- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
- Posted by: Elaine Lander
Published on: January 22, 2021
![Close up image of adult bed bug.](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests/blogfiles/77560small.jpg)
Adult bed bugs are oval, wingless, about 1/5 inch long, and rusty red or mahogany in color. (Credit: Dong-Hwan Choe)
Bed bugs can hitch rides on secondhand furniture, luggage, backpacks and other personal items to invade homes and attack people. While we rest and sleep on sofas and beds, the insects come out to feed. They want to suck our blood. A new web-based, interactive training course shows how to prevent and detect bed bug infestations.
“The training helps tenants recognize, restrict and report bed bugs and helps landlords comply with California state regulations on bed bugs,” said Andrew Sutherland, University of California Cooperative Extension integrated pest management advisor for the Bay...
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Focus Area Tags: Health, Pest Management
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- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Published on: August 3, 2017
![There is no known treatment for huanglongbing, which kills citrus trees.](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests/blogfiles/45667small.jpg)
There is no known treatment for huanglongbing, which kills citrus trees.
The incurable citrus tree disease huanglongbing, or HLB, has been detected in Los Angeles and Orange counties and most recently in
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