Posts Tagged: Deep Look
Geoffrey Attardo: Seminar on Mating Biology of Tsetse Flies
Did you know that tsetse flies give birth to live offspring? That's just one of the facts that UC...
Mating tsetse flies. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology)
Geoff Attardo: Seminar on Mating Biology of Tsetse Flies
Medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, associate professor, UC Davis Department of...
Mating tsetse flies. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology)
The Glory of the Bindweed Turret Bees
If you've ever seen the nests of the bindweed turret bees, Diadasia bituberculata, and if...
A bindweed turret bee, Diadasia bituberculata, foraging for pollen on bindweed, aka morning glory. (Photo by Rachel Vannette)
A close-up of a bindweed turret bee, Diadasia bituberculata (Photo by Rachel Vannette)
UC Davis community ecologist Rachel Vannette at work. She is an associate professor, Chancellor's Fellow and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
A close-up of a turret formed by a bindweed turret bee. (Photo by Rachel Vannette)
Ever Seen an Aphid Giving Birth?
You know those dratted aphids, those little pests that suck the very lifeblood out of your prized...
A close-up of an aphid giving birth in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Another close-up of an aphid giving birth in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A lady beetle, aka ladybug, chowing down on an aphid, while another "waits its turn." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The larvae of lady beetles also feast on aphids. This larva is getting its share. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Focusing on Alternative Approaches to Manage Tadpole Shrimp, a Major Pest of Flooded Rice Fields
Rice growers currently rely heavily on pyrethroid insecticides to manage tadpole shrimp, a...
Eggs of tadpole shrimp hatch in a flooded rice field. This image was taken at the California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation Inc. Rice Experiment Station near Biggs, Calif. (Photo by Ian Grettenberger)
A field trial at the Rice Experiment Station near Biggs, Calif. (Photo by Ian Grettenberger)
Tadpole shrimp feast on young rice seedlings. (Photo by Ian Grettenberger)