Editing Pest control (section)

====Cultural control====
[[File:Following the plough 3 - geograph.org.uk - 1019422.jpg|thumb|Cultivation by [[ploughing]] exposes insect pests to predators such as [[black-headed gull]]s.]]
[[File: Choristoneura fumiferana.jpg|thumb|[[Choristoneura fumiferana|Spruce budworm]] (adult and pupa shown), a serious pest of forests, can be monitored using [[pheromone trap]]s.]]
{{main|Mechanical pest control|Insect trap|Crop rotation}}
[[Mechanical pest control]] is the use of hands-on techniques as well as simple equipment and devices, that provides a [[Termite barrier|protective barrier]] between [[plant]]s and [[insect]]s. This is referred to as [[tillage]] and is one of the oldest methods of weed control as well as being useful for pest control; wireworms, the larvae of the [[Agriotes sputator|common click beetle]], are very destructive pests of newly ploughed grassland, and repeated cultivation exposes them to the birds and other predators that feed on them.<ref name=AgroAtlas>{{cite web |url=http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/pests/Agriotes_sputator/ |title=''Agriotes sputator'' L. - Common Click Beetle (Wireworm)|work=Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries |access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref>

[[Crop rotation]] can help to control pests by depriving them of their [[Host (biology)|host plants]]. It is a major tactic in the control of [[Diabrotica|corn rootworm]], and has reduced early season incidence of [[Colorado potato beetle]] by as much as 95%.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Wright, R. j |date=1984 |title=Evaluation of crop rotation for control of Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in commercial potato fields on Long Island |journal=Journal of Economic Entomology |volume=77 |issue=5 |pages=1254–1259 |url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1103&context=entomologyfacpub |doi=10.1093/jee/77.5.1254}}</ref>