Tagged: ants
Learn how to outsmart (or at least manage) ants
The Argentine ant is among the common species seen in California. (Photo courtesy of UC Statewide IPM Project) Ants! Practically every garden has them, but few gardeners like them – especially if these industrious...
What’s biting (or bothering) me?! Find out at workshop
This is a carpenter ant, which can be found in tree stumps, firewood, fence posts, hollow doors or window frames. (Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, courtesy UC IPM) It’s a common spring refrain: What’s...
Why are birch leaves a sticky mess?
That’s the pupal skin of a lady beetle stuck to the birch leaf along with lots of honeydew — evidence of aphids, ants and lady beetles all at work. (Photo: Debbie Arrington) Overhead aphid...
With spring green comes aphids
Aphids are just starting to collect on the top of this bud on a McCartney rose. A blast of water will knock them off. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) How to cope with these pests without...
Warm spring brings out bug that poops candy
These aphids are starting to do their damage to a developing rose bud. The warm weather has brought them out. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) How can there be so many aphids so soon? Where did...
How to stop a yucky black mess
Citrus leaves show sooty mold growth. Scale, aphids and other sucking insects produce the honeydew that the fungi grow on. (Photo courtesy UC Integrated Pest Management) What’s this yucky stuff all over my oranges?...