Ongoing research

The University of Florida/IFAS is accepting applications for the position of Director and Associate/Full Professor of the Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.

Repeat after me. I am NOT afraid of spiders. I am NOT afraid of spiders. I am NOT afraid of spiders.

Entomologists know how to party. They know how to put the "boo" in biology and the "just buggin' ya" in bugs.

Dr. Marie Jasieniuk from the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences (and the weed science program) was recently invited to give the "David W. Staniforth Memorial Lecture" at Iowa State University.

The recent find of the Kuroshio shot-hole borer in Santa Barbara shows that the beetle is expanding up the coast and it comes on top of the finding earlier this year of a single Kuroshio shot-hole borer in San Luis Obispo.

Don't forget to attend the... 2016 Salinas Valley Weed School Wednesday, November 2, 2016 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Agricultural Center Conference Room (1432 Abbott Street, Salinas) 8:00 Registration (no fee required) and Refreshments.

The drone fly is an identity thief. It's often mistaken for a honey bee. Hey, isn't every floral visitor a bee? No, not by a long shot. One's a fly and one's a bee.

Last Sunday was forecast as 20% chance of rain in Ventura, but it didn't happen. Today, Friday it was supposed to rain, but it's barely a drizzle. My car's dust has just been redistributed. Could a better prediction be forecast? According to Cliff Mass it certainly could. http://cliffmass.blogspot.

You've heard the expression, "On a wing and a prayer." It apparently originated during World War II. Remember the 1942 film, "The Flying Tigers," starring John Wayne as Capt.

If you're rearing monarchs or offering them a way station of nectar-producing flowers in your yard, there's one thing you don't want to see: A praying mantis nailing a monarch. That's when the "pollinator friendly garden" seems more like a "predator friendly garden." It's not by chance.