Posts Tagged: UC Davis

UC Davis ENT Seminars: Look Who's Speaking

From honey bees to butterflies to nematodes--those will be some of the topics when the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology hosts its fall quarter seminars. The seminars begin Monday afternoon, Sept. 30 and continue every Monday through...

Honey bees will be among the topics at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology fall quarter seminars. This bee is heading toward gaura in early morning. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bees will be among the topics at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology fall quarter seminars. This bee is heading toward gaura in early morning. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Gulf Frit and Tithonia: Showstoppers

The Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, and the Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, seem made for one another. Both are a showy orange. Both are show-stoppers. And both attract a photographer's eye. Especially when a Gulf Frit flutters...

A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, fluttering over a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, fluttering over a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

No Labor Day Holiday for the Honey Bees

Holiday? What holiday? It's Labor Day, but honey bees aren't relaxing. They're out in force collecting nectar, pollen, water and propolis. Ever seen them weighted down with huge pollen loads? They seem to have "Herculean strength," don't you...

A honey bee packing a huge load of orange pollen from zinnias as it heads for another blossom in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee packing a huge load of orange pollen from zinnias as it heads for another blossom in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee, its wings a'buzzing, slips through the petals of a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee, its wings a'buzzing, slips through the petals of a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

All finished here. Next zinnia here I come! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

All finished here. Next zinnia here I come! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Congrats, Professor Howard Ferris, Nematologist Extraordinaire

There aren't that many nematologists who can say their career spans 64 years.  UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emeritus Howard Ferris can. Internationally recognized for his “exceptional, wide-ranging and unparalleled...

Nematologist Howard Ferris traveled to Culiacan. Mexico in December 2015 to present a short course on nematode ecology

Nematologist Howard Ferris traveled to Culiacan. Mexico in December 2015 to present a short course on nematode ecology

Nematologist Howard Ferris (foreground) giving a short course on nematode ecology and soil health at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica in 2015.

Nematologist Howard Ferris (foreground) giving a short course on nematode ecology and soil health at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica in 2015.

This is the Nemaplex website that nematologist Howard Ferris launched and maintains. (Screen shot)

This is the Nemaplex website that nematologist Howard Ferris launched and maintains. (Screen shot)

RJ Millena: from Entomology-Focused Kindergartener to Scoring Cover of Journal With Her Research

Remember Rebecca Jean "RJ" Millena? She's the little Concord, Calif., kindergarten student who declared--on the very first day of class-- "When I grow up, I want to be an entomologist!"  And she did. RJ received her bachelor's degree in...

RJ Millena, a doctoral candidate of comparative biology in the lab of Professor Jessica Ware, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) holds a copy of the journal "Environmental Entomology." Her research is the cover story. (Photo by UC Davis alumnus Lohit Garikipati, now a doctoral student at AMNH)

RJ Millena, a doctoral candidate of comparative biology in the lab of Professor Jessica Ware, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) holds a copy of the journal "Environmental Entomology." Her research is the cover story. (Photo by UC Davis alumnus Lohit Garikipati, now a doctoral student at AMNH)

This image shows a twisted-wing insect (Xenos peckii) male pupae in dark paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus) (Abbott Nature Photography)

This image shows a twisted-wing insect (Xenos peckii) male pupae in dark paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus) (Abbott Nature Photography)

This image of UC Davis entomology graduate RJ Millena shows her jumping for joy while wielding an insect net. (Photo taken in 2021 by Kaylee Fagan)

This image of UC Davis entomology graduate RJ Millena shows her jumping for joy while wielding an insect net. (Photo taken in 2021 by Kaylee Fagan)

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