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Spiders: Should You Be Afraid?

Arachnophobia: Should You Be Afraid of Spiders? Fear of spiders, arachnophobia, is a widespread...

Posted on Monday, October 17, 2022 at 1:22 PM

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Author: Lynn S. Kimsey
Posted by: Lauren Fordyce

Tags: arachnid (1), arachnophobia (5), black widow (4), IPM (241), management (75), pest (247), pest management (210), poisonous (5), recluse (2), spider (38), UC IPM (509)

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Holiday Season Brings Poisonous Plants into the Home

Originally posted on the UC Master Gardener Program Statewide Blog During the holiday season...

Posted on Monday, December 20, 2021 at 8:00 AM

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Author: Lauren Snowden
Posted by: Elaine Lander

Tags: holiday (9), houseplant (6), Master Gardeners (43), pest notes (121), poison (8), poisonous (5), Snowden (2)

Focus Area Tags: Health, Yard & Garden

New publication on pokeweed

There's a new weed science publication: Pest Notes: Pokeweed Author: Scott Oneto, UC Cooperative...

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Pest Notes-Pokeweed publication

Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 1:09 PM

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Posted by: Gale Perez

Tags: Poisonous Plants (0), pokeweed (0)

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management

Giant hogweed in the news

Invasive plants don't get much coverage in the news, especially at the state and national level....

Posted on Monday, July 9, 2018 at 4:46 PM

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Author: Travis M Bean

Tags: cowparsnip (1), hogweed (1), media (8), natural areas (5), news (2), poisonous (5), toxic (7), wildlands (13)

Summer Spider Sightings

When you see spiders in your garden, you may wonder if they can hurt you or your pets. The good...

Posted on Sunday, July 8, 2018 at 9:27 PM

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Tags: black widow (4), control (72), crab (1), garden (154), harmless (1), jumping (1), lynx (1), orb (1), pest (247), poisonous (5), spider (38), UC IPM (509), weaver (1), webs (4), wolf (1)

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

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Posts Tagged: poisonous

Spiders: Should You Be Afraid?

Holiday Season Brings Poisonous Plants into the Home

New publication on pokeweed

Giant hogweed in the news

Summer Spider Sightings

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