Posts Tagged: pest management
Outstanding Group of UC Davis Graduate Students at ESA Meeting
Graduate students with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology excelled at...
Standing behind the ESA motif are UC Davis doctoral candidates Christofer Brothers, CC Edwards and Lexie Martin.
UC Davis doctoral student Iris Quayle of the Jason Bond lab discussing her research on "A (Finally) Complete Phylogeny for the Charismatic Genus Onymacris Using Ultraconserved Elements." (Photo courtesy of Lexie Martin)
Doctoral student Briley Mullin of Ian Grettenberger lab speaking on "Evaluating the Use of Predatory Plant Bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) as Biological Control Against the Invasive South American Tomato Leaf Miner (Tuta absoluta) in California Tomato Fields." (Photo courtesy of Lexie Martin)
UC Davis doctoral candidate Lexie Martin of the Rachel Vannette lab presenting her work on "Microbial Acquisition and Interactions in the Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria)"
UC Davis doctoral student Abigail Lehner of the Neal Williams lab discussing "Do Blue Orchard Bees (Osmia lignaria) Exhibit Plastic Behavior in Response to Parasitism by the Non-Native Houdini fly (Cacoxenus indagator)?" (Photo courtesy of Lexie Martin)
UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association members--Ziv Lieberman, Iris Quayle and CC Edwards--offering entomology T-shirts, all designed by members. They can be ordered online at https://ucdavisentgrad.square.site.
A view of the crowd from the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) T-shirt booth. (Photo courtesy of Lexie Martin)
Mosquitoes, Malaria and the Civil War
Not many Americans think about mosquitoes and malaria on Nov. 11, Veterans' Day. But they...
The Beautiful Coloration of a Western Yellowjacket
It's been several months since I've seen a Western yellowjacket,...
A yellowjacket (expired) placed on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The black and yellow coloration of the yellowjacket is striking. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
International Insect Salon's Amazing Images
If you love capturing images of insects or admiring the images of other photographers, you'll...
Kwong Ying Au-yeung of Hong Kong won best of show in the International Insect Salon with this image of a robber fly and prey. (Screen shot from International Insect Salon)
This image by Joseph Spencer of Thomasboro, Ill., won the medal for best image by an ESA member in the International Insect Salon. He titled it "Cloudless Sulphur on Thistle." (Screen shot from the International Insect Salon)
Dan Osipov of Danville, Calif., won a honorable mention in the International Insect Salon competition with this image that he titled "Glasswings." Only two California photographers had images accepted. (Screen shot from International Insect Salon)
Walter Leal: The Energizer Bunny at Full-Industrial Strength
When Walter Leal submitted his application in 2000 to join the faculty at the University of...
UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal delivering a substitute lecture when entomologist May Berenbaum was unable to attend to present the Wigglesworth Memorial Award Lecture.
UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal with former members of the UC Davis Leal lab at ICE2024. From left are Wei Xu, Yuko Ishida, Zain Syed, Walter Leal, Fen Zhu, and J-J Zhou.