Summertime Household Pests

Dr. Andrew Sutherland, UC IPM Advisor for the San Francisco Bay Area, discusses common pests in and around homes that become more abundant during the summertime in California, such as peridomestic cockroaches and ants. Recording of UC IPM’s Urban & Community IPM Webinar from June 15, 2023. Visit https://ucanr.edu/sites/ucipm-community-webinars/ for more information on the Urban and Community IPM Webinar series and to register for upcoming webinar sessions. To learn more about the summertime household pests mentioned in this webinar, visit the UC IPM website links below: Cockroaches Pest Notes: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7467.html Outdoor baiting for cockroaches blog post: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=30633 Excluding seasonal nuisance pests from structures blog post: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=16145 Ants Pest Notes: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7411.html Flies Pest Notes: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7457.html Spiders Pest Notes: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7442.html Yellowjackets Pest Notes: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7450.html Other links mentioned during the webinar: Dr. Sutherland’s urban IPM website: https://ucanr.edu/sites/urbanIPM/ Purchase or view the Common Cockroaches of California poster: https://ucanr.edu/sites/urbanIPM/Research_Activities/Cockroach_Poster/ Bait and wait for ant management poster from California Department of Pesticide Regulation: https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/schoolipm/pubs/bait_and_wait.pdf Research on seasonal invasion by Argentine ants by Gordon et al, 2001: https://web.stanford.edu/~dmgordon/old2/GordonMoses2001.pdf