Session 1 - Introduction and Ecology
Homework:
Some Animals are More Equal than Others
Recording: Click Here | Passcode: yZY5wZ=d
Session 2 - Biology and Identification
Recording: Click here to watch
Passcode: RSAQrU5#
Homework:
Why we all need to learn to love insects, TedTalk
Smithsonian Institute video on insect adaptations
Learn about some characteristics of 5 out of the 6 orders we'll examine in ID.
Another resource for ID to skim:
Cranshaw Diagnosing with the Left-Behinds, by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University
Session 3 - IPM and Insect FUN
Recording: Click here to watch
Passcode: 0t+J64bj
Reference List of IPM Insect Master Class
UC IPM Seasonal Landscape Checklist
Go HERE for San Diego/Southern California Region
This monthly guide will help landscape professionals, gardeners, and others use integrated pest management (IPM) to avoid and manage common pests of landscape trees, shrubs, and vines.
Insect Keys
Identify Insect (to Order - UC ANR)
Identify Insect (to Order - written key, UFL)
Identify Insect (to Order with Pictures - COS MG)
Field Study Guidance notes: Identifying Insects under the microscope (PDF)
How to Report Invasive Species
CDFA Hotline: 1-800-200-1899
San Diego County Department of Agriculture Lab: 1-800-200-2337
Steps:
- Capture insect: do your best to capture unharmed, place in a double bagged Ziploc or other secure container, do not add water to any bag or sample, write date/host plant/location collected on the sample.
- Attempt identification
- Phone a friend: submit a ticket to the hotline with a picture attachment, call an MG you know, send a picture to Leah or Eric.
The County Department of Agriculture no longer provides insect identification as a service to the public, but is the local authority to act on invasive insects and will accept samples of suspected invasive species when necessary.
Invasive Species - A Challenge of California (12 minute video)