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There is already a wall on our southern border, apparently, made of arundo (giant cane). This NY Times feature discusses US - Mexico cooperation in tackling the giant grass. Great pictures, too. Arundo is also a big deal in California.
Doom or gloom? Boom or bloom? Today is Earth Day, and millions of folks around the world stopped--at least for a moment--to pay tribute to the 46th annual observance. They planted trees, weeded their gardens, greeted pollinators, or just thought about environmental issues.
6 weekly classes and a Saturday Field Trip to the UC Cooperative Extension High Density Trial 2:00 4:00 pm, Wednesday afternoons located at the San Diego County Farm Bureau, 1670 E. Valley Parkway, Escondido CA 92027 Instructor: Gary Bender Ph,D.
If you poked around all the bug exhibits during the campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day on Saturday, April 16, you probably came away thinking: Bugs rule. In sheer numbers, diversity and special honors.
Nature isn't perfect, but neither are we! Today we watched a Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) laying eggs on her host plant, the passionflower vine (Passiflora) and another Gulf Fritillary nectaring on the nearby Jupiter's Beard (Centranthus ruber). Ms.
We are creatures of habit and when we see the effects of a treatment, we can often persist in seeing the same or similar symptoms and assuming the cause is the same. In a recent case, a newly planted Pixie' orchard, planted in August had gone into an old Valencia' ground.
Used in my MDP lecture today, and so posting so I can find it easily later! http://apps.agi.com/SatelliteViewer/ Great web app for viewing current satellite orbits. More detailed info here: http://qz.
Former Smithsonian entomologist Harrison G. Dyar, noted for his research on moths and butterflies, was not your typical entomologist. He feuded with fellow entomologists, was a bigamist (married to two wives at the same time) and caused an uproar when a tunnel he dug in a Washington, D.C.