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Pests in the Urban Landscape

Beneficial Predators Fight Garden Pests

You're probably familiar with lady beetles (aka lady bugs), common beneficial insect predators that...

Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 9:06 PM
Tags: aphids (14), assassin (2), beneficial predators (1), garden (68), insects (19), landscape (66), pesticides (37), pirate (1), predaceous ground beetle (1), spiders (10), UC IPM (404), wasp (4)

Rodent Control in and Around Backyard Chicken Coops

[From the May 2017 issue of the UC IPM Retail Newsletter] Keeping backyard chickens is becoming...

Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 8:42 AM
Tags: backyard (3), baits (2), california (31), chickens (3), diseases (11), garden (68), home (15), house mouse (5), mice (13), poultry (1), rodenticide (8), rodents (12), roof rat (1), trapping (6), UC IPM (404), wire (1)

Frothy Masses on Plants

What are those white, frothy masses you see on your rosemary, salvia, lavender, or other plants?...

Posted on Monday, May 8, 2017 at 8:29 AM
Tags: froghopper (1), froth (1), lavender (1), rosemary (1), salvia (1), spittlebug (2), UCIPM (88)

Will Releasing Lady Beetles in Your Garden Control Aphids?

Many retail nurseries and garden centers sell lady beetles for controlling aphids in gardens and...

Posted on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 5:02 PM
Tags: aphids (14), control (66), lady beetles (3), ladybug (2), management (73), release (2), UC IPM (404)

Lyme Disease Awareness Month

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, a campaign that brings attention to this tick-borne...

Posted on Monday, May 1, 2017 at 8:26 AM
Tags: awareness (8), bite (18), Lyme disease (4), northern California (1), remove (2), ticks (2), UC IPM (404), western blacklegged (2)

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