Pests in the Urban Landscape

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The Pests in the Urban Landscape blog shares the latest resources and information from the UC IPM Urban & Community team to help you sustainably manage pests in the home, garden, and landscape. 

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Clear plastic is laid over planting beds to elevate soil temperatures. (Credit: K Windbiel-Rojas)
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Reduce Soil Pests with Sunlight

June 3, 2019
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.
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Adult brown recluse spider, <i>Loxosceles reclusa</i>. (Credit: R Vetter)
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Brown Recluse Spiders? Not in California!

May 18, 2019
If you were to ask an audience of more than a few people if they or anyone they know has ever seen or been bitten by a brown recluse spider in California, many hands would be raised.
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Vegetable Pest Identification cards
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Gardening books on sale!

May 18, 2019
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Spring is here and so are the pests. The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources has the books that can help you learn about the insects, diseases, wildlife, and weeds that might be causing problems in your garden or landscape.
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Sign for fans. (Photographer unknown)
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Bees on the Baseball Field

May 6, 2019
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
It's not often that we get to mix baseball and pests in our blog, but today we learned that the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds game was delayed by almost 20 minutes due to swarming bees.
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Pheramone trap for Indian meal moths (Credit: CA Reynolds)
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Answers: It's a Trap!

May 4, 2019
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
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 Admiral Akbar would be proud. Answers: 1.
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