, such as cats, snakes and foxes.
Mice typically enter our homes between October and February, looking for food, water and
shelter from the cold. While these rodents may look cute, mice spread more germs than most
people realize. Mice can actually carry as many as 200 human pathogens!
If you spot a mouse the house, it is safe to assume there are more or there will be soon.
Female mice can give birth when they are two months old and are able to have babies 6 to 10
times per year.
Impact:
Even the smallest amount of mouse urine can trigger allergies, particularly in children
because their immune systems are still developing. Mice spread disease through bite wounds
and by contaminating food and water with their waste products. Mice can also spread disease
thanks to parasites, such as ticks, fleas and mites. These parasites bite the infected mouse and
then spread the disease by biting humans.

11. Prevention:
 Mice eat 15-20 times a day, so keep your homes clean and do not leave food out.
 Be sure to empty kitchen and household garbage cans frequently.
 Make sure that your home and storage areas are clean and dry.
 Make sure that you clean your sheds, crawlspaces, and garbage cans often.
 Close up any small holes and cracks they can come in through.
 Call a Pest Management expert to have control over Rodent.
Termites
Did you know? Termites have been around since the time
of the dinosaurs!
 All termites are social insects and raise their young as a group.
 The total weight of all of the termites in the world is more than the weight of all the
humans in the world.
 Termite colonies eat non-stop, 24 hours a day, seven days a week!
 Termites have wings that they shed once they have found a good place to build a nest.
Termites are known as "silent destroyers" because of their ability to chew through wood,
flooring and even wallpaper undetected. There are about 2,000 known termite species in
the world. Each year, termites cause more than $5 billion in property damage.

12. Impact:
Dampwood termites do not carry disease and don’t usually bother buildings because there is
not enough water in the wood.
Drywood termites can build nests and dig tunnels in buildings. These tunnels cause major
damage because the wooden support beams can become weak and make the building lean or
fall down.
Formosan termites eat a lot of wood and can damage your house.
Subterranean termites are the most destructive kind of termite. They can eat a lot of wood
and they can cause a lot of expensive damage to a house! They can destroy building
foundations, wooden support beams, plastic plumbing pipes, sub-flooring, insulation … even
swimming pool liners and filtration systems! Termites can also injure or destroy living trees
and shrubs.
Prevention:
 To avoid dampwood termites, make sure water drains away from your house.
 Replace any damp or damaged wood on the outside of your home.
 Make sure firewood and scrap wood is stored away from your house.
 Seal all cracks and crevices around the outside of your home.
 To avoid Formosan termites, make sure water drains away from your house.
 Replace any damp or damaged wood on the outside of your home.
 Inspect your home for signs of termites, such as bubbling paints, mud tubes and wood
that sounds hollow when tapped.
 Make sure water drains away from your house.
 Don’t let water build up around your home's foundation. Termites like that!
 Replace any damp or damaged wood on the outside of your home.
 Never leave wood scraps in the yard for them to snack on.