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Top 10 pests in gardens and landscapes and how to control them
  • Author: Tyler Ash
Published on: June 10, 2016
Ant
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1. Ants

Most people deal with ants around their home at some point. Because most ants live outdoors, focus efforts on keeping ants from entering buildings by caulking entryways. Follow good sanitation practices to make your home less attractive to ants. Spraying ants inside the home will not prevent more ants from entering. Use baits to control the ant colony. Pesticide baits work by attracting worker ants who then take the poison back to the nest where the entire...

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Invasive meltdown
Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: December 13, 2012
Photo shows Argentine ants tending an infestation of Asian citrus psyllid nymphs. Ants may hamper biological control of ACP by Tamarixia.
Argentine ants tending an infestation of Asian citrus psyllid nymphs. Ants may hamper biological control of ACP by Tamarixia. (Photo: Mark Hoddle, UCR)

Ants can be a huge nuisance in and outside our homes, particularly if you have food lying around. But now, it turns out, they’re unwelcome, too, on citrus trees.  

A year ago, UC Riverside entomologists released Tamarixia, a parasitoid wasp and natural enemy of the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) imported from Pakistan, into a biocontrol grove in Riverside, Calif. Tamarixia can serve as an excellent biocontrol agent against ACP, a citrus pest first detected in 2008 in Southern...

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Tags: Ant (2), Asian citrus psyllid (7), biocontrol (2), biological control (2), citrus greening (1), Huanglongbing (6), Tamarixia (1), wasp (1)
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