Insects, Pollinators, Beneficials, and Garden Pests
START HERE: Integrated Pest Management
—great sites that will help you manage garden, lawn, landscape, and weed problems
Slugs
How to control slugs in your garden [OSU]
Managing slugs and snails [OSU 10 Minute University]
Slug Portal –all you ever wanted to know about slugs in the PNW [OSU]
Slugs and Snails in Oregon-OR Dept. of Agriculture Guide-great identification field guide.
Garden and Landscape Pests
Pest Control in Home Vegetable Gardens EM009E http://pubs.cahnrs.wsu.edu/publications/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/publications/em009e.pdf
Chemical Control of Landscape Plants (NOT to be used on edible crops!!)
Hortsense [WSU] Click on the category, then choose your plant from the list on the left
Pestsense [WSU]
Resource list for pest management
Pest Leaflet Series [WSU]
Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms in the PNW [WSU]
Moles, voles, deer, and other critters
Nuisance Wildlife [WDFW]
Living with wildlife: Moles [WDFW]
Mole management in Washington backyards [FS146E]
Motherlode of information about managing deer, rodents, bats, birds, voles, rats, mice and other critters.
Deer fencing and repellent information—great site
Mole Management in Washington Backyards – FS146E
Rabbit and Hare Management in Washington State Home Yards and Gardens – FS 231E
Recognizing Sapsucker Damage on Your Trees – FS057E
Vole Management in Home Backyards and Gardens – FS094E
What is Tunneling in My Yard? – FS143E
Attracting Beneficial Insects
Establish Pollinator and Beneficial Insect Habitat USDA
Common Natural Enemies of garden pests OSU [EC1613]
Lots of resources for attracting pollinators and beneficial insects to your garden
Bees and other pollinators [PDX.edu]
Large list of Natural Enemies and Beneficial Insects
Spiders
Insects in the Home
Mason Bees
Nurturing Mason Bees in your Back Yard OSU [EM9130]
Blue Orchard Mason Bee [SARE]
Megachilid Bees in the Pacific Northwest: An Introduction [PNW692_0]
Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers and Conservationists Free download, 158 page book: step-by-step, full-color guide for rearing and managing bumble bees, mason bees, leafcutter bees and other bee species that provide pollination alternatives to the rapidly declining honey bee.