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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

POST efficacy with Venue (pyraflufen) as a tankmix partner in orchard crops

September 23, 2014
By Brad Hanson
Sharing the results of two recent field trials conducted to evaluate several POST herbicides with and without the addition of pyraflufen (Venue). Please note that glufosinate is not a registered treatment for prunes - this site was not harvested.
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Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, and millipede enthusiast Evan White, both of UC Davis,
Bug Squad: Article

Like Bugs?

September 22, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Like bugs? Thinking about becoming an entomologist or just want some hands-on experience? Mark your calendar. The Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus is planning an open house on "How to Be an Entomologist" from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 27.
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A very hungry Gulf Fritillary caterpillar working over the Passiflora. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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No Butterflies Without Caterpillars

September 19, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
How can you hate a caterpillar and love a butterfly? You can't. Some gardeners so love their passionflower vine (Passiflora) that they squirm at the thought of a caterpillar munching it down to nothing. But that's what caterpillars do.
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How Scotland voted

September 19, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
Reds are Yes, blues are NoHere is a map of voting results from yesterday's historic independence vote in Scotland. Overall the Nos carried the day - 55% - 45%. Interestingly, Motherwell and Hamilton, two towns in my family's life, were split. Motherwell voted Och Aye and Hamilton voted the Noo.
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King fire update

September 19, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
Blodgett looks like it is going to be OK, but the King fire is burning through the SNAMP Eldorado study area. This is where the SNAMP owl reasearchers are doing their work. We are getting a response from them to post on the SNAMP website.
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A honey bee sipping nectar from a hole drilled by a carpenter bee on a foxglove. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Short Cut

September 18, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
We all take shortcuts. We look for the shortest line at the supermarket, we use keyboard shortcuts, and we text how r u? So, why shouldn't honey bees use shortcuts? They do.
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Backlit, the monarch resembles a stained glass window as it touches down on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bring Back the Monarchs!

September 17, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When a monarch butterfly comes fluttering through your yard, grab your camera. Marvel at it beauty, celebrate its presence, and keep it in your memory. It may be become an endangered species the way things are going.
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King fire near Blodgett Forest Research Station

September 17, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
From UC Center for Forestry. 9/16 16:30 - The King Fire started the evening of September 13 east of Pollock Pines. On 9/15, it grew to 3,900 acres. By the morning of 9/16, it was over 11,000 acres and 5% contained.
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Art Shapiro saw 19 of this species, Pieris rapae, or cabbage white, today at his North Sacramento study site. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Close Call

September 16, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Butterfly expert Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis, isn't feeling so well--to put it mildly--but he still went out on one of his butterfly monitoring expeditions today at his study site in North Sacramento.
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