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Mediterranean Fruit Fly. (Photo by Jack Kelly Clark)
Bug Squad: Article

Medflies: Permanent Residents

August 6, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Breaking news shook the agricultural world today. The Mediterranean fruit fly, considered the world's worst agricultural pest, is one of at least five fruit flies established in California. It cannot be eradicated.
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IGIS: Article

ANR Eddy Flux Deployment - Hansen REC

August 6, 2013
Eddy Covariance Flux tower deployment was completed August 2nd, capturing a wealth of ecoinformatics data for researchers. This is the 3rd of a 9 tower network scheduled for full deployment by this fall.
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UC Rice Blog: Article

Leafhoppers, arthropods

August 6, 2013
By Luis Espino
This is the first time since I moved to California that I've seen leafhoppers actually injuring rice. Leaf tips turned yellow, and from the road it looks like salt injury, but once you get in the field you can see leafhopper nymphs and adults jumping and flying around.
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A Gulf Fritillary caterpillar ready to eat the leaves of a passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Being Watched

August 5, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So you're sitting there watching the Gulf Fritillary caterpillars chowing down on the passionflower vines. It's sort of like watching the grass grow, or the paint dry, but there's much more drama.
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Honey bee foraging on mustard, a good cover crop for bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee-Helpful Cover Crops in Vineyards

August 2, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Kathy Kellison is on a mission: to encourage winegrape growers to plant Bee-Helpful Cover Crops. This would include mustards, clover and buckwheat, plants that honey bees love. Kellison, the executive director of the Santa Rosa-based Partners for Sustainable Pollination, will speak Thursday, Aug.
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Courtship in the lantana: the female is on the left, and the male on the right. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Courtship in the Lantana

August 1, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The purple trailing lantana (Lantana montevidensis) is a butterfly magnet. In our yard, it draws gulf fritillaries, Western tiger swallowtails, cabbage whites, and fiery skippers. Lately, fiery skippers (Hylephila phyleus) are the main draw.
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Bagrada bug nymph on mustard
E-Journal of Entomology and Biologicals: Article

Bagrada bug update: bioassays and a short video

August 1, 2013
Bagrada bug nymph on a dried mustard plant. Photo by Surendra Dara Compared to the number of queries I received last year, it has been fairly quiet about the Bagrada bug infestations.
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