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Garden Checklist for November
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November is in the heart of autumn in California. Though the days are shorter, the cooler weather can make outdoor activities less taxing for those who aren’t heat lovers. Your garden has different requirements for the cooler November weather, too. You can work with nature to maximize the garden for winter rest and spring blossoming.
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It's Friday Fly Day!
It's Friday Fly Day and what an appropriate day to honor a syrphid fly.
This syrphid, caught in flight, was seeking nectar from a Gaura, a genus of flowering plants in the family Onagraceae, native to North America.
Syrphid flies, also...
Entomologist Jeff Smith: The Master Builder of Insect Specimen Drawers
When you slide open the butterfly and moth drawers at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, the color, size and shape of the specimens fascinate you.
And then you notice how they are stored--in intricate wooden drawers made by entomologist and...
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