Topics in Subtropics

Its out.  Check it out. The Spring edition of Topics in Subtropics quarterly newsletter covering all things subtropical at some point in time.  Bodil Cass, our entomology specialist at UC Riverside is the editor.Editor: Bodil Cass Spring 2025TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE• Bifenthrin application…

But keep moving, and we are. To 555 Airport Way, Suite D in Camarillo, right next to the Ventura County Ag Commissioner.  I’ve been here since 1990 and we’ve moved three times – from the County Government Center with cubicles and we weren’t appreciated for the dirt we tracked in, to a sweet little…

Fire Followers – Plant and PollinatorSoon after the Fall 2024 fires in Ventura County we saw the hills starting to turn green, and dotted with white flowers – calystegia.  This is a common sight after fires in southern California, a land of frequent fires. It looks like bindweed and is called false…

Stick Worm, Just Another Inchworm of Geometer MothYou have to look closely.  It doesn't move........until you touch it and then maybe it will move.  But it takes a lot to get it to go.  This is an inchworm which actually embodies something like 20,000 species of lepidopterans - moths and…

The Hass Avocado Board (HAB) has created The Avocado Sustainability Center which has collected recent research papers from around the avocado world concerning such topics as tree water use, pesticide use, carbon capture and a range of other topics.  Check it out:https://sustainability.hassavocadoboard…