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Insecticide resistance in alfalfa weevils is spreading across California Insecticide resistance is alive and well in alfalfa. Growers in Scott Valley, Palo Verde Valley, and the Los Banos area have reported issues with control failures for alfalfa weevil. In 2016, Dr. Steve Orloff and Dr.

E is for Earwigs - The Cringe-worthy Earwig For most people, there is something cringe-worthy about the ubiquitous earwig.

No assassinations today! But an "assassination attempt." There it was, a leafhopper assassin bug, Zelus renardii, waiting for prey atop a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola in a Vacaville pollinator garden. Yes, it's native to North America.

Friend or Foe? Insect? Bug? Beneficial? Pest? Insect Relative? Pollinator? Other? All these terms, and the creatures/animals they represent, can fall into, What's Bugging Me.

Come to our Open Garden! It's kinda like an open house but with plants. Mark your calendars. Saturday August 6th 9 to 11 am. Education Village, 499 Marguerite, Williams Pick tomatoes, squash and flowers.

As you know, our current Associate Vice President Wendy Powers will be leaving UC ANR on August 12, 2022, and Vice Provost Mark Bell departed at the end of June.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is awarding $1.85 million to the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources to increase technical assistance for California's organic farmers.

"My old flame" returned Saturday, July 2. A strong north wind aided him. It wasn't the "old flame" from last year, but a new generation. Still, what a beauty of a dragonfly--a red flameskimmer or firecracker skimmer (Libellula saturata), native to Western North America.

Summer, July 2022, Issue 001...

Dear Colleagues, The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, partnering with the US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Bezos Earth Fund, has launched the California Forests: Targeted Headwater Resilience Implementation and Monitoring 2022 Req...