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Pests in the Urban Landscape

What's That Beetle in My Roses?

If you grow roses, you might be noticing damage on the flowers caused by hoplia beetles (Hoplia...

Mature larva of hoplia beetle. [J. K. Clark]
Mature larva of hoplia beetle. [J. K. Clark]

Mature larva of hoplia beetle. [J. K. Clark]

Posted on Monday, April 24, 2017 at 11:48 AM
Tags: beetle (15), bug (6), chafer (3), grubs (8), hoplia (2), Japanese (4), management (73), nonchemical (4), pests (74), petal (1), rose (2), roses (4), UC IPM (404)

Make Earth Day Every Day - Use IPM!

Every April, we celebrate Earth Day and think about ways we can help make our planet healthier. One...

Posted on Friday, April 21, 2017 at 10:35 PM
Tags: April (2), beneficial (18), Earth Day (3), environment (5), health. (1), integrated pest management (44), IPM (152), pesticides (37), pests (74), science (1), UC IPM (404)

Mosquito and West Nile Virus Awareness Week

April 16-22 has been declared West Nile Virus and Mosquito Vector Control Awareness week by the...

Posted on Monday, April 17, 2017 at 4:44 PM
Tags: awareness (8), bite (18), mosquito (20), pests (74), prevention. (1), repellent (9), UC IPM (404), vector control (1), west nile virus (10)

Widow Spiders Information Updated

The black widow spider is known and feared by many people due to its venomous bite. However, in the...

Posted on Monday, April 17, 2017 at 10:17 AM
Tags: bite (18), black widow (4), brown (2), California (31), pest note (3), spider (15), UC IPM (404), venomous (1), Vetter (5)

Huanglongbing Detections in Urban Southern California

The following press release was distributed on April 13, 2017 by the Citrus Pest & Disease...

Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 9:45 AM

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