Entomology & Nematology News

UC Davis faculty are among those scheduled to speak when the annual California Honey Festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 6 in downtown Woodland.

The late UC Berkeley professor John Edward Casida (1929-2018), internationally recognized for his work on pesticides and their effects on humans, was the pesticide toxicologist of his generation, based on his research, his leadership and the impact of the many alumni from his laboratory.

John Hargrove, director emeritus of the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, will present a UC Davis Entomology and Nematology seminar on "Tsetse, Trypanosomiasis, and Climate Change: What Can We Learn from Field Data Collected in the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe?

A newly described bacteria species found more than a decade ago inside the gut of a stick insect housed in the Bohart Museum of Entomology petting zoo, now bears the name of two very surprised UC Davis entomologists.

Sam Jaffe, founder and executive director of The Caterpillar Lab, Keene, New Hampshire, will present a virtual seminar, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, on Wednesday afternoon, April 26.