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Posts Tagged: insects

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)

Boxelder Bugs

If you are seeing black and red bugs scurrying about near trees and buildings, they may be boxelder...

Posted on Monday, April 3, 2017 at 9:43 AM
Tags: boxelder (3), bugs (5), insects (19), maple (1), nuisance (8), pests (74), spring (7), UC IPM (404)

It’s Time to Prepare Your Landscape for Winter!

Now is the time to prepare your garden and landscape for winter. The simple tasks recommended below...

Posted on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 7:58 PM
Tags: disease (54), garden (68), gardener (3), insects (19), landscape (66), monthly (1), pathogens (7), pest (210), pests (74), prune (5), sanitation (6), tips (10), UC IPM (404), weeds (41), winter (10), winter (10)

Insect or Alien Invader?

We have received several questions lately from people who've found large, strange looking insects...

Posted on Friday, September 9, 2016 at 4:04 PM
Tags: bug (6), cricket (1), garden (68), insects (19), Jerusalem (1), potato (1), UCIPM (88), Windbiel (5)

Buy it Where you Burn it!

If you plan to camp this summer, remember to wait until you arrive at your destination before you...

Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 2:08 PM
Tags: beetles (6), camp (1), camping (3), firewood (7), insects (19), invasive (67), IPM (152), pests (74), wood (2)

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