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Using hydrogels to develop a yellowjacket bait

Figure 1. Western yellowjacket baiting with the hydrogel bait. After a short handling behavior on the bait, yellowjackets flew away with a small piece of the hydrogel bait. (Credit: DH Choe)

Many parks, recreational areas, and outdoor venues in California are home to yellowjacket wasps (Vespula spp.). Yellowjackets are commonly attracted to human food items, creating a serious nuisance and a potential stinging threat. If found, nests...

Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 9:00 AM

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Author: Dong-Hwan Choe
Author: Kathleen Campbell
Author: Michael K Rust
Posted by: Elaine Lander

Tags: bait (5), bite (18), Campbell (1), control (54), Dong-Hwan Choe (4), fipronil (3), Michael Rust (2), nuisance (7), pest management (69), pests (64), sting (3), UC IPM (281), yellowjackets (7)

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Fipronil Labels Have New Restrictions

A pest management professional making a liquid application of fipronil. (Credit: Les Greenberg, UC Riverside)

[Article modified on April 13, 2019 to correct inaccuracies.] New label changes will alter how fipronil is applied by pest management professionals (PMPs) in urban environments, particularly between November and February, during California's typical...

Figure 2: Diagram showing California fipronil label restrictions. Graphic courtesy of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.

Figure 2: Diagram showing California fipronil label restrictions. Graphic courtesy of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.

Posted on Friday, July 6, 2018 at 10:00 PM

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Author: Belinda J. Messenger-Sikes
Author: Karey Windbiel-Rojas

Tags: applications (1), California (31), DPR (19), EPA (8), fipronil (3), label changes (2), law (3), perimeter (1), restrictions (1), UC IPM (281), UC Riverside (2)

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Using Seaweed to Kill Argentine Ants

Fig 1. Argentine ants feeding on green or red hydrogels to demonstrate liquid bait uptake. (Credit: J-W Tay, UC Riverside)

[From the Spring issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin] Argentine ants can be a damaging ant pest species in both agricultural and urban environments in California. Outdoors, they disrupt biological control by tending honeydew-producing pests and...

Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 8:00 PM

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Tags: argentine ant (1), Ashok Mulchandani (1), Dong-Hwan Choe (4), DPR (19), fipronil (3), green bulletin (5), hydrogel (1), insecticides (4), Jia-Wei Tay (1), Mark Hoddle (1), pest management professionals (5), pyrethroid (1), runoff (1), UC IPM (281), urban (10)

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Posts Tagged: fipronil

Using hydrogels to develop a yellowjacket bait

Fipronil Labels Have New Restrictions

Using Seaweed to Kill Argentine Ants

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