Entomology & Nematology News

Biology professor Terry McGlynn of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), will discuss Lessons about Thermal Ecology from Rainforest Ants at the first in a series of spring seminars hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. His seminar begins at 4:10 p.m.

Seminar coordinator Emily Meineke, urban landscape entomologist and assistant professor, has announced the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's spring seminars. The seminars begin Wednesday, April 5 and will continue on Wednesdays through June 7.

UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock of the Department of Entomology and Nematology opens the door to Room 1002 of Giedt Hall, home of a biochemistry class taught by UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal.

UC Davis postdoctoral scholar and vector-borne disease specialist Olivia Winokur of the Chris Barker lab won the $2600 Hollandsworth Prize for best student research presentation at the American Mosquito Control Association's annual conference, held recently in Reno.

"I just got bit by a brown recluse spider in California." No, you didn't--unless you recently returned from a state where they are established or handled one shipped from that area. There are no established populations of Loxoceles reclusa in California.