- Author: Niamh Quinn
[From the April 2015 issue of the UC IPM Retail Newsletter]
Norway and roof rats, as well as house mice, can be commonly found in urban and rural homes. Many rodents, particularly house mice, enter structures during the winter months. Rats (Figure 1) and mice (Figure 2) can cause damage resulting in large economic losses and are also known to pose health risks to people.
With the implementation of recent legislation nationwide restrictions on rodenticide use have become much tighter. In California, pesticides registered for use against...
/span>- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Visitors to the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IPM) display in front of Briggs Hall at the 101st annual Picnic Day last Saturday at the University of California, Davis, got a close look at the Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillar.
While the visitors watched or held them, the other caterpillars kept busy, munching on the leaves of their host plant, the pipevine.
Butterfly expert Art Shapiro, distinguished professor in the UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology, has seen lots of Pipevine Swallowtails (Battus philenor) already this year. "There...
Today, April 7, 2015 is the 13th annual National Healthy Schools Day, a day dedicated to promoting healthy school environments for children.
Children in the United States face risks from exposure to pests and pesticides in schools. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) encourages the use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), a smart, sensible and sustainable approach to pest control that focuses on addressing the underlying issues that make schools attractive to pests.
EPA reports that half of all schools have problems with indoor pollution, a complex problem attributable to various sources, such as poor engineering, leaky roofs, deferred...
- Author: Dong-Hwan Choe
Are baits the silver bullet for German cockroach control? How can you use better use bait stations against mice and rats? What are the county inspectors looking for during headquarter and truck inspections? Ever wonder how museums deal with their pest problems? Where can you receive updates on new laws and regulations affecting wood destroying organism (WDO) services and listen to the latest research and IPM ideas that can help you control cockroaches, mosquitoes, termites, and bed bugs?
The 24th Annual UC Riverside Urban Pest Management Conference will be held at UCR Extension on March 25, 2015. This one-day conference, primarily targeting urban pest management professionals, has been one...
- Author: Cheryl Reynolds
- Author: Andrew Mason Sutherland
- Author: Tunyalee A. Martin
California requires that pest control companies providing services in schools and licensed child care centers comply with a series of laws called the Healthy Schools Act (HSA). The HSA promotes IPM and seeks to minimize pesticide exposure to children in all public K–12 schools and licensed private child care centers.
Providing Integrated Pest Management Services in Schools and Child Care Settings is the new free online training module available from UC IPM that explains the history of the Healthy Schools Act and details what schools, child care centers, and pest control companies are required to do to follow the...