Test PB Collection: FTE

Sunday, May 8 is Mother's Day. Saturday, May 7 is Moth-er's Day. Yes, that's Moth-er's Day, Lepidopteran style. That's when the Bohart Museum of Entomology will showcase moths at a special weekend opening from 1 to 4 p.m.

Forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology is known as "The Fly Man of Alcatraz." When he's not teaching classes, advising students and graduate students, or heading out on homicide cases, you can usually find him on "The Rock"--researching flies.

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County fairs are known for cotton candy, corn dogs and cool treats. But some--such as the 136th annual Dixon May Fair in Solano County--have bugs! When the fair opens Wednesday, May 4 at 655 S. First St., the Floriculture Building will house gorgeous flowers...and gorgeous bugs. The Harry H.

Gotta love those solider beetles (family Cantharidae). When an army of soldier beetles goes on patrol in your garden, just thank them. These "leatherwings" are there to mete out justice to the plant-sucking aphids and other undesirable critters. Aphids are high on their menu preferences.

Fair Information, 4-H Summer Camp Application, Poultry & Rabbit Field Day results, North Section Fashion Revue information and much more...

Released May 2, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture...

United States Congressman Jim Costa met with the Conservation Tillage and Cropping Systems Workgroup at the UC West Side Research and Extension Center on April 27. During the meeting, he voiced his support for increasing implementation of conservation tillage farming systems.

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It's not just future entomologists who study insects. So do future physicians, veterinarians, chemists, ecologists and scores of others.