Andrew M Sutherland

Dr. Andrew Sutherland is an extension entomologist employed as the University of California’s Urban Integrated Pest Management Advisor for the San Francisco Bay Area. Andrew serves pest management professionals by conducting applied research and delivering evidence-based education, aiming to develop new IPM strategies as well as to adapt and implement existing IPM strategies. Andrew’s programmatic goals include improved control of key urban insect pests such as termites, bed bugs, cockroaches, and ants; reductions in unnecessary pesticide applications; decreases in pesticide exposure; and decreases in environmental contamination. Andrew’s broad training and experience in IPM systems have been informed by graduate studies in entomology (PhD: UC Davis, 2009), professional certification (BCE: Urban and Industrial Entomology & Plant-Related Entomology, 2012), state licensure (Qualified Applicators License: California Department of Pesticide Regulation, 2012), and many years working with pest control operators on collaborative applied field research projects. 

Awards and Recognition (during last five years)

• ESA Exceptional Service Award – Director of the Certification Board, Nov 2021
• International IPM Award of Excellence (IPM Practitioner – Academic), Feb 2022
• CDPR IPM Achievement Award (Team: UC IPM Advisors), February 2022
• Education Digital Marketing Award - Silver (Social Media Content category), Dec 2024: https://educationdigitalmarketingawards.com/edma-winners-list-2024/
• Association for Communication Excellence – Gold (Social Media Videos category), April 2025: https://aceweb.org/2025-Critique-&-Awards-Program-Winners/ 

UC ANR Publications (peer-reviewed)

• Taravati, S., Haver, D.L., Sutherland, A.M. 2023. Pest Notes: Hiring a Pest Control Company. UC ANR Publication 74125 (revised), published August 2023: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74125.html
• Sutherland, A.M., Choe, D-H, Rust, M.K. 2019. Pest Notes: Cockroaches. UC ANR Publication 7467 (revised), published December 2019: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/cockroaches
• Flint, M.L., Sutherland, A., Windbiel-Rojas, K. 2018. UC ANR card set: ‘Vegetable pest identification for gardens and small farms’, UC ANR Publication 3553, ISBN # 978-1-62711-005-1, June 2018: https://anrpublications.org/products/9781627110051_vegetable-pest-identification-for-gardens-and-small-farms?_pos=1&_psq=vegetable+pests&_ss=e&_v=1.0
• Wilen, C.A., DeBiase, R., Baird, J., Downer, A.J., Sutherland, A.M., Westerdahl, B.B. January 2017 Revision (revised continuously). UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines Turfgrass. UC ANR Publication 3365-T. Oakland, CA. https://ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/turfgrass/#gsc.tab=0 , https://ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/turfgrass/authors-and-credits/#gsc.tab=0
• Sutherland, A.M., Harivandi, M.A., Dreistadt, S.H., 2014. Pest Notes: Lawn Insects. UC ANR Publication 7476, revised September 2014. https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/lawn-insects
• Lewis, V.R., Sutherland, A.M., et al., Haverty, M.I., 2014. Pest Notes: Drywood Termites. UC ANR Publication 7440, revised August 2014. https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/drywood-termites
• Lewis, V.R., Sutherland, A.M., et al., Haverty, M.I., 2014. Pest Notes: Subterranean and other termites. UC ANR Publication 7415, revised May 2014. https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/subterranean-and-other-termites
• Sutherland, A.M., Choe, D-H, Lewis, V.R., 2013. Pest Notes: Bed Bugs. UC ANR Publication 7454, revised May 2013. https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/bed-bugs

US Patents

• McCabe, K.J., Wingo, R.M., Haarmann, T.K., Sutherland, A.M., Gubler, W.D. US Patent #9210914: ‘Method for training honeybees to respond to olfactory stimuli’, Issued 12/15/2015.

