Best Management Practices

After visiting an infested area, wash and/or sanitize shoes, tools, and vehicles to prevent spreading soil and water-born stages of the pest/disease.

            RIFA:  The transport of eggs or queens through soil can spread an infestation, but sanitation is not needed. Incorporate granular insecticides into potting mixes or employ regular soil drenches to prevent infestations (28).

PR:  Fungal diseases can be transmitted with microscopic spores, some of which can survive harsh conditions.  Sanitizing is the only way to insure their destruction (72). Spores can survive desiccation as well (15).

EBGS:  Snails lay eggs in the soil.  This means there is some risk of spreading them by moving soil, but sanitation is not necessary.