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Common Pests In and Around Multi-Unit Housing
IPM’s Pest Notes series provides accurate, peer-reviewed information on identification and management of common pests found in and around residential buildings. Below is a list of select pests. See the Pest Notes index page for other pests not listed here.
- Insect pests: ants, bed bugs, bee and wasp stings, carpet beetles, cockroaches, fleas, flies, head lice, mosquitoes, moth or drain flies, pantry pests, spiders, widow spiders and their relatives, yellowjackets.
- Vertebrate pests: cliff swallows, house mouse, pocket gophers, rats, and skunks.
- Other relevant topics: hiring a pest control company, pesticides: safe and effective use, and weeds.
Trainings and Guidelines
- For guidelines on designing buildings to exclude pests, download the free publication Pest Prevention by Design, released in 2012 by the San Francisco Department of the Environment.
- Stop Pests in Housing offers IPM guides for property managers and picture-based guides for residents, as well as online and in-person training.
- The National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) has factsheets on pests and pesticides, infographics, and pesticide databases as well as a staffed hotline.
Pesticides & Alternatives
Videos & Webinars
- UC IPM Urban video library
- Urban and Community IPM Webinar series
Other UC IPM Publications, Tools, and Resources
- Pest Notes library – Complete list of peer-reviewed publications about specific pests and pest management topics.
- Quick Tips library – Complete list of publications offering quick advice related to pests and environment-friendly gardening practices. Quick Tips are abbreviated versions of the longer Pest Notes series.