Posts Tagged: winter seminars

UC Davis ENT Seminars: From Bark Beetles to Meat-Eating Bees

From bark beetles to meat-eating bees! And from UC Davis to France... Seminar coordinator Emily Meineke, urban landscape entomologist and assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has announced the list of the...

This is a gallery of bark beetles. A seminar on forest beetles will be among the seminars hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is a gallery of bark beetles. A seminar on forest beetles will be among the seminars hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wild bees will be among the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's seminar topics. This is a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, sipping nectar from amethyst sea holly, Eryngium amethstinum, in Sonoma. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wild bees will be among the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's seminar topics. This is a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, sipping nectar from amethyst sea holly, Eryngium amethstinum, in Sonoma. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis Entomology/Nematology Seminars: What a Wealth of Information

So, you're sheltering in place and thinking about honey bees, bumble bees, monarchs and assorted other insects.  Nematodes, too. And maybe a spider or two? You're in luck. You can access (for free) the newly uploaded UC Davis Department of...

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on a spiked floral purple plant, Salvia indigo spires in Sonoma. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on a spiked floral purple plant, Salvia indigo spires in Sonoma. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch butterfly nectaring on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch butterfly nectaring on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A black widow spider with two egg sacs. Image taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A black widow spider with two egg sacs. Image taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

From Honey Bees to Flower Thrips to Asian Longhorned Beetles

From honey bees to flower thrips to Asian longhorned beetles... From a beneficial insect to pests... It's good to see the wide diversity of topics in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's winter seminar schedule. Seminar coordinator...

Honey bees will be one of the topics of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's winter seminars. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bees will be one of the topics of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's winter seminars. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is a western flower thrips, the topic of Professor Diane Ullman's seminar on Jan. 18. She'll discuss "Journey into the Microcosm: A Closer Look at the Western Flower thrips." (Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC ANR)

This is a western flower thrips, the topic of Professor Diane Ullman's seminar on Jan. 18. She'll discuss "Journey into the Microcosm: A Closer Look at the Western Flower thrips." (Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC ANR)

Lessons from the Ants

We can learn from the ants.Indeed, we can take lessons from the ants, according to ecologist Rob Dunn (right), assistant professor in the Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.Dunn, author of Every Living Thing: Man's Obsessive...

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ARGENTINE ANT foraging on pineapple sage (Salvia elegans). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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