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Urban and Community Integrated Pest Management
Posts Tagged: hoddle
Using Seaweed to Kill Argentine Ants

[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...
South American Palm Weevil found in California by UCCE Scientist
![Dead palm tree infected by South American palm weevil. [M. Hoddle] Dead palm tree infected by South American palm weevil. [M. Hoddle]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/39779small.jpg)
From the ANR News Blog Southern California's iconic palm trees are now threatened by another invasive species, the South American palm weevil, reported Mark Muckenfuss in the Riverside Press Enterprise. Mark Hoddle, UC Cooperative Extension specialist...
South American palm weevil has recently spread to San Diego County. [M. Lewis]