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Celebrating the Crab Spider in Arachtober

It's Arachtober and that means celebrating arachnids for the entire month of October. Well, we ought to celebrate them year around, but October is THEIR month. Let's especially applaud crab spiders when they prey on such agricultural pests as the...

A crab spider eating a lygus bug, an agricultural pest in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A crab spider eating a lygus bug, an agricultural pest in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A crab spider eating a lygus bug, an agricultural pest in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Learning About the Bees and the Nutrition They Need

If you missed the eagerly anticipated UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar by apiculturist Juliana Rangel Posada, an associate professor at Texas A&M and an international leader in honey bee research, not to worry. Her...

A screen shot from the seminar of apiculturist Juliana Rangel Posada of Texas A&M.
A screen shot from the seminar of apiculturist Juliana Rangel Posada of Texas A&M.

A screen shot from the seminar of apiculturist Juliana Rangel Posada of Texas A&M.

Posted on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Zeroing in on Honey Bees

The next seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology promises to be of great interest to bee scientists, beekeepers, and all those who want to learn more about honey bees. An international leader in honey bee...

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Posted on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Zeroing in on Soil Invertebrate Communities

You might call it earth-shattering, but better, "an eye-opener about soil compositions." Associate professor Kyle Wickings of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, will...

This is an image from Kyle Wickings' soil arthropod ecology lab at Cornell University.
This is an image from Kyle Wickings' soil arthropod ecology lab at Cornell University.

This is an image from Kyle Wickings' soil arthropod ecology lab at Cornell University.

Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Natural Resources, Pest Management

They Spent Their Summer Doing Research in a UC Davis Nematology Lab

It's great to see two high school seniors spend their summer doing research in a UC Davis nematology lab as young scholars in the UC Davis Young Scholars Program (YSP)  YSP is a six-week summer residential program that introduces...

Mason Walline won second place in the UC Davis Young Scholars Program
Mason Walline won second place in the UC Davis Young Scholars Program "Summer Slam" (Elevator Pitch or short-version), competing with some 35 other students. (Photo by Ching-Jung Lin)

Mason Walline won second place in the UC Davis Young Scholars Program "Summer Slam" (Elevator Pitch or short-version), competing with some 35 other students. (Photo by Ching-Jung Lin)

Anderson Van Dang presented his research,
Anderson Van Dang presented his research, "Effects of Bacteria Supernatant on Parasitic Nematodes." (Photo by Ching-Jung Lin)

Anderson Van Dang presented his research, "Effects of Bacteria Supernatant on Parasitic Nematodes." (Photo by Ching-Jung Lin)

Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Pest Management

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