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Eucalyptus tree with pest damage. photos by Michelle Davis
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Check Your Trees

January 27, 2023
Since the rain and wind stopped, the busiest businesses I have seen on my walks are roofers, fencers andarborists/tree services. This last business got me really looking at the trees around me to assess their health. This is something anyone who lives in a home should do routinely.
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ANR Employee News: Article

Become a mentor for UC ANR colleagues

January 26, 2023
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
With more than 100 new employees joining UC ANR in the past year, there is an extremely high demand for mentors in the fifth annual ANR Mentorship Program.
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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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