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FIGHT against FLIES in a compost farm
Analysis of a concrete case of application of the Integrated Pest management guidelines and the benefits resulting from the use of this methodology Michele Ruzza
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he report of discomfort due to the excessive presence of flies reached the compost company in question during the spring of 2021, by residents in homes adjacent to the industrial structure. The first step was to visit the company in order to assess what its fly control 50
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system was and what actions were being implemented. From the analysis of the data for the years 2019 and 2020 it was possible to detect how, in order to limit the presence of these insects, the company had entrusted the service to a pest control company that performed adulticide treatments for their containment. The treatments were carried out
fortnightly in spring and autumn and weekly in the summer (from June to September) with scheduled interventions, regardless of any adverse weather conditions in the hours following the treatment. From the analysis it emerged that no other control methodologies had been contemplated for flies, both in the internal and in the external area.
