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Wood Decay Fungi in Landscapes: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Several fungal diseases, sometimes called heart or sap rots, cause the wood in the center of trunks and limbs to decay. Almost all species of woody plants are subject to trunk and limb decay.

Publication Number:: 74109

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Wood Wasps and Horntails: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

The common names wood wasp and horntail are used to describe several kinds of wood-boring insects. Of greatest human interest are the large, nonstinging wasps that normally are attracted to and complete their life cycles in dead or dying conifer trees.

Publication Number:: 7407

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Wood-Boring Beetles in Homes: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Three families of beetles have species of wood borers that invade and damage structural and decorative wood and furniture. These families are the powderpost beetles, deathwatch beetles, and false powderpost beetles.

Publication Number:: 7418

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Woodpeckers: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Woodpeckers come into conflict with people when they use human dwellings in their search of food, or as a surface for territorial/social drumming, or for nest construction. Such activities create disturbing noises and may cause structural damage.

Publication Number:: 74124

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Woody Weed Invaders: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Invasive woody plants and large perennial grasses such as bamboo can be very hard to control or eliminate from your garden. In this publication, you will get basic information on a variety of chemical and nonchemical methods that can get the job done.

Publication Number:: 74142

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Yellow Starthistle: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Yellow starthistle is common in open areas on roadsides, rangeland, wildlands, hay fields, pastures, and waste areas. It is also poisonous to horses, causing a fatal nervous disorder called "chewing disease."

Publication Number:: 7402

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Yellowjackets and Other Social Wasps: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

One of the most troublesome of the social wasps is the yellowjacket. Yellowjackets, especially ground- and cavity-nesting ones such as the western yellowjacket, tend to defend their nests vigorously when disturbed.

Publication Number:: 7450

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Zoropsis spinimana, A Mediterranean Spider in California: Pest Notes for Home...

Zoropsis spiders have been in the San Francisco Bay Area since the mid-1990s. With a body up to 5/8 inch long and a leg span of up to 1 1/4 inches, this harmless hunting spider can be confused with the wolf spider. Learn to know the difference.

Publication Number:: 74143

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