Information About Non-Vectors

 

The Orange County Vector Control District is frequently asked to assist a resident with a problem caused by a non-vector pest.  We limit our activities to those species determined to be vectors by the California Health and Safety Code.  OCVCD currently has control programs for mosquitoes, rats and fire ants.  Our staff is not trained or equipped to perform control activities on non-vector pests like Africanized honey bees, opossums, gophers and raccoons.  However, we do have an extensive collection of information sheets on these and other pests available on our web site. 

There are “Pest Bulletins” covering everything from the materials Orange County Vector Control District uses for mosquito control to techniques on trapping rats.  The bulletins have information on the biology of the pest and other interesting facts.  Many of them contain suggestions for both exclusion and control of various non- vectors that can be performed by the homeowner.  Often times the best control method is to eliminate conditions that attract the pests.   This strategy is our first step in controlling vectors, and it works well with nearly all pests.  When professional assistance is recommended, the “Pest Bulletins” will advise the resident to do so.   Several “Pest Bulletins” are available in Spanish and Vietnamese.

Non-Vector Bulletins
Vertebrates	Invertebrates
California Ground Squirrels Deer Mice Deer Mice & Hantavirus House Mice House Mice (Spanish) Opossums Pigeons Pocket Gophers Raccoons	Insects Resembling Mosquitoes Ants Bedbugs Black Widow Spiders Brown Dog Ticks Carpenter Ants Carpet Beetles Africanized Honey Bees Bumble Bees Carpenter Bees Honey Bees Casemaking Moth Clover Mites Cockroach Cockroach (Spanish) Oriental Cockroach Oriental Cockroach (Spanish) Conenose Bugs Crickets Darkling & Predaceous Ground Beetles Pantry Beetles Earwigs False Chinch Bugs Fowl Mites/Rat Mites Fungus Gnats House Hoppers March Flies Mayflies Moths Non-Biting Midges Salt Marsh Caterpillars Scabies – Mites Scabies – Mites (Spanish) Scorpions in O.C. Silverfish, Firebrats, Booklice Snails & Slugs Spiders -various types Springtails, Sowbugs, Millipedes Termites Wasps & Yellow Jackets Wood Borers