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A colony of red ants recently roamed the Bohart Museum of Entomology. They really weren't red ants, but children wearing ant headgear, created during the family arts-and-crafts activity at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on ants.

The 2023 Rice Production Manual is available for download here. The Manual was produced in association with the 2023 Rice Production Workshop; it describes the principles of rice production based on research conducted in the rice production areas of California.

June gloom will probably sock us in locally with some morning moisture which is great for the garden. It's a good time of year for dividing your bearded iris. UC Master Gardeners Katrina Kirkeby and Teena Spindler will fill you in on what to do.

As we observe Invasive Species Week, we invite you to join us in our collective efforts to combat the potential threat posed by the Spotted Lanternfly to the state of California.

In this issue: Announcements......... .1 Stress & milk production.... 2 Crossbred feedlot data........ 3 SDCT Study Invite............. 4 Detecting mastitis, AMS.....

Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How to Use Weekly Water Crop Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 05-29-2023" ET Report 05-29-2023 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...

Extension Methods & Delivery Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Office, Team, and Personal Management Confident Conversations: Useful tools to address farmer stress and difficult topics June 7, 2023 10-11 a.m.

Forensic entomologist Robert Bob Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will be featured at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, June 3 on Insects and Forensics. The open house, free and family friendly, is set for 1 to 4 p.m.

You are invited to Avocado Growers Workshop, Laurel Wilt-Ambrosia Beetles and Phytophthora Root Rot When: Jun 8, 2023 09:00 AM-12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) This is a hybrid meeting meaning, you can join us in-person at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC), 18905 SW 280...

Doctoral candidate Lindsey Mack of the lab of medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is zeroing in on the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, first detected in California in 2013. Infected Ae.