How to Manage Pests

Pests in Natural Environments

Pests and diseases that threaten California's natural systems

Links to articles, fact sheets, and other information prepared by UC IPM or through its research program.

• Asian longhorned beetle
  • Pest alert from Western IPM Center
  • Article: Collective effort produces Asian longhorned beetle information
• Light brown apple moth
  • Fact sheet: Light Brown Apple Moth: Quarantine, Management, and Potential Impacts
• Redhaired bark beetle
  • Article: Research findings shed light on new urban pest of pine trees

• Pitch canker
  • Pest Note: Pitch Canker
  • Article: Douglas-fir trees are cunning carriers of pitch canker disease
• Sudden oak death
  • Pest Note: Sudden Oak Death in California

• Barb goatgrass
  • Fact sheet: Barb Goatgrass—ANR Publ. 8315 (2.4 MB, PDF)
• Eurasian watermilfoil
  • Article: Fishing for a solution for a destructive aquatic weed

• Invasive plants
  • Database: California Invasive Plant Inventory from California Invasive Plant Council
  • Pest Note: Invasive Plants
• Giant reed
  • Article: Researchers find wasp can strike down giant reed

• Perennial pepperweed
  • Pest Note: Perennial Pepperweed

• Sahara mustard
  • Article: UC scientists find answers about Sahara mustard's spread

• Crustaceans, mollusks, worms, and fish
  • Article: Scientists propose new warning system for invasive marine species

• Sargassum muticum
  • Article: Scientists untangle seaweed’s effect on other species

• Sabellid polychaete (a fan worm)
  • Article: What a difference a day makes—abalone pest is in the dunk tank

• Wild pigs
  • Article: Wild pigs couldn’t keep this researcher away

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