Structural IPM Resources

Websites

  • Bio-Integral Resource Center
    http://www.birc.org

  • California Department of Pesticide Regulation
    https://cdpr.ca.gov/
    This section of the DPR web site contains a wealth of information about school IPM.

  • IPM Institute
    http://www.ipminstitute.org/
    This web page lists useful articles about specific pests, and many of the articles are available online.

  • Marin County Department of Agriculture Model School IPM Program
    https://www.marincounty.org/depts/ag/model-school-ipm
    This site has fact sheets to help educate school staff, teachers and parents.

  • **Our Water Our World
    http://www.ourwaterourworld.org/
    This Program is a collaboration among regional and local water agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area. The web site has been developed to assist consumers in managing home and garden pests in a way that helps protect Our Water - Our World.

  • Oregon State University
    https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/oipmc
    This is a web site hosted by Oregon State University Integrated Plant Protection Center.

  • Pesticides Database, Pesticide Action Network of North America
    http://www.pesticideinfo.org
    PAN publishes easy-access toxicity and hazard data for individual pesticides

  • Environmental Protection Agency
    http://epa.gov/pesticides/bedbugs/
    On this site, EPA provides information on how to prevent, identify and control bedbug infestations. EPA advises caution when selecting and using pesticides for treating bed bugs.

 

 

  • University of California at Riverside Entomology Department
    http://entmuseum.ucr.edu/
    On this page you will find short descriptions of lesser-known pests with links to sites with more information.

  • **University of California at Riverside wasp pages
    http://wasps.ucr.edu/waspid.html
    This information is for Southern California, but the same species occur in the Bay Area.

  • ** University of California at Riverside spider pages
    https://spiders.ucr.edu/
    This site debunks the myth of the brown recluse, as well as some other spider myths.

  • University of California Statewide IPM Project
    http://ipm.ucanr.edu/
    PMG/selectnewpest.home.html
    U.C. Pest Notes for pests of homes, structures, people and pets. A great resource for identification (there is a wonderful ant key), biology, and management.

  • University of Florida Entomology Department
    http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/
    main/search_common.htm
    This site has many creatures that are of greater interest to Floridians than Californians, but many of the urban pests are the same. This site also includes identification, biology, and some management.

  • University of Florida School IPM
    http://schoolipm.ifas.ufl.edu/
    Useful information on school IPM.