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An Un-Bee-Lievable Summer at Belize: Bohart Open House on Sunday, Sept. 18

September 7, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You will not bee-lieve what a group of scientists affiliated with the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, found last summer in Belize. They brought back some 100,000 specimens, ranging from stunning orchid bees to spectacular morpho butterflies, to add to the museum collection.
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A WSU-Tagged Monarch: What a Traveler!

September 6, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What are the odds? What are the odds? A monarchthe most special monarch ever--fluttered over our pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif. on Monday afternoon, Sept. 5 and touched down on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia).
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Learn All About Butterflies Sept. 18 at UC Davis Arboretum

September 5, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You might see monarchs, Gulf Fritillaries, Western tiger swallowtails, pipevine swallowtails, and skippers. You'll learn about butterflies and their needs. It's a UC Davis Arboretum talk and tour and it's free and open to the public.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Tackling Tumbleweed in San Benito County

September 5, 2016
By Devii R Rao
Many of the ranchers I've spoken with over the last year and a half have said that tumbleweed, also known as Russian thistle (Salsola sp.), is a big problem in both San Benito and Monterey counties.
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Yellowjacket or Paper Wasp?

September 2, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Western yellowjackets, nicknamed "meat bees" (as opposed to the "vegetarian honey bees") are often misidentified. A recent visitor at a camp in the Sierra Nevada mountain range witnessed a large number of wasps and stinging behavior.
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September 2016

September 2, 2016
Are you ready? TOTSOCE is back and this year could be bigger than ever! There's also Science Night with Drones and Ventura County Fair results.
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Extra, Extra, Read All About It!

September 1, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Extra, extra, read all about it! This "extra" has nothing to do with a special edition of a newspaper. This "extra" deals with something that may puzzle you. This "extra" refers to the passionflower vine (Passiflora), the host plant of the Gulf Fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae).
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A Spectacular Spider

August 31, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You may not like spiders. You may have Arachnophobia, a fear of spiders, or maybe you just dislike all spiders. But still, some spiders are spectacular. Stunning. Striking. Take the redfemured spotted orbweaver, Neoscona domiciliorum.
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Figure 1. 2016 Armyworm populations from the Sacramento Valley to the Delta. Figure courtesy of Luis Espino, UCCE rice farm advisor in Colusa County.
SJC and Delta Field Crops: Article

Armyworm Update from the Delta to the Sacramento Valley

August 31, 2016
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
Please see this article on the UC Rice Blog for an update on armyworm populations. We will continue to monitor traps in the Delta through mid-September, and we will plan to monitor populations next season.
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