What is the term for lacing a food attractive to a pest with pesticide to entice eating?

What is the term for lacing a food attractive to a pest with pesticide to entice eating?

• A. Baiting
• B. Trapping
• C. Spraying
• D. Fogging

Answer: (A)

Baiting uses a palatable food lure mixed with pesticide to entice the pest to eat, delivering the toxin through ingestion. This approach taps into the animal’s natural feeding behavior, letting you control populations by making the bait attractive enough to consume. Proper baiting often involves tamper-resistant stations and species-appropriate formulations to minimize exposure to non-targets and pets. In contrast, trapping relies on physically capturing the animal, spraying distributes pesticide on surfaces or vegetation, and fogging releases a pesticide mist into the air—none of which depend on feeding to deliver the toxin.

Baiting uses a palatable food lure mixed with pesticide to entice the pest to eat, delivering the toxin through ingestion. This approach taps into the animal’s natural feeding behavior, letting you control populations by making the bait attractive enough to consume. Proper baiting often involves tamper-resistant stations and species-appropriate formulations to minimize exposure to non-targets and pets. In contrast, trapping relies on physically capturing the animal, spraying distributes pesticide on surfaces or vegetation, and fogging releases a pesticide mist into the air—none of which depend on feeding to deliver the toxin.