Test PB Collection: FTE

The California Buckeye (Junonia coenia), with its bold eyespots and white bars, is an easily recognizable butterfly. The problem: getting close enough for a photo and then patiently waiting for it to open its wings. At the first indication of danger, it flutters away.

The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) recently released a series of free online training modules on understanding and managing herbicide resistance. The target audience for the five modules is consultants/field advisors/agronomists but I think any weed managers could benefit from them.

In the big, beautiful butterfly world, the Fiery Skipper stands out as the most common urban butterfly in California. It may not be as showy as the Monarch, the Gulf Fritilliary and the Painted Lady, but the Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) holds its own.

Yes, it's back. The Gulf Frit is definitely back.

Life stages of the European pepper moth, Duponchelia fovealis.

Just a quick note about soil seed banks. If you are not familiar with the term, it is where seeds are stored in the soil until conditions are appropriate for germination or where they decompose.

The folks who devote their entire lives to honey bees--how do they begin?

... well, a new name and new uses for a familiar product anyway. I received a notification today that Dow AgroSciences received California registration for TrellisTM herbicide for use in grapes and tree nuts.

Countywide Achievement Night, National 4-H Week, Home Ec Leaders meeting, New Leader Orientations, Final day to enroll is November 1st.

A new weed has been identified in California rice. Its name is winged primrose willow (WPW), and it is a weed in rice fields in the southern US. So far this weed has been identified only in fields near Richvale.