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How to Manage Pests

Pests of Homes, Gardens, Landscapes, and Turf—Pest Notes

Find management information about common pest problems in the home, garden, and landscape. The PDF version of each Pest Note is suitable for printing.

A
Abiotic Disorders (In Roses)
Annual Bluegrass
Ant
    Ant (Multiple Species)
    Carpenter
    Red Imported Fire
Anthracnose
Aphid
    Aphid
     Hackberry Woolly Aphid
Apple Scab

B
Bark Beetle
Bean Weevil
Bed Bug
Bee
    Carpenter
    Sting
Beetle
    Bark
    Carpet
    Cigarette
    Confused Flour
    Drugstore
    Eucalyptus Tortoise
    Elm Leaf
    Hoplia
    Merchant Grain
    Red Flour
    Sawtoothed Grain
    Warehouse
    Wood-Boring (In Homes)
Beneficials, Insect and Mite Pests (In Roses)
Bermuda Buttercup
Bermudagrass
Bindweed, Field
Biological Control and Natural Enemies
Blackberry, Wild
Blight, Fire
Bluegrass, Annual
Bordeaux Mixture
Borer
    Eucalyptus Longhorned
    Lesser Grain
Boxelder Bug
Brown Recluse Spider
Bug
    Bed
    Boxelder
    Conenose
    Delusory Parasitosis
    Lace
    Squash
Buttercup, Bermuda

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California Ground Squirrel
California Oakworm
Canker, Pitch
Carpenter Ant
Carpenter Bee
Carpenterworm
Carpet Beetle
Caterpillar, Redhumped
Centipede
Chickweeds
Cigarette Beetle
Clearwing Moth
Cliff Swallow
Clothes Moth
Clover
Cockroach
Codling Moth
Conk, Fruiting Bodies
Common Groundsel
Common Knotweed
Common Purslane
Conenose Bug
Confused Flour Beetle
Conks (fruiting bodies)
Coon
Cottony Cushion Scale
Crabgrass
Creeping Woodsorrel
Curl, Leaf

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Dallisgrass
Damping-off Diseases in the Garden
Dandelion
Decay, Wood Decay in Landscape Trees
Deer
Delusory Parasitosis
Disease
    (In) Roses
    Lawn
    Lyme (In California)
    Pierce's (Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter)
Disorders, Abiotic (In Roses)
Dodder
Drugstore Beetle
Drywood Termite

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Earwig
Elm Leaf Beetle
Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer
Eucalyptus Redgum Lerp Psyllid
Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle

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Field Bindweed
Fire Ant, Red Imported
Fire Blight
Firebrat
Flea
Flickers (Woodpecker)
Flour Beetle
     Confused
     Red
Fly 
    Fly (Nuisance Species)
    Giant Whitefly
    House Fly
    Little House Fly
    March
    Moth
    Shore
    Stable
    Walnut Husk
    Whitefly
Fruit Fly (Olive)
Fruiting Bodies, (Conks)
Fruittree Leafroller (On Ornamental and Fruit Trees)
Fungi
    Fungi, Nuisance
    Mushrooms
    Wood Decay Fungi in Landscape Trees
Fungus Gnat

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Giant Whitefly
Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter
Gnat, Fungus
Gopher, Pocket
Grain Beetle
    Merchant
    Sawtoothed
Grain Borer, Lesser
Granary Weevil
Grass
    Annual Bluegrass
    Bermudagrass
    Crabgrass
    Dallisgrass
    Kikuyugrass
Grasshopper
Green Kyllinga
Ground Squirrel, California

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Hackberry Woolly Aphid
Head Lice
Hiring a Pest Control Company
Hobo Spider
Hoplia Beetle
Horntail
Horsehair Worm
House Fly
House Mouse
Husk Fly, Walnut

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Indianmeal Moth
Insects
     Lawn
     (On) Roses
Invasive Plants

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Kikuyugrass
Knotweed, Common
Kyllinga, Green

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Lace Bug
     Avocado Lace Bug
Landscape Trees
     Wood Decay Fungi
Lawn Diseases
Lawn Insects
Leaf Curl
Leaf Curl, Peach
Leaf Scorch, Oleander
Leafroller, Fruittree (On Ornamental and Fruit Trees)
Lerp Psyllid, Eucalyptus Redgum
Lesser Grain Borer
Lice, Head
Little House Fly
Lizard
Lyme Disease (In California)

