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  • A monarch butterfly gliding over a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola on Sept. 17 in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
    Wings Up! Let's Go!

    Wings up! Let's go! The monarch fall migration is underway. "Unlike most other insects in temperate climates, monarch butterflies cannot survive a long cold winter. Instead, they spend the winter...

    By Kathy Keatley Garvey
    Author - Communications specialist
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  • A female monarch nectaring on Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotunifola, in a Vacaville garden at noon, Sept. 17, 2024. At left is a territorial male longhorned bee, probably Melissodes agilis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
    A Monarch Kind of Day

    What we've been waiting for all season... A migratory monarch butterfly fluttered into our Vacaville garden at noon today (Tuesday, Sept. 17) and nectared on a Mexican sunflower,...

    By Kathy Keatley Garvey
    Author - Communications specialist
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Retail Nursery & Garden Center IPM News

IPM News
Retail nursery and garden centers are among the top sources of pest management information for home gardeners. To help provide customers with the latest pest information from the University of California, the UC Statewide IPM Program created the Retail Nursery and Garden Center IPM News, a three times yearly e-newsletter for retail nursery and garden center employees, managers, owners, and affiliates.

The Green Bulletin

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This newsletter directed at pest management professionals in the structural and landscape pest control business provides timely tips and updates about pests, pesticides, application techniques, and other related news with the emphasis on protecting water quality.

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UC IPM Publications

Statewide IPM Program staff members work closely with area IPM advisors, farm advisors, specialists, and researchers to develop educational materials that reflect the newest advances in pest management. Use the link below to leave this site and visit the Statewide IPM Program website:
 
 

Eric Middleton

Eric Middleton

Area IPM Advisor

egmiddleton@ucanr.edu