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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Figure 1. Adult tropical rat mite. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)

Detecting and Controlling Biting Mites Within Structures

December 17, 2020
By Andrew M Sutherland
Most pest management professionals have served clients who swore they were being bitten by unseen pests. Perhaps the usual suspects (bed bugs, fleas, and mosquitoes) were ruled out by thorough inspection and monitoring devices.
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Person harvesting carrots from a raised bed.

Winter Vegetable Gardening

December 14, 2020
We are fortunate in California that not only can we grow vegetables in summer, but winter gardening is also an opportunity to grow vegetables and spend some time outdoors. Cool-season vegetables include broccoli, brussels sprouts, carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, and spinach.
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A black rodent bait station on bark mulch with a teal block bait sitting outside the entrance.
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California Places Further Restrictions on Rodenticides

December 10, 2020
By Belinda Messenger-Sikes, Niamh M Quinn
In September 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1788, which prohibits almost all uses of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) statewide.
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Book cover of Pests of the Garden and Small Farm

Garden and Landscape Books On Sale

December 7, 2020
Give the gift of knowledge this holiday season! Save up to 60% on select UC ANR gardening and landscape pest management publications now through December 11.
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Cooley spruce gall adelgids on needles of Douglas fir. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)

Holiday Tree Pests

December 6, 2020
If you're planning to get a holiday tree for your home, you may find unexpected guests have already made their home in your evergreen selection. Common holiday trees such as firs, pines, and spruces can host pests such as aphids, scales, mites, bark beetles, or even praying mantis egg cases.
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