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Watch out for these insects! Invasive shot hole borers (ISHB) represent two related species of beetles (polyphagous and Kuroshio) in the genus Euwallacea.

Millipedes These creatures are good. While I'm working away in the underbrush, I frequently run across them. Most species are not aggressive and curl up when disturbed. They like to hide under rocks, logs, and leaf matter where it is damp and dark.

Armyworms have long been a pest of rice, but 2015 was an outbreak year, and high populations have continued in subsequent years. We don't really know why this is happening, but it could relate to higher minimum winter temperatures (i.e.

On Friday June 5th, UCCE Ventura will launch a local campaign as part of UC ANR's statewide giving day, which we're calling Big Dig Day...a day to dig deep to support the UCCE programs that you care about in Ventura County.

Cynthia Kerson I have Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian) in my front yard, a perennial in the Valerianaceae family. This drought-tolerant, sun-loving plant flowers most of the summer if you trim it at the stem axis of spent flowers. It makes great cut flowers.

All UC ANR colleagues are invited to a special staff meeting and recognition event at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 18.

Monday, June 1 at 5 p.m. is the deadline to suggest a species name for a new genus of trapdoor spiders that UC Davis professor Jason Bond discovered on a sandy beach at Moss Landing State Park, Monterey County. Bond proposes to name the genus, Cryptocteniza, part of which means hidden or secret.

Unprecedented is an increasingly common adjective these days. It should be no surprise that unprecedented times often inspire unprecedented responses. Volunteer service by California Naturalists is no exception.

Noted vaccine expert Kate Broderick, who is leading an INOVIO research team in San Diego to develop a DNA vaccine for COVID-19, will deliver a presentation and answer questions at the UC Davis-based COVID-19 Virtual Symposium on Wednesday, June 3. We are fortune to obtain Dr.

Big Dig Day is almost here! It's a day to show support for your local Master Gardener Program.