Posts Tagged: Geoffrey Attardo

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

CLBL Event on May 15: UC Davis Medical Entomologist to Discuss Natural Mosquito Control

Being bothered by mosquitoes and troubled about the risk of diseases? Mosquitoes are not just annoying. They can be deadly.  Medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and...

Medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo will present a May 15th seminar sponsored by the Center for Land-Based Learning, Woodland. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo will present a May 15th seminar sponsored by the Center for Land-Based Learning, Woodland. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Still Time to Register for the Wetlands Symposium on Sunday, March 17

There's still time to register to attend the symposium, “Tule and Cattail: A Tale of the Marsh Economy and Its Role in Human Health and Wellbeing,”  set for 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday, March 17 in Ballroom B of the UC Davis Conference Center,...

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Of Tules, Cattails and Dragonflies...and on St. Pat's Day!

Medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT), is excited to organize a wetland symposium, set Sunday, March 17 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the UC Davis Conference...

This is the wetland area in Cache Creek conservatory which is adjacent to the Tending and Gathering Garden. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)

This is the wetland area in Cache Creek conservatory which is adjacent to the Tending and Gathering Garden. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)

The flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata, commonly perches on a tule stalk. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)

The flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata, commonly perches on a tule stalk. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)

A lizard sunning in the tules. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)

A lizard sunning in the tules. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)

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 Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo will discuss when he presents a seminar on "The Mating Biology of Tsetse Flies--Insights...

Mating tsetse flies. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology)

Mating tsetse flies. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology)

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