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Posts Tagged: gophers

Managing Pocket Gophers

Pocket gophers can cause significant damage to valuable turf, girdle trees, and chew irrigation...

Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Tags: gophers (9), green bulletin (11), IPM (202), pest (255), pest management (209), trapping (6), UC IPM (454)
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Groundhogs and Other Burrowing Rodents

Annually on February 2, groundhogs get a lot of coverage. Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks,...

Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 4:18 PM
Tags: gophers (9), ground squirrel (10), groundhog (2), moles (4), pest management (209), Pest Notes (122), rats (21), rodent (15), UC IPM (454), voles (4)
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Popular Pandemic Pest Notes

Pest Notes are UC IPM publications written for people who want information about pests in homes,...

Posted on Monday, August 31, 2020 at 2:32 PM
Tags: aphids (14), carpet beetles (8), fungus gnat (5), gophers (9), ground squirrel (10), mealybugs (7), peach leaf curl (12), Pest Notes (122), scales (8), thrips (6), UC IPM (454), whiteflies (7)
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Got Gophers?

Gophers are well-known and certainly unwelcome pests in landscapes, gardens, lawns, and athletic...

Adult pocket gopher peeking out of a burrow entrance. [Credit: T. Chalmers]
Adult pocket gopher peeking out of a burrow entrance. [Credit: T. Chalmers]

Adult pocket gopher peeking out of a burrow entrance. [Credit: T. Chalmers]

Characteristic crescent-shaped mound and plugged burrow opening of a pocket gopher. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]
Characteristic crescent-shaped mound and plugged burrow opening of a pocket gopher. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]

Characteristic crescent-shaped mound and plugged burrow opening of a pocket gopher. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]

Posted on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 8:58 PM
Tags: Baldwin (8), damage (19), eating (1), garden (93), gophers (9), landscape (85), lawn (18), mound (4), Pest Notes (122), pests (88), pocket gophers (1), rodent (15), turf (7), UC IPM (454), vegetables (9)
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Summer Pests? Video Solutions!

Summer is all about being outdoors and enjoying camping, swimming, playing, and other activities...

Posted on Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 10:00 PM
Tags: ants (20), gophers (9), mosquitoes (13), pest problem (1), summertime (1), UC IPM (454), yellowjackets (7)
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

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