Entomology & Nematology News

UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey will speak on "The Conceptual Sweep of a Mathematical Discovery in Insect Biodemography: From Medfly Populations to the U.S. Congress" at the Wednesday, May 25th seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

The Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus, will host four public events from May 28 through July 16. All are free and open to the public. Parking is also free. Saturday, May 28, 1 to 4 p,m.

Newly published research led by UC Davis ecologist Daniel Paredes suggests that pest abundances are less variable in diverse landscapes comprised of multiple crop types and patches of natural habitat.

Doctoral candidate Maureen Page of the laboratory of pollination ecologist/professor Neal Williams of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will present her exit seminar on "Impacts of Managed Honey Bees on Plant-Pollinator Mutualisms" at 10 a.m.

Evolutionary biologist Corlett Wolfe Wood, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Pennsylvania, will speak on "The Conflict Beneath Your Feet: Indirect Effects in Plant-Symbiont Interactions" at the Wednesday, May 18th virtual seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology a...