This is a bit of a sad time of year, when I learn of all the pending departures due to retirement. Don't get me wrong, I fully recognize the excitement associated with retirement. Bill, Lorna, and others keep me well aware of the advantages.
The UC Davis Entomology Games Team won the championship at the annual meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America, held April 10-13 in Santa Rosa, by defeating the UC Riverside Entomology Games Team.
When Al Murphy first took the reins at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC) back in the 1950s, he had the joy of listening to California red-legged frogs living in a couple of perennial ponds.
Controlling Italian Ryegrass in California Small Grains Field Day Thursday, April 21, 2022, 8:45 a.m.10:45 a.m. POSTPONED to Friday, April 22, 2022, 8:45 a.m.10:45 a.m. Intersection of Road 13 and Road 85, Capay, CA 95607 GPS: 38.795851, -122.045259 Please RSVP for lunch headcount.
Saturday, April 9 was the day a clothespin sprang to life. Some 200 praying mantis nymphs emerged from an ootheca that Mama Mantis (Stagmomantis limbata) had deposited last summer in our pollinator garden in Vacaville.
****UPDATE: DATE MOVED TO FRIDAY APRIL, 22nd TO AVOID RAIN*** Controlling Italian Ryegrass in California Small Grains Friday, April 22, 2022, 8:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Intersection of Road 13 and Road 85 Capay, CA 95607 RSVP for Lunch (or use QR Code): https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.
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