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Dandelions: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), also known as lion’s tooth, puffball, blowball, and monk’s head, is a major problem in turf, ornamental plantings, meadows, pastures, and alfalfa.

Publication Number:: 7469

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Deer Mouse: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

The deer mouse carries hantavirus, which can be deadly to people. Searching for food, the mice enter houses and cabins through small holes and cracks, but what they leave behind can make you very ill. Learn to recognize, exclude, and control these pests.

Publication Number:: 74161

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Deer: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Most people enjoy seeing deer in the wild. Unfortunately, however, deer can be very destructive to gardens, orchards, and landscaped areas, particularly in foothill and coastal districts where nearby woodlands provide cover.

Publication Number:: 74117

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Dodder: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Dodder is a parasitic annual plant that infests many crops, ornamentals, native plants, and weeds; it is found on many crops including alfalfa, asparagus, melons, safflower, sugarbeet, and tomato.

Publication Number:: 7496

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Drywood Termites: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

The western drywood termite is most prevalent in southern California and the Central Valley but also can be found along the coast, in bay areas south of San Francisco, and in the southern California desert.

Publication Number:: 7440

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Dyer's Woad: Integrated Pest Management for Land Managers

Dyer’s woad (Isatis tinctoria) is a problematic, invasive weed in the intermountain west. It can be commonly found along roadsides, fencerows, and ditch banks, as well as in pastures, rangeland, and natural areas.

Publication Number:: 74175

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Earwigs: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Earwigs can seriously damage seedling vegetables, annual flowers, maturing soft fruit, and corn silks. However, they also have a beneficial role in the landscape and have been shown to be important predators of aphids.

Publication Number:: 74102

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Elm Leaf Beetle: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Elm leaf beetle, Xanthogaleruca (=Pyrrhalta) luteola, is one of the most important insects damaging urban forests in the United States and is the major pest of elm trees in California.

Publication Number:: 7403

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Eucalyptus Longhorned Borers: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Two closely related species of longhorned borers (family Cerambycidae) attack eucalyptus in California. They are attracted to freshly cut wood, dying limbs, and trees suffering from stress, especially drought stress.

Publication Number:: 7425

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Eucalyptus Redgum Lerp Psyllid: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Psyllids are plant-juice sucking homopterans in the insect family Aphalaridae. Redgum lerp psyllid nymphs (immatures) form a cover called a "lerp," which is a small white, hemispherical cap composed of solidified honeydew and wax.

Publication Number:: 7460

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Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

The eucalyptus tortoise beetle is found throughout southern California, the Central Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Adults and larvae chew semicircular or irregular notches along edges of eucalyptus leaves and can remove most of a leaf’s surface.

Publication Number:: 74104

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Eye Gnats: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

More an annoyance than anything else, eye gnats feed where they can find moisture on humans and animals: generally at eyes, mouth, nostrils, and open wounds. Learn an integrated approach to controlling these tiny pests.

Publication Number:: 74164

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False Chinch Bug: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

False chinch bug is common in the landscape and in most years only causes harm to seedlings. Plants wilt but will rarely die from the attack. At times larger numbers of the pest can kill young fruit or nut trees. Learn to identify and manage this pest.

Publication Number:: 74153

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Feral Cats: Pest Notes for Home and Garden

Feral cats are also known as unsocialized cats, wild cats, community cats, stray cats, and free-roaming cats. Feral cats are unowned and generally do not like to be handled by people.

Publication Number:: 74178

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Field Bindweed: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Field bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis, is a native of Eurasia and was first documented in California in 1884. By the first quarter of the twentieth century, field bindweed was proclaimed the worst weed in California.

Publication Number:: 7462

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Fire Blight: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Fire blight is a common and frequently destructive bacterial disease of pome fruit trees and other related plants. Pear and quince trees are extremely susceptible. Apple and crabapple are also frequently damaged.

Publication Number:: 7414

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Fleas: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Fleas are frequently encountered in homes and are common pests on domestic cats and dogs.

Las pulgas son encontradas con frecuencia en hogares y son pestes comunes en gatos y perros domésticos.

Publication Number:: 7419

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Flies: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Of the thousands of species of flies, only a few are common pests in and around the home. These pests breed in animal wastes and decaying organic material from which they can pick up bacteria and viruses that may cause human diseases.

Publication Number:: 7457

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Fungus Gnats: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Fungus gnats occur around damp, decaying vegetation, algae, and fungi. These flies can appear in large numbers in or around buildings and also can be a problem in greenhouses, nurseries, and interior plantscapes.

Publication Number:: 7448

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Giant Whitefly: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Since its introduction into southern California in 1992, the giant whitefly has spread rapidly northward along the coast and into interior valleys. It can severely infest many ornamental plant species found in nurseries, landscapes, and home gardens.

Publication Number:: 7400

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Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

The glassy-winged sharpshooter can spread the disease-causing bacterium Xylella fastidiosa which is the causal agent of devastating plant diseases such as Pierce’s disease, oleander leaf scorch, and almond leaf scorch.

Publication Number:: 7492

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Goldspotted Oak Borer: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Goldspotted oak borer attacks xylem and phloem layers near the base of oak trees and can girdle and kill mature oaks. A San Diego area pest, it may eventually spread to other areas of California. Learn identification and treatment methods.

Publication Number:: 74163

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Grasshoppers: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Grasshoppers are sporadic pests in gardens. However, in some years large populations may build up in foothills and rangelands, especially after a wet spring and then migrate into nearby gardens, often defoliating everything in sight.

Publication Number:: 74103

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Green Kyllinga: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Green kyllinga (Kyllinga brevifolia) is a weedy sedge that can be a major weed problem for turfgrass and landscape managers. In turf it forms a weak sod that gives poor footing for athletic fields and golf courses.

Publication Number:: 7459

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