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GIF at the White House!

April 3, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
Check out Kevin's report on our visit to the White House. http://gif-news.blogspot.com/2014/04/gif-at-white-house-climate-data.
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ACP- Michael Rogers
Pest News: Article

Asian citrus psyllid found in San Luis Obispo County

April 3, 2014
Adult and nymphal stages of the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri (Photo by Michael Rogers, UC) An Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) was found on a trap in southern Arroyo Grande last week (identification was made by CDFA on 26 March, 2014).
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Briggs Hall beckons with bugs on UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

Bugs on Picnic Day? You Bet!

April 2, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What's a picnic without bugs? Frankly, who would want to attend a picnic WITHOUT bugs? The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology is gearing up for the 100th annual campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day, set from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 12. Come one, come all. Bugs, too.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Solar tents for killing weed seed in the field

April 2, 2014
By Gale Perez
If you have a site, especially a remote site with invasive plants, in particular infested with hard to eradicate invasive plants like veldtgrass or perennial pepperweed, you can't just cut or treat the plants and leave them in the field to rot.
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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

April 2014 CloverLines

April 2, 2014
In this issue... Presentation Day & Fashion Revue results, Council News, Upcoming New Leader Trainings, Science & Service Day, Super Field Day and much more.
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Female of the genus Andrena (Andrenidae) probably Andrena angustitarsata, as identified by Robbin Thorp. This is a native, solitary, ground nesting bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Mining for Bees!

April 1, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Just call it "Mining for Bees." It was not long after Robbin Thorp's talk on wild bees at the UC Davis Pollinator Gardening Workshop (hosted by the California Center for Urban Horticulture on March 15 at Giedt Hall), that lo and bee-hold: a mining bee appeared in our backyard.
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Colusa County: Article

Reminder: Walnut Field Meeting Tomorrow

April 1, 2014
Understanding & Managing Botryosphaeria and Phomopsis Canker and Blight in Walnut Field Meeting It is not suppose to rain tomorrow, so the meeting is on as scheduled!...
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Colusa County: Article

Youth Poultry Fun Day Registration

April 1, 2014
Colusa County Youth Poultry Fun Day April 12, 2014 9:00am-1:00pm Red Barn Feed Supply - 6722 Harrington Ave, Arbuckle CA Registration has been extended until Friday, April 4th - Mail to: Cody Murphy, P.O.
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A striped ladybug, Paranaemia vittigera, on a poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What's That Bug?

March 31, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The California poppy draws lots of visitors: honey bees, bumble bees and assorted other insects. But a particular visitor we spotted March 15 on a poppy outside the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery on Garrod Drive, Davis, looked puzzling. A beetle.
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