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The
Buzz on Controlling Insects and Other Pests
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At
this year’s Home & Garden Show, Extension
Educator Barb Ogg (above right) educated
attendees about home pest problems.
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Invaded
by ants? Mortified by mice? Spooked by spiders?
UNL Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County has
extensive resources to help identify pests and suggest
management options.
Last
year, Extension Educator Barb Ogg and Extension
Associate Soni Cochran responded to more than 2,500
phone calls, 750 walk-in identifications and 400
e-mail requests for information. Extension’s pest
and wildlife Web pages received more than 1.4
million hits.
Ogg
often works with community organizations and industry
professionals in training and disseminating pest
control resources and assistance.
She
is part of a team which recently authored results
of a survey of Nebraska school officials about pest
management practices. She also contributed material
for several chapters in “Integrated Pest Management
(IPM) in Schools: A How To Manual.” The IPM in Schools
team is comprised of UNL faculty, Nebraska Departments
of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services
and other organizations.
A “Cockroach Control Manual,” written by extension
educators, has been widely acclaimed as an easy-to-read
manual that teaches low-toxic methods of controlling
cockroaches. Translated into Japanese, both versions
on the Internet receive more than 600,000 hits annually.
Ogg
and Cochran have developed extensive head lice resources,
including printed material, photos and an award-winning
video, “Removing Head Lice Safely.” Translated into
Spanish and Arabic, it plays more than 27 times
per month on Lincoln Cable Channel.
V.
Pedibhotla, Ph.D., Product Development - The Scotts
Company, wrote, “I am a frequent
visitor to your Web page. Being an entomologist,
I am particularly interested in the insects and
the information that goes with your publications.
I hope a lot of homeowners would find your web-page
useful just like I did.”
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“Soni
Cochran and Barb Ogg have been ‘regulars’
on KFOR’s “Problems & Solutions” show, answering
a variety of calls from our listeners. Whenever
they are on, we know it will be wall-to-wall
phone calls — and their wealth of knowledge
(with no notes) never ceases to amaze me.”
—Cathy Blythe, host of “Problems & Solutions”
weekdays 9:10–10 a.m. on KFOR 1240AM
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