Pests in the Urban Landscape

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The Pests in the Urban Landscape blog shares the latest resources and information from the UC IPM Urban & Community team to help you sustainably manage pests in the home, garden, and landscape. 

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Boxes and packets of ivermectin tablets.
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Ivermectin: Pesticide Misuse in Humans

September 6, 2021
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Health Advisory recently in response to increased reports of illness associated with products containing the pesticide ivermectin.
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Close up of red orange oblong eggs in three neat lines laid along the stem of a bright green, hairy squash leaf.

Register for Upcoming Webinars This Fall

September 3, 2021
The next Urban & Community IPM webinar will be Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 1:00pm. This month's topic is Identifying Insect Pests in the Home and Garden, presented by Elaine Lander.
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Figure 2. Beets growing in a garden bed. Photo by Jennifer Baumbach, UCCE.
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Applying Pesticides around Edible Gardens

September 2, 2021
If your company does residential landscape pest control, your employees should be trained to know what to do when they encounter a vegetable garden, or fruit or nut trees in a yard (Figure 1).
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A small black brown beetle in a tunnel gallery in a piece of wood.
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Invasive Shothole Borers – An Ongoing Threat to California’s Trees

August 9, 2021
By Randall Oliver, Beatriz E Nobua Behrmann
Two identical looking species of wood-boring beetles, collectively known as invasive shothole borers (ISHB), have killed thousands of trees in Southern California and pose an ongoing threat to California's urban and wildland forests.
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