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December Newsletter

November 29, 2012
Presentation Day info and form CANstruction articles & photos Home Ec Review date 4-H Enrollment closes December 1st!...
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Professor Marc Tatar of Brown State University, Providence, R.I., will deliver the Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Seminar at UC Davis on Dec. 5.

He'll Give the Leigh Distinguished Seminar

November 28, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's quite an honor to be singled out to deliver the Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Seminar, hosted annually by the UC Davis Department of Entomology. This year's recipient is Marc Tatar, an authority on the aging of insects.
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This species, from genus Macrocopturus, is waiting to be described. And waiting for a name. (Photo by Andrew Richards)

The Perfect Gift

November 27, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So, you're looking for that perfect, one-of-a-kind holiday gift. One that will not only be memorable but a conversation piece.
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A Jerusalem cricket. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Strange Little Insect

November 26, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's a strange little insect. A reader likens it to "a cricket on steroids." A Van Nuys resident says she always wondered what they were. "I've lived in this house for 17 years, and a few times a year I see this strange insect in my backyard. It is always either dead or dying.
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Bruce Graham Hammock at the Observation Basin in Kings Canyon National Park, a large fishless basin where much of his research occurred.

Getting the Drift

November 23, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's exciting to see a son follow in the footsteps of his father: soon there will be more than one Hammock with a Ph.D. at the University of California, Davis.
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Squash bee inside pumpkin blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Thanks Be to the Squash Bee

November 22, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If youre having pumpkin muffins, pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin pie today (Thanksgiving), you can thank a squash bee. The photos posted below are genus Peponapis, common name "squash bee." They emerge in mid- to late summer, nest in the ground, and are approximately half an inch in length.
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BEFORE: Hulahalla, a three-year-old thoroughbred filly with acute laminitis in both front feet. She refused to stand up. (Photo courtesy of Alonso Guedes)

The Insect Connection

November 21, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The UC Davis news circulating around the world about a horses remarkable recovery from laminitis--thanks to an experimental compound--has an insect connection. But first: the news story.
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Navel orangeworms lay their eggs in almonds, pistachios and walnuts, with the resulting caterpillars (larvae) causing major damage. This is an adult on a pistachio. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Amazing Project

November 20, 2012
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
This research project looks very promising. A ripple effect, if you will... UC Davis entomology graduate student Kevin Rayne Cloonan not only won a coveted award for his research presentation at the 60th meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Knoxville, Tenn.
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