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Bug Squad: Article

Pollen Power

June 13, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The conversation usually starts like this: "I saw this huge, huge bumble bee with yellow on its back. It was buzzing like crazy." Often it's not a bumble bee, but the Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta, that's been foraging on the blooms of the passionflower vine (Passiflora).
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UC Rice Blog: Article

Armyworm update week of June 12

June 12, 2017
By Luis Espino
The number of moths trapped has increased in all locations, except in the North Sutter one (which was already high to begin with). In most fields the rice is still in the three to five leaf stage.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Can you have it all? Probably not but you can change your attitude.

June 12, 2017
By Cheryl A Wilen
In what has been dubbed dandelion-gate, members of the Washington State legislature spent 20 minutes complaining about weeds on the capital's lawn In all the years I've been here I've never seen so many dandelions all over, Sen. Mike Padden (R) said.
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Bug Squad: Article

Three's a Crowd: The Saga of Two Stink Bugs and a Bee

June 9, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So, here we are, a couple of stink bugs hidden in the lavender. Unnoticed. Undetected. Undisturbed. We're loving the lavender, and we're in the process of providing the world with more stink bugs. "Okay, we know, we know. We're red-shouldered stink bugs (Thyanta pallidovirens).
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Aquatic weed may reduce survival of mosquito larvae

June 9, 2017
By Guy Kyser
Mosquito research by Maribel Portilla and Sharon Lawler recently included an experiment on how Egeria, or Brazilian water weed, affects mosquito populations. Egeria is a submersed aquatic weed that can cause problems in channels and irrigation waterways.
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