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Mallows
March Fly
Meadow Mouse (Vole)
Meal Moth (Indianmeal Moth)
Merchant Grain Beetle
Mildew, Powdery
    (On) Fruits and Berries
    (On) Ornamentals
    (On) Vegetables
Millipede
Mistletoe
Mites
    Delusory Parasitosis
    (In) Roses
    Spider
Mold, Sooty
Mole
Mosquito
Moth Fly
Moth
    Clearwing
    Clothes
    Codling
    Fly
    Indianmeal
    Sequoia Pitch
Mouse
    House
    Meadow (Vole)
Mushroom

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Nematode
Norway Rat
Nutsedge

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Oak Death, Sudden (In California)
Oak Pit Scale
Oak, Poison
Oakworm, California
Oleander Leaf Scorch
Olive Fruit Fly
Opossum
Oxalis

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Pantry Pests
    Bean Weevil
    Cigarette Beetle
    Confused Flour Beetle
    Drugstore Beetle
    Granary Weevil
    Indianmeal Moth
    Lesser-Grain Borer
    Merchant Grain Beetle
    Red Flour Beetle
    Rice Weevil
    Sawtoothed Grain Beetle
    Warehouse Beetle
Parasites (Delusory Parasitosis)
Parasitosis, Delusory
Peach Leaf Curl
Perennial Pepperweed
Pesticides: Safe and Effective Use in the Home and Landscape
Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot in the Garden
Pierce's Disease (Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter)
Pit Scale, Oak
Pitch Canker
Pitch Moth, Sequoia
Plantain
Pocket Gopher
Poison Oak
Possum (Opossum)
Powdery Mildew
    (On) Fruits and Berries
    (On) Ornamentals
    (On) Vegetables
Psyllid
    Psyllid, Eucalpytus Redgum Lerp
    Psyllids (Multiple Species)
Puncturevine
Purslane, Common

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Rabbit
Raccoon
Rat
    Rat (Multiple Species)
    Norway
    Roof
Rattlesnake
Rats
Recluse Spider
Red Flour Beetle
Red Imported Fire Ant
Redhumped Caterpillar
Redgum Lerp Psyllid, Eucalyptus
Rice Weevil
Roach (Cockroach)
Roof Rat
Roses
    Cultural Practices and Weed Control
    Diseases and Abiotic Disorders
    Insect and Mite Pests and Beneficials
Russian Thistle

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Sapsucker (Woodpecker)
Sawtoothed Grain Beetle
Scab, Apple
Scale
    Cottony Cushion
    Oak Pit
    Scale (Multiple Species)
    Sycamore
Scorch, Oleander Leaf
Scorpion, Windscorpion
Sequoia Pitch Moth
Sharpshooter, Glassy-Winged
Shore Fly
Silverfish
Sixspotted Spider Mite
Slug
Snail
Snake, Rattle
Skunk
Social Wasp
Sooty Mold
Spider
    Brown Recluse
    Hobo
    Recluse, Other
    Spider (Multiple Species)
    Zoropsis Spinimana
Spider Mite
Spotted Spurge
Squash Bugs
Spurge, Spotted
Squirrel
    California Ground
    Tree Squirrel
Stable Fly
Starthistle, Yellow
Sting
    Bee
    Wasp
Sudden Oak Death (In California)
Swallow, Cliff
Sycamore Scale

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Termite
    Drywood
    Termites (Multiple Species)
 Thistle
    Russian
    Starthistle, Yellow
Thrips
Tick (Lyme Disease in California)
Toadstools (Mushrooms
Tortoise Beetle (Eucalyptus)
Tree Squirrel
Trees, Landscape
    Wood Decay Fungi

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Vole (Meadow Mouse)

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Walnut Husk Fly
Warehouse Beetle
Wasp
    Social
    Sting
    Yellowjacket
    Wood
Weed Management
    (In) Landscapes
    (In) Roses
Weevil
    Bean
    Granary
    Rice
Whitefly
    Giant
    Whiteflies (Multiple Species)
Wild Blackberry
Windscorpion
Wood Decay Fungi in Landscape Trees
Wood Wasp
Wood-Boring Beetle (In Homes)
Woodpecker
Woody Weed Invaders
Woodsorrel, Creeping
Worm
    California Oakworm
    Carpenterworm
    Delusory Parasitosis
    Horsehair

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Yellow Starthistle
Yellowjacket

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Zoropsis Spider


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