HEALTH PESTS
Medical entomology

Mosquito borne diseases overview

Mosquito-borne diseases - details from US Center for Disease Control

TICKS
    Nearly 90% of all Lyme disease cases have been reported in the Northeastern part of the US.
Lyme disease library

Lyme disease - Center for Disease Control

Lyme Disease Diagnosis

State Lyme Disease sites
ME  RI  VT

Other tick borne diseases - RI Dept. Health
 

MOSQUITOES

West Nile virus facts

State mosquito and West Nile virus programs
CT  MA   ME   RI   VT

Preventing mosquito bites

How to fight mosquitoes

Which mosquito repellants work?

Mosquito biology

How mosquitoes work

Mosquito traps

Bug Zappers don't work! 115 KB PDF download from Rutgers Univ.

Ultrasonic pest repellers don't work!

Human health effects of West Nile virus controls

Public health pests - list by EPA

 

INDOOR PESTS
Home pest info site for kids

Home pest identification key -- Va. Tech.

Home pest fact sheet list - Va. Tech.

New England household pests - Harvard

Home indoor pest fact sheets - Penn State

PRONewEngland Household Pest ID card

UConn online home study courses:
   Animals in buildings

   Ants & Termites

   Cockroaches

   How to choose a pest management company

 School IPM
 Integrated Pest Management for school buildings and grounds
EPA School IPM site

State School IPM sites:
CT   UMass   MA Dept. Ag.

ME   NH    RI    VT