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A crane fly resting in a Spanish lavender bed in Vacaville, Calif. Crane flies are sometimes called "mosquito eaters," but they do not eat mosquitoes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Those Goofy-Looking Cartoon Characters Called Crane Flies

May 25, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Back in April of 2021, we wrote: "They're out there, and you don't have to crane your neck to see them." The topic: crane flies. They're often mistakenly called "mosquito eaters" or "mosquito hawks." They're neither. They're members of the family Tipulidae of the order Diptera (flies).
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MG Community Meeting April 2023 (1)
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A New Look for the Statewide Office!

May 25, 2023
By Missy Gable
In a beneficial move for all of us, the statewide office will be better equipped to be responsive in addressing the needs of our county-based programs.
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Doctoral candidate Elizabeth Postema of the Louie Yang lab studies antipredator color and behavior in swallowtail caterpillars.
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Doctoral Candidate Elizabeth Postema to Give Exit Seminar

May 25, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Fifth-year doctoral candidate Elizabeth Postema of the lab of community ecologist/professor Louie Yang, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will be presenting her exit seminar Antipredator Color and Behavior in Swallowtail Caterpillars at 12:10 p.m.
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A flameskimmer, Libellula saturata, perches on a bamboo stick in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

First Flameskimmer of the Year

May 24, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was a little late. The first flameskimmer of the year usually arrives in our yard in early April. Not this year. The species, Libellula saturata, was late. The easily recognized red dragonfly, also known as "the firecracker skimmer," touched down in our yard today, May 24.
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