Monitoring California red scale populations by using pheromone traps and degree days California red scale is an armored scale that attacks all citrus varieties.
We were recently bird watching on one of the sky islands in southern Arizona. It was pretty impressive, the diversity of birds and BRIGHT colors compared to those in the Ventura area. Arizona locals, though, were saying numbers were way down. Why? Less and fewer berries and insects to feed on.
MG Katrina Kirkeby talks with Dr. Niamh Quinn, the current UC Cooperative Extension Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor, for the full hour about coyotes.
Ever heard of Carey's Equality? Do you know who discovered it? That would be UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, who will present a departmental seminar at 4:10 p.m.
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Wildfires burning in western U.S. forests have increased in size and severity since the late 20th century, with a number of recent fires exhibiting characteristics that match the criteria for mass fires or fires that burn with high intensity over large continuous areas for long durations of time.
I have received a couple calls this year from growers and a PCA about root scarring in alfalfa fields. These observations were a bit of a head scratcher for all of us. At one of the fields, I noticed what looked to be a wireworm on the root, so that was throwing me off (Figure 1).
