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A cabbage white butterfly stops for a little catmint nectar (flight fuel) on a warm summer day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Oh, That Elusive Cabbage White Butterfly

January 26, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
No butterfly. No beer. Blame the rain. Blame the cold. As of today, Jan. 26, no one has won Art Shapiro's "Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest," aka Suds-for-a-Bug. Not Art, not anyone.
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USDA forest research entomologist Chris Fettig will discuss bark beetle damage (shown) when he delivers a UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1. (Photo courtesy of Chris Fettig)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Chris Fettig: How Bark Beetles Are Transforming Forests with a Little Help from Climate Change

January 26, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
USDA forest research entomologist Chris Fettig of the USDA's Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis, will speak on "Bark Beetles: How Tiny Insects Are Transforming Western Forests with a Little Help From Climate Change" at a seminar sponsored by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematolog...
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A bristlecone pine tree attacked by bark beetles. (Photo courtesy of Justin Runyon)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

USDA Research Entomologist to Give Seminar on Bark Beetles vs. Bristlecone Pines

January 26, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
USDA Forest Service research entomologist Justin Runyon of the Rocky Mountain Research Station, Montana, will present a special UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology in-person and virtual seminar on "Secrets of a Long Life: Chemical Defense of Bark Beetles by Bristlecone Pines" on Tuesday...
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photos by Cindy Yee
Under the Solano Sun: Article

A Trip to Mendocino

January 26, 2023
In mid-December before all the rain, we spent a week in Mendocino and Fort Bragg. We always visit the Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden in Fort Bragg. Whatever the season, there are always so many plants and trees blooming, and extraordinary landscape to enjoy.
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