Posts Tagged: pest management

UC Davis ENT Seminars: Look Who's Speaking

From honey bees to butterflies to nematodes--those will be some of the topics when the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology hosts its fall quarter seminars. The seminars begin Monday afternoon, Sept. 30 and continue every Monday through...

Honey bees will be among the topics at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology fall quarter seminars. This bee is heading toward gaura in early morning. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bees will be among the topics at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology fall quarter seminars. This bee is heading toward gaura in early morning. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Congrats, Professor Howard Ferris, Nematologist Extraordinaire

There aren't that many nematologists who can say their career spans 64 years.  UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emeritus Howard Ferris can. Internationally recognized for his “exceptional, wide-ranging and unparalleled...

Nematologist Howard Ferris traveled to Culiacan. Mexico in December 2015 to present a short course on nematode ecology

Nematologist Howard Ferris traveled to Culiacan. Mexico in December 2015 to present a short course on nematode ecology

Nematologist Howard Ferris (foreground) giving a short course on nematode ecology and soil health at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica in 2015.

Nematologist Howard Ferris (foreground) giving a short course on nematode ecology and soil health at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica in 2015.

This is the Nemaplex website that nematologist Howard Ferris launched and maintains. (Screen shot)

This is the Nemaplex website that nematologist Howard Ferris launched and