Photos: Adult female PSHB (John Kabashima, UC Cooperative Extension); Larvae (Akif Eskalen, UC Davis); Entry/Exit Hole on Sycamore (Monica Dimsom, UC Cooperative Extension)
Join us at North Bay Pest Fest 2025: ISHB/MOB to learn more about Invasive Shot Hole Borer (ISHB), Mediterranean Oak Borer (MOB), and other wood boring insects of forest and landscape trees. Presentations will discuss origin, lifecycle, geographic distribution, detection, trapping, and management of these pests.
Tuesday, April 8 @ 8am-12:30pm
Petaluma Veteran's Memorial Building
1094 Petaluma Blvd S, Petaluma, CA 94952
AGENDA
8:00 Registration
8:30 - 9:15 ISHB Basics - Shannon Lynch, Asst. Professor of Plant Pathology, UC Davis and John Kabashima, Environmental Horticulture Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension: Orange County
9:15 - 10:15 ISHB Monitoring & Management - Shannon Lynch, Asst. Professor of Plant Pathology, UC Davis and John Kabashima, Environmental Horticulture Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension: Orange County
10:15 to 10:30 Break
10:30 to 10:50 Mediterranean Oak Borer - Curtis Ewing, CalFire
10:50 to 11:30 Wood boring insects of Forest and Landscape Trees - Michael Jones, UC Cooperative Extension Forest Advisor: Mendocino, Lake, and Sonoma Counties
11:30 to 12:30 What to expect during a pesticide Use Monitoring Inspection - Emmett Brady and Allison Klein, Inspectors, Marin County Dept. of Agriculture
12:30 Adjourn
Contact Emmett Brady with questions at: Emmett.Brady@MarinCounty.gov