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Consperse stink bug, Euschistus conspersus, crawls on the bee sculpture in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Stink Bug on a Bee

November 4, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis created the morphologically correct honey bee sculpture for the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis, she expected it to be a focal point. And it is.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

WANTED: Manager—vegetation control program

November 4, 2011
By Gale Perez
Union Pacific invites applications for a management position overseeing their vegetation control program for the Western Region.
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Brown marmorated stink bug adult-Dara and Cooper
Pest News: Article

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in San Luis Obispo County

November 3, 2011
Brown marmorated stink bug adult male (Photo by: Surendra Dara, UCCE and Rodney Cooper, USDA-ARS) Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys Stl was recently found in San Luis Obispo County in an incoming shipment of household items from Pennsylvania, where it is considered as a serious pe...
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Larvae of an owlet moth turned bright red by the parasitic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora. (Photo by Teresa Willis)
Bug Squad: Article

Getting the Red Out

November 3, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What's that? When award-winning photographer Teresa Willis of Vacaville encountered a red caterpillar on a dirt road at about 6000 feet in a canyon north of Paradise Valley, Nev., she did what photographers do--she captured an image of it.
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Ants crawl along a vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

In Pursuit of Ants

November 2, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ants are such tiny critters. But they're much more than that. Much more. Ant specialist Brian Fisher, an entomologist with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, describes ants as "industrious, tenacious workers who live in colonies and obey a hierarchy of rulers.
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Tachinid fly (Peleteria species) on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Why Flies Are Fantastic

November 1, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You want to know why flies are fantastic? They are, you know. Just ask Martin Hauser of the Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). He'll discuss "Why Flies Are Fantastic" at the Northern California Entomology Society meeting, set from 9:15 to 3 p.m.
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Proboscis or tongue of a fiery skipper dipped in nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Tongue in Cheek

October 31, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Have you ever looked closely at a fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus) and seen its proboscis, aka tongue or feeding tube? If you stay still and don't shadow it while it's nectaring, you'll see the proboscis darting in an out of a blossom.
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