Posts Tagged: ESA

Lawn-pocalypse! Surviving Drought

Ah, summer! The season of sunburns, pool parties, and… lawn droughts. If your once lush, green carpet now looks like a crunchy brown doormat, you're not alone. Let's dive into why your yard is staging a dramatic death scene and what you can do to...

Bermuda grass and weeds overtaking drought stressed turf grass.

A patch of former lawn, mostly dead, with a few green weeds and Bermudagrass

Winning PBESA Images: A Damselfly, a Blowfly and a Monarch

An image of a damselfly photographed in Hawaii, and images of a blowfly and a monarch photographed in California won the Photo Salon recently hosted by the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA) Photo Salon coordinator Joshua Milnes,...

Robert Peck, an entomologist with the University of Hawaii won first prize in the PBESA Photo Salon competition with this image of a damselfly. (Copyright, Robert Peck)

Robert Peck, an entomologist with the University of Hawaii won first prize in the PBESA Photo Salon competition with this image of a damselfly. (Copyright, Robert Peck)

Alexander Nguyen, a UC Davis entomology alumnus, and senior agricultural inspector, County of Sonoma, won second place in the PBESA competition with this image of a blowfly. (Copyright, Andrew Nguyen)

Alexander Nguyen, a UC Davis entomology alumnus, and senior agricultural inspector, County of Sonoma, won second place in the PBESA competition with this image of a blowfly. (Copyright, Andrew Nguyen)

Kathy Keatley Garvey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology won third place for this image of a monarch foraging on milkweed in a Vacaville garden. (Copyright, Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Kathy Keatley Garvey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology won third place for this image of a monarch foraging on milkweed in a Vacaville garden. (Copyright, Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Why Study Insects? A UC Davis Poster Lists Possible Careers

"Why Study Insects?" That's the title of a poster next to the door of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis. The poster specifies possible careers, listing...

A poster outside the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A poster outside the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Inside the 'World of Insects' Calendar

If you like insects, macro photography, and cool calendars, you'll want to order the "World of Insects" calendar, published by the Entomological Society of America. You'll see insects you've never seen before--and learn a little about them. The cover...

This image of the larva of an elm zigzag fly appears on the cover of the 2024 Entomological Society of America calendar. (Photo by Christian Brockes of Germany)

This image of the larva of an elm zigzag fly appears on the cover of the 2024 Entomological Society of America calendar. (Photo by Christian Brockes of Germany)

UC Davis Doctoral Alumnus Douglas Walsh Is Newly Elected ESA Fellow

UC Davis doctoral alumnus Douglas Walsh, professor and Extension specialist in the Department of Entomology, Washington State University (WSU), is one of six newly elected Fellows of the Entomological Society of America.   "Walsh is known...

Douglas Walsh, professor and Extension specialist in the Department of Entomology, Washington State University, working in an alfalfa field. (WSU Photo)

Douglas Walsh, professor and Extension specialist in the Department of Entomology, Washington State University, working in an alfalfa field. (WSU Photo)

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