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A Gulf Fritillary caterpillar crawling on a stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Signs of Life on a Passionflower Vine

January 21, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you have a passionflower vine (Passiflora), check to see what insects or stages of insects are making this plant their home.
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Honey bee keeps a close eye on the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey(
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'Quincing' Our Thirst

January 20, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You can quench your thirst. And then you can "quince" your thirst. That would be a honey bee on a flowering quince. Yes, the flowering quince are flowering. And none too soon in our drab landscape, nearly devoid of color. Today the honey bees seems to be in a feeding frenzy.
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Chateau herbicide - supplemental label for use in olive and pomegranate in California

January 20, 2014
By Brad Hanson
Good news for minor tree crop weed managers - Chateau SW (active ingredient: flumioxazin) recently received a Supplemental Label that allows use in bearing olive and pomegranate orchards. Flumioxazin is a cornerstone preemergence herbicide for many tree and vine crop weed managers.
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Lady beetle, aka ladybug, devouring an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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What's for Lunch?

January 17, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What's for lunch? If you're a lady beetle (aka ladybug), a good bet is you'll have one of those yummy, plant-sucking aphids. In fact, you'll eat your fill. Please do.
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Get parasitized! The sign at the Bohart Museum says it all. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Mighty Mites

January 16, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The creative folks at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, have done it again. Among the many activities at their recent "Snuggle Bugs" open house was a "mite/art station.
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