Bug Squad

 If you're interested in the latest research on light and insect behavior, you'll want to attend the seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, March 4 in 122 Briggs Hall, UC Davis, or watch it on Zoom.Todd Holmes, professor of physiology and biophysics at the…

 When Samantha "Sam" Murray, education and garden coordinator of the UC Davis Bee Haven, took the stage last Saturday during the 15th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, her talk on "Creating Your Own Pollinator Garden" drew rapt attention."Pollinator populations are changing," Sam told the crowd…

 If you missed the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day Speaker Series on Saturday, Feb. 21 in the Sensory Theatre of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, 392 Old Davis Road, not to worry.The series, featuring introductory information about nematodes, dinosaurs, yeast, and bees and…

 What new technologies can you use to control aphids and thrips in California lettuce?Adelaine "Addie" Abrams,  who will receive her doctorate in entomology at the end of the UC Davis quarter,  will present her exit seminar on "Same Pests, New Tricks: Precision Technologies for Integrative…

 An evolutionary ecologist who studies the impacts of a plant diet on insects and their microbiomes, will discuss her research at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 25.  Evolutionary ecologist and UC Davis alumna Jessica M. Aguilar, a National Science…