Assorted Pests Surrounding Typical Home

Ants crawl out from retaining wall opening when brush is pushed out of the way.
Closeup of ants uncovered by retaining wall
Centipede found in the doorway of customer home in Southern California
Pest control technician observes mouse stranded in a pool
fresh gopher mound and vent holes forming in the grass
Bees under roof tiles
Aphid Damage to Yard Planting
This customer needs to add snail service to their pest control plan.
The tick lives to suck blood. Close-up of tick in waiting for a meal.
A rat resting on a garage rafter

Work with Bees, Hives and Honeycomb

Honeycomb tucked behind wall
Worker preparing for bee work with proper protective equipment or PPE
Identifying the right ceiling cut to remove bees
Bees under roof tiles
Bees found on a living room mantel
Bees in ornamental house collumn
Bee work under roof line
beehive honeycomb in walls of nice home
Bees found under high eave of home

Clothing Moths

Lawn Pests

Found this gopher at dawn, just resting in the sun
lawns masked chafers ucipm online
lawns billbug larval and adult ucipm online
lawns cutworm from ucipm online
lawns adult sod webworm
lawns white grub closeup

Mission Trails Regional Park

Mission Dam at Mission Trials Regional Park, surrounded by native plants.
Winter Solstice on Cowles Mountain
Phil Hoog, Director of NAGPRA by Ewaa
Poison Oak in Mission Trails Regional Park
Oak Gall
Mountain Lion at Mission Trails Regional Park
Newly thatched Ewaa - Kumayeey home

Santa Margarita Ecology Reserve

Oak tree in Santa Margarita Reserve
Gall Wasps
White Lined Sphinx Caterpillar
Cabbage White Butterfly at rest on a leaf
Santa Margarita Ecological Reserver Hikers
The Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve under the management of UCSD
These are the beautifully lush and shady Santa Margarita Oak Woodlands in southern California
Santa Margarita Creek
Acorn Sprouting in Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve
Oak Seedling found during docent walk
Coast Live Oak Gall - Oak Apple

Solitary Wasps

Spiders of Interest

A trapdoor spider close up
A black widow spider hanging out in a corner
ballooning spider
A trapdoor spider in plain view
A trapdoor spider peeking out of a hole
A Jumping Spider in Plain View
Brown Recluse Spider Resting in Wait for Prey

Succulents in California

Matilija Poppy large flowers with crinkled white petals and a ball of yellow stamens
furry cactus with red blooms

Western Fence Lizard

western fence lizard eating a Jerusalem Cricket
western fence lizard
western fence lizard on stone
wertern fence lizard drawing

Gallery of Insect Life, Pest Control and Natural Beauty in Our Environment

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