Posts Tagged: Larry Godfrey
Stacey Rice's Stag Beetle T-Shirt Wins UC Davis Contest
Ever seen a stag beetle? You know, that curious-looking male beetle with mandibles that resemble deer antlers? Now you can not only see a stag beetle, you can wear one. In fact, four of them. Entomologist Stacey Lee Rice won the UC Davis...
Entomologist Stacey Rice wearing her prize-winning t-shirt, "The Stag Beetles." In the background is Briggs Hall, home of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. This t-shirt and other insect-themed shirts are available from the Entomology Graduate Students' Association. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Researchers (from left) Larry Godfrey, Ian Grettenberger and Stacey Rice in the Godfrey lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Have a Rice Day! (Except for the Armyworms)
It's a day that rice growers look forward to. Bugs, not so much. Because they're targeted. Especially the fall armyworms. California's 2015 rice season indicated unprecedented levels of armyworms--the highest of the last 25 years, according to...
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a pest of rice. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia: Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility)
Why Flies Are Fantastic
You want to know why flies are fantastic?They are, you know. Just ask Martin Hauser of the Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).He'll discuss "Why Flies Are Fantastic" at the Northern California Entomology...
Tachinid fly (Peleteria species) on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
BYOB Doesn't Mean What You Think
BYOB doesn't mean what you think it does. Ask any entomology student and it means "Bring Your Own Bug." And that's exactly what the UC Davis Linnaean Team did this morning during an interview with the TV anchors of Good Day Sacramento. By request, the...
Bugs R Us
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Distinguished Service, Distinguished Awards
Excellent work!We're glad to see that three noted entomologists at the University of California, Davis, received distinguished awards in their fields at the 94th annual meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA) on...