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What to do when you find an eight-layer yellowjacket nest

November 11, 2018
Yes, even yellowjackets can be beneficial insects. They feed on aphids, caterpillars, flies and even grasshoppers. They also help with your clean-up chores by eating rotting fruit, decaying animals, feces and other stuff you'd probably rather not deal with.
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Bagrada bug (circled in green) on harlequin bug.
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Bagrada Bug, Bagrada hilaris: Organic Management in Yolo County

November 9, 2018
By Margaret G Lloyd
Bagrada Bug, Bagrada hilaris: Organic Management in Yolo County Margaret Lloyda and Ian Grettenbergerb aUCCE Small Farms Advisor in Yolo Solano and Sacramento Counties bUC Cooperative Extension Specialist in Entomology Bagrada bug, Bagrada hilaris, is an invasive stink bug first found in Southern Ca...
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Booklice are nearly microscopic insects, Liposcelis bostrychophila, or "psocids" (pronounced "so kids"). They are common pests in stored grains. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bohart Museum Open House: Focusing on Urban Entomology

November 9, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Mark your calendars! The next open house at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus, is set for 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 18. It's free and family friendly.
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Rancher Seminar - December 5

November 9, 2018
By Devii R Rao
Please join the San Benito County Weed Management Area for our 17th Annual Continuing Education Seminar for Ranchers on December 5 from 8:00 am to 12:15 pm at the Hollister Veterans Memorial Building: 649 San Benito Street, Hollister.
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Canna Lily--Packed with Colors!

November 9, 2018
Evocative is the word that comes to mind when I see canna lilies. I have visions of jungles, plants with giant unfurling leaves, sunshine and bright red, yellow, pink or fiery orange flowers.
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Stones in Avocado Fruit

November 9, 2018
By Ben A Faber
The English often call a fruit seed other names, like pip. A large pit could be called a stone. Avocado usually has a seed, and if not it turns out to be a small fruit, called a "cuke". Well that's a different story. Sometimes little hard stones form in the flesh that are unrelated to germination.
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Henrietta, our Stagmomantis limbata praying mantis, lies in wait on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia.) (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Henrietta and the Drone Fly: The Predator and the Prey

November 8, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Henrietta, our Stagmomantis limbata praying mantis, perches on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). She is as patient as she is persistent. The drone fly, aka syrphid and also known as a hover fly or flower fly, makes the fatal mistake of touching down on the same blossom. Henrietta eyes it hungrily.
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