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A jumping spider stares at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Treat for the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

October 27, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Trick or treat? Treat, please, says this jumping spider. It's time to jump in to help the 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day crowdunding project. It's a Super Science Day to be held Saturday, Feb. 10 on the UC Davis campus. It's a free and family friendly event.
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Oak galls, which come in a wide variety of shapes and colors, don't harm people or trees. (Photo: UC IPM)
Fresno Gardening Green: Article

This week in the garden: October 27 to November 2

October 27, 2023
The bumps on oak tree foliage and branches are galls caused by minute cynipid wasps, and do not harm people or the trees. Cut warm-season grasses short and over-seed with cool season grasses annual or perennial rye or fine fescue.
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Open Enrollment is here, through Nov. 17, 2023

October 27, 2023
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Open Enrollment, your opportunity to enroll in the right benefits for you, started on Oct. 26 and extends through Nov. 17, 2023, at 5 p.m. Pacific Time. Health care costs and medical plan premiums are increasing nationwide, including for UC.
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25 Platanus Racemosa, AKA California Sycamore (4) by The Fun Chronicles is marked with CC0 1.0.
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Sycamores: Sweet Street Trees

October 27, 2023
While walking with my dog, Bowie, this summer, during a particularly hot spell, we noticed that the street trees had thrown off an enormous quantity of bark. The bark was scattered all over the sidewalk, the street, the planting median, and front lawns.
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A monarch butterfly nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Got a Question About Monarch Butterflies? Bohart Open House on Nov. 4

October 26, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Want to talk to a scientist about monarch butterflies? Then you'll want to attend the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane. Scientists will be there to answer your questions.
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