Scholarly journal articles (peer-reviewed)

• Liu, P., Bustamante, J.Jr., Campbell, K., Sutherland, A.M., Choe, D.-H., Loudon, C. Using leaf-derived materials to stop common bed bugs (Cimex lectularius L.) in their tracks. Insects 2025, 16, 786. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16080786
• Chen, J. T.-C., Nelson, L., Rugman-Jones, P.F., Tseng, S.-P., Sutherland, A.M., Choe, D.-H., Haverty, M.I., Lee, C.-Y. 2025 Description of a new species of subterranean termite in the genus Reticulitermes (Blattodea: Heterotermitidae) from southern California, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 2025;, saaf019, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saaf019
• Bustamante, J.Jr., Liu, P., Campbell, K., Sutherland, A.M., Choe, D.-H., Loudon, C. 2025. A novel leaf-derived trapping material is more effective at capturing common bed bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) than selected commercial monitoring devices. Insects 2025, 16, 362. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16040362
• Tseng, S-P., Nelson, L.J., Hubble, C.W., Sutherland, A.M., Haverty, M.I., Lee, C-Y. 2023. Phylogenetic analyses of Reticulitermes (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) from California and other western states: multiple genes confirm undescribed species identified by cuticular hydrocarbons. Journal of Economic Entomology 116(6), 2135 – 2145; https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad182
• Rust, M.K., Lee, C-Y., Park, H.E., Campbell, K., Choe, D-H., Sorensen, M., Sutherland, A., Hubble, C., Nobua-Behrmann, B., Kabashima, J., Tseng, S-P., Post, L. 2023. The potential of fluralaner as a bait toxicant to control pest yellowjackets in California. Insects 14(4), 311; https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/4/311
• Sutherland, A.M.; Hubble, C.; Barber, M. 2022. Installation season may significantly impact time required for subterranean termites to find and feed on in-ground baits. Insects 13(5), 445; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13050445
• Choudhury, R.A., Sutherland, A.M., Hengel, M.J., Parrella, M.P., Gubler, W.D. 2020. Imidacloprid movement into fungal conidia is lethal to mycophagous beetles. Insects 11(8), 496; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11080496
• Hubble-Wirgler, C.W., Sutherland, A.M., 2017. Evaluation of a granular formulation of Bacillus thuringiensis galleriae for use against white grubs within municipal turf. Arthropod Management Tests 42(1), tsx119, https://doi.org/10.1093/amt/tsx119
• Romero, A., Sutherland, A.M., Gouge, D.H., Spafford, H., Nair, S., Lewis, V., Choe, D-H., Li, S., and Young, D., 2017. Pest management strategies for bed bugs in multi-unit housing: a literature review on field studies. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 8(1): 13; 1-10, https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/8/1/13/3836010
• Alkon, A., Nouredini, S., Swartz, A., Sutherland, A.M., Stephens, M., Davidson, N.A., and Rose, R., 2016. Integrated pest management intervention in childcare centers improves knowledge, pest control, and practices. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, November / December 2016, e27 – e41, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891524516301596
• Sutherland, A.M., Tabuchi, R.L., Moore, S., Lewis, V.R., 2014. Borescope-aided inspection may be useful in some drywood termite detection situations. Forest Products Journal 64(7/8): 304-309.
• Lewis, V.R., Moore, S., Tabuchi, R.L., Sutherland, A.M., Choe, D-H, Tsutsui, N.D., 2013. Researchers combat resurgence of bed bug in behavioural studies and monitor trials. California Agriculture 67(3):172-178. https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.v067n03p172
• Sutherland, A.M., Parrella, M.P., 2011. Accuracy, precision, and economic efficiency for three methods of thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) population density assessment. Journal of Economic Entomology 104(4): 1323-1328. https://doi.org/10.1603/EC10415
• Sutherland, A.M., Gubler, W.D., Parrella, M.P., 2010. Effects of fungicides on a mycophagous coccinellid may represent integration failure in disease management.  Biological Control 54: 292-299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.05.020
• Sutherland, A.M., Parrella, M.P., 2009. Mycophagy in Coccinellidae: Review and synthesis. Biological Control 51: 284-293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.05.012
• Sutherland, A., Parrella, M.P., 2009.  Biology and co-occurrence of Psyllobora vigintimaculata taedata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and powdery mildews in an urban landscape of California.  Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102(3): 484-491. https://doi.org/10.1603/008.102.0319