Bee my Valentine! Did the honey bee ever say that to a pink flowering quince? Probably not. But she did buzz over there for some nectar and pollen. What's buzzworthy this week--among other topics--is the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. The 12th annual event, set all day Saturday, Feb.
(Editor's Note: Her exit seminar is here) Remember the spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii? Native to Southeast Asia, it infests soft-skinned fruits such as strawberries, raspberries, cherries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches and grapes.
It's beginning to look a lot like...UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day! The 12th annual event, set Saturday, Feb. 18 on the UC Davis campus, will showcase 11 museums or collections.
Got a question about ants? Or other insects? By popular demand, ant specialists (myrmecologists) from the Phil Ward lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will answer questions at the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set Saturday, Feb. 18.
In between the rain and the cold, UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro of the Department of Evolution and Ecology has been searching in vain for the first white cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae) of the year.
