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DAVIS--A beer for a butterfly. If you collect the first live cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) of 2015 in Yolo, Sacramento or Solano counties and have it verified as the winner, you'll get a pitcher of beer or its equivalent.

It's time to revisit "The 13 Bugs of Christmas." You've heard "The 12 Days of Christmas," beginning with a single "partridge in a pear tree" and ending with "12 drummers drumming.

Professor Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 July 10, 1863) wrote "A Visit from St. Nicholas" for his family in 1822. It later became known as "The Night Before Christmas." Fast forward, 92 years later.

Male praying mantids looking for "a little love" don't always fare well. Sometimes they lose their head. Female mantids can--and do--cannibalize them before, during or after copulation.

The California Weed Science Society recently published the 4th edition of the Principles of Weed Control as an e-book. This textbook/handbook that has been a valuable resource for many years and I'm excited that it has been updated.

The late comedian Rodney Dangerfield would have liked male ants. It was Dangerfield (1921-2004), you know, who coined the catchphrase, "I don't get no respect.

In This Issue: Upcoming 2015 UCCE Meetings Walnut Year-Round IPM Plan and Winter Orchard Pest Management Activities Walnut Orchards Planted in 2014-What to do Now?

In The Issue: Winter & Bloom Almond Orchard Management Considerations Winter Sanitation for Navel Orangeworm Control Honey Bee Safety During Bloom Rootstock trial for boron tolerance has Nickels with an early lead Bacterial Spot of Almond in California...

The IGIS team is constantly alert to new technologies that might be beneficial to UC ANR and the public that we serve. One particularly exciting technology that has been gathering much attention recently is that of emerging unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

South Sacramento Valley Processing Tomato Production Meeting Thursday, January 8, 2015 8am-noon Woodland Community Center...