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A red flameskimmer dragonfly, (Libellula saturata) perches on a bamboo stake. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Know Your Dragonflies!

September 4, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You're walking through a park and suddenly spot a dragonfly perched on a stick. "What's that?" you ask. As you edge closer, it takes off. "Missed it!" Well, you won't want to miss the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on Sunday, Sept.
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Late afternoon sun gives away the location of this praying mantis hidden in a bed of lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Find the Praying Mantis!

September 3, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Whether you call them "praying" mantis or "preying" mantis, one thing is for sure: they are difficult to find.
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International Map Year

September 2, 2015
By Maggi Kelly
Did you know that it is International Map Year? 2015-2016. The International Map Year (IMY) is a worldwide celebration of maps and their unique role in our world.
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False precision in the English Lidar release

September 2, 2015
By Maggi Kelly
Great commentary from Martin Isenburgon of LASTools fame on releasing data with false precision. This deals with the new open data release by the Environment Agency in England.
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A lady beetle, a monarch caterpillar and an infestation of oleander aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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How Small Is Small?

September 2, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Sometimes in a world of towering skyscrapers, jumbo jets and warehouses big enough to hold a small planet--or at least a state the size of Rhode Island--we don't realize how small small is. Last weekend it was a veritable insect feast on our narrowleafed milkweed.
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EVENT :: Science Symposium on Invasive Aquatic Vegetation

September 2, 2015
By Gale Perez
We just received information on the following event: The Delta Stewardship Council will be hosting a Science Symposium on Invasive Aquatic Vegetation at UC Davis on September 15, 2015. See below for details and go to the DSC event website for the tentative agenda: http://deltacouncil.ca.
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Fall 2015 ideas..

September 1, 2015
By Maggi Kelly
Here are the tag clouds from this year's GIS class: the why, how and what of our upcoming semester's projects. Word clouds from Wordle. The Why: what are the key problems class members want to focus on... The How: possible methods we will use... The What: some of the datasets that might be used...
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