This article was originally published in the June 2013 issue of the Retail Nursery and Garden Center IPM News. Read the entire article at http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/RETAIL/retail-newsletter.html Adult mosquito.
Egg, five nymphal stages, and adult bed bugs, Cimex lectularius. Photo by Dong-Hwan Choe. Bed bugs are quickly becoming major household nuisance pests.
Life states of the goldspotted oak borer. From left: fourth-instar larva, fourth instar larva in a hairpin configuration and in a constricted form, pupa and adult. Photo by Mike I.
Nymph of the Virginia creeper leafhopper (VCLH), Erythroneura ziczac. It is a new invasive pest on grapes. (Photo by Mike Poe, UC IPM) The influx of invasive species has been on the rise in the last decade.
Asian citrus psyllid adult and immatures on citrus (Photo by Michael Rogers, UC) Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) was found on November 5 in Santa Maria for the first time.
