Posts Tagged: IPM

Murder Hornets! Everyone Calm Down

First thing first: "murder" hornets, or more correctly, the Asian giant hornet, have NOT been found in California. The term murder hornet is also not quite accurate. It attacks honey bees, which isn't desirable of course, but the important thing to...

Asian giant hornet (Courtesy WA Dept of Ag)

Asian giant hornet (Courtesy WA Dept of Ag)

Asian giant hornet look-alikes (Courtesy WA Dept of Ag)

Asian giant hornet look-alikes (Courtesy WA Dept of Ag)

Solarizing Soil to Fight Pests

Soil solarization is a method home gardeners and farmers can use to manage soilborne pests such as weeds, disease pathogens, nematodes and insects. Solarization can reduce help reduce pesticides used to control these pests. Soil solarization is simple:...

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Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine Lifted

Subject: End of the Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine – Sacramento and Yolo Counties Effective May 28, 2019 the Department is removing the Oriental Fruit Fly quarantine located in Sacramento and Yolo Counties. Maps of any remaining Oriental...

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Ants Attack! Part 2

As written in my blog post from 2 days ago, I found carpenter ants in my house recently and decided to call a pest control company to help manage them. Yesterday, the field representative from the pest control company (both of whom will remain unnamed)...

Carpenter ant. [Photo courtesy of pestworld.org]

Carpenter ant. [Photo courtesy of pestworld.org]

Sharing citrus? Sacramento still under Oriental fruit fly quarantine

I enjoy sharing backyard citrus and produce as much as anyone. Unfortunately, as backyard citrus trees start to overflow with their bounty and we are of course in the giving and sharing spirit, I have to remind everyone who lives in certain parts of...

Oriental fruit fly adult.

Oriental fruit fly adult.

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