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Posts Tagged: fire

Weeds & Wildfires

How can weed control help with wildfire preparedness? Wildfires are part of California's...

Posted on Monday, August 28, 2023 at 9:12 AM
Tags: fire (1), home hardening (1), pest management (201), pests (88), prevention (17), UC IPM (445), weeds (44), wildfire (2)
Focus Area Tags: Family, Natural Resources, Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Invasive Spotlight: Wrapping Up California Invasive Species Action Week

This week, we put the spotlight on invasive species and how these non-native plants, animals, and...

Posted on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 10:00 PM
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Invasive Spotlight: Red Imported Fire Ant

The red imported fire ant, or RIFA for short, is no ordinary red ant. This invasive pest lives up...

White pustules from red imported fire ant sting. (Credit: Texas Agricultural Extension Service)
White pustules from red imported fire ant sting. (Credit: Texas Agricultural Extension Service)

White pustules from red imported fire ant sting. (Credit: Texas Agricultural Extension Service)

Southern fire ant fire ant worker with red head and thorax and dark abdomen. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)
Southern fire ant fire ant worker with red head and thorax and dark abdomen. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)

Southern fire ant fire ant worker with red head and thorax and dark abdomen. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)

Posted on Friday, June 8, 2018 at 10:00 PM
Tags: bite (0), CDFA (0), invasive species (0), nurseries (0), pest (0), red imported fire ant (0), RIFA (0), southern California (0), sting (0), UC IPM (0), venom (0)
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Top 20 Pest Notes of 2017

Pests have popularity contests too. We recently looked at how many visits our popular Pest Notes...

Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 4:31 PM
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Summer Management for Fire Blight

We've been getting calls this summer from gardeners finding fire blight damage in backyards and...

Posted on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at 5:00 PM
Tags: disease (0), fire blight (0), Pest Notes (0)

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