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A Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) nectaring on lantana on Black Friday. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Black Friday? No, Butterfly Friday

November 28, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What did you do on Black Friday? Did you spend the night camped out in front of a store? Or did you join the throngs of people who left home in the wee hours of the morning for the doorbuster deals or stayed on your computer for the online onslaughts?
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Pre-irrigation and weed control in melons

November 27, 2014
Irrigation is crucial for the production of melons in California. It facilitates seed germination, it is essential for crop growth and fruit production, and, for growers that apply pre-emergence herbicides, it is necessary for product activation.
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On Thanksgiving, we're grateful we're not a bee, this bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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We're Thankful We're Not a Bee

November 27, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Today is Thanksgiving. As we give thanks and reflect on a day set aside to be grateful, we realize that not all is great in the world of haves and have-nots, the generous and the greedy, and troublemakers and peacemakers. Miscommunications turn into misunderstandings.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

The evolution of weeds: De-domestication?

November 26, 2014
This blog was originally supposed to be an interesting article on Thanksgiving foods; specifically, a discussion about crops (i.e. squashes, onion, corn, carrots, parsnips, etc...) that traditionally accompany our Thursday turkey, as well as their weedy relatives.
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Graduate student Danny Klittich with his prize-winning design. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Winning T-Shirt Design Spotlights the Honey Bee

November 26, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Apiculturists and beekeepers will love this T-shirt. So will anyone else who has an avid interest in honey bees, or even a passing interest. It's all the buzz.
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A drone fly, aka hover fly and syrphid fly, engaging in a little acrobatics over an Iceland poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Drone Acrobatics

November 25, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The drone fly, aka European hover fly, aka syrphid fly, doesn't get as much press as the other drone, the unmanned aircraft. But the drone fly (Eristalis tenax), about the size of a honey bee and often mistaken for a honey bee, makes for great in-flight photos.
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The beginning of a black widow spider tattoo, compliments of entomology Jessica Gillung of the Bohart. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Eighteen Myths About Insects and Spiders

November 24, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Oh, the myths about insects and spiders! It was a fun and educational afternoon when the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology hosted an open house last Sunday. Visitors checked out the displays, asked the entomologists and staff questions, and looked over the list of myths.
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Robbin Thorp with two of the books he co-authored. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Myths and Gifts

November 21, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Myths and gifts... When the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts its open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 23, the theme will be "Insect Myths.
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