
Posts Tagged: moths
Spring Cleaning for Pest Prevention

Spring has arrived and with many Californians at home due to local coronavirus directives, now could be an opportune time for some spring cleaning. This annual ritual also has the benefit of preventing and reducing indoor pests. Cleaning and...
Answers: It's a Trap!

Here are the answers to the traps pictured in yesterday's blog post. How did you do? Let us know in the comments section. As long as you use integrated pest management when seeking to fend off your pest enemies, you can be assured that...
Top 20 Pest Notes of 2017
![Larva and adult furniture carpet beetles. [Credit: D-H Choe] Larva and adult furniture carpet beetles. [Credit: D-H Choe]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/50653small.jpg)
Pests have popularity contests too. We recently looked at how many visits our popular Pest Notes publication series received in 2017. If you aren't familiar, the UC IPM Pest Notes series are science-based publications written and reviewed by experts on...
Controlling Clothes Moths

Spotting a small moth fluttering around your closet then discovering damaged fabric or other items can be shocking. Upon further inspection, you may even see the silken webs spun by the larvae, or the droppings they leave behind. Clothes moth larvae...
Reduce Clutter to Reduce Pests
![Female German cockroach with egg case. [J.K. Clark] Female German cockroach with egg case. [J.K. Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/43940small.jpg)
Most of us have clutter we've hidden away in closets, drawers, garages, or in other storage space. Although you may not have the time or energy to go through these excess “stuff” and cluttered areas, we have an incentive for you: pest...
This cluttered garage has many hiding spaces for pests. [A. Schellman]