Grass bug, Arhyssus sp. (Photo by Rodney Cooper, USDA-ARS, Shafter) Several specimens of grass bugs have been brought to our office in the recent weeks. These are of varying sizes (about 7-12 mm), but identified by the CDFA systematist, Rosser Garrison as Arhyssus sp.
Roger Vargas is in the thick of fruit-fly research and he probably wishes those insects would thin out. He's a research entomologist at the USDA-ARS Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center in Hilo, Hawaii. For those who don't deal with acronyms, that's the Agricultural Research Service of the U.
In light of spotting a couple of Asian citrus psyllids (ACP) in Ventura County about a month ago, it is important to be aware of this exotic and invasive pest and its damage potential.
Tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 2) marks the 125th annual Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, Pa., and you know what that means. That's when a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil emerges from his burrow and predicts the weather. If he sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter.
Nothing but net? No, no net. We have a winner in the 40th annual Cabbage White Butterfly Competition, sponsored by butterfly expert Art Shapiro, professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis.
Californias Conservation Tillage and Cropping Systems Workgroup will present educational tours and programs at three locations in California March 9-11 to convey information on innovative conservation tillage crop production systems that are being developed in irrigated regions of South Dakota, Nebr...
Nature's suspension bridge--that's what the spider builds. With the unseasonable warm weather and crafty spiders at work, can spring be far behind? Spiders are already building their webs on fruit trees yet to bud and bloom.
