Integrated Pest Management

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A mama widow spider juggles her egg sacs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Do You Know Your Spiders?

December 10th, 2020
Do you know your spiders? If you engage in social media, you've probably seen a "what-is-this" query about a spider that some unsuspecting person discovered quite unexpectedly in a garden, bedroom, bathroom or garage.
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Book cover of Pests of the Garden and Small Farm
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Garden and Landscape Books On Sale

December 7th, 2020
Give the gift of knowledge this holiday season! Save up to 60% on select UC ANR gardening and landscape pest management publications now through December 11.
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Stop using Weed Slayer 12/4/2020

December 4th, 2020
By Cheryl A Wilen
THE MESSAGE BELOW IS FROM THE California DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CDFA ISSUES STOP USE NOTICE AND STATEWIDE QUARANTINE ON ORGANIC FERTILIZER AGRO GOLD WS SACRAMENTO, December 4, 2020 The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) today announced that a Stop Use notice and statew...
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UC Davis doctoral student Jill Oberski captured this screen shot at the finals. She is top row, second from left.
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UC Davis Doctoral Students in Entomology Got It Right

November 18th, 2020
They knew the answer. "A worker honey bee has how many pairs of wax glands on its abdomen?" That would be four, answered the UC Davis Entomology Team did at the Entomological Society of America's Virtual Entomology Games, a college-bowl type of competition formerly known as the Linnaean Games.
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A screen shot of the finals at the Virtual Entomology Games. (Image by Jill Oberski)
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UC Davis Entomology Team Makes the ESA Finals

November 18th, 2020
The first sighting of emerald ash borer in North America occurred in 2002, when it was discovered attacking ash trees in Ontario, Canada and what U.S. state? If you answered Michigan, as the UC Davis Entomology Team did, you're right.
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