Welcome to UC IPM's Pest Insight Webinar Series page. Pest Insight is a series of webinar-style workshops that aim to provide applied, scientific, and decision-based pest control information to pest control licensees.
Past Webinars
(Past) March 26, 2026 - Banishing Pests from Multi-Unit Apartment Buildings: A Primer for Property Managers
A three-year collaboration between scientists, property managers, nonprofits and government agencies has produced a new bundle of integrated pest management resources specifically for managers of multi-unit apartment buildings. Dr. Chris Geiger, former San Francisco IPM Program Manager, will present the basics of IPM for property managers and introduce the audience to these new resources, which include video trainings, templates, policies, posters and other materials.
(Past) March 11, 2026 - Troubleshooting Pest Control
Join us for this half-day webinar aimed at structural pest management professionals, where you’ll learn about troubleshooting various pests, their biology, inspection techniques, and best management practices.
Agenda
8:00-8:10am Welcome and Introductions
8:10-9:10am Regular monitoring and inspection helps detect and assess pest problems -- Dr. Andrew Sutherland, UCCE-SF Bay Area & UC IPM program
9:10-10:10am Stored product pest management -- Gabriel Gomez, Veseris
10:10-10:30am Quiz & Break
10:30-11:30am Cockroaches: Diagnosing species, sources, and control failures -- Josh Shoemaker, Professional Entomological Services
11:30am-12:30pm Ant control: Go fast or slow? -- Dr. Siavash Taravati, UCCE-LA Basin & UC IPM program
12:30pm Final quiz
For questions about this webinar series, contact Siavash Taravati at staravati@ucanr.edu .
For issue with the website or registration from, contact the UC IPM staff at ucipm-community@ucanr.edu .