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Got Gophers?
![Adult pocket gopher peeking out of a burrow entrance. [Credit: T. Chalmers]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/62454small.jpg "Adult pocket gopher peeking out of a burrow entrance. [Credit: T. Chalmers]")
Gophers are well-known and certainly unwelcome pests in landscapes, gardens, lawns, and athletic turf. More correctly called pocket gophers, these rodents mostly remain hidden underground in tunnels and feed on plants from below, sometimes pulling whole...
![Adult pocket gopher peeking out of a burrow entrance. [Credit: T. Chalmers]](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests/blogfiles/62454.jpg)
Adult pocket gopher peeking out of a burrow entrance. [Credit: T. Chalmers]
![Characteristic crescent-shaped mound and plugged burrow opening of a pocket gopher. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests/blogfiles/62455.jpg)
Characteristic crescent-shaped mound and plugged burrow opening of a pocket gopher. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]
Dealing with Snails and Slugs in the Garden
Snails and slugs can be destructive pests in gardens and landscapes when they devour entire seedlings or chew holes in leaves, flowers, fruit, and even the bark of plants. Manage these pests by getting rid of their hiding places, setting up traps, or...
Immature gray garden slug on strawberries. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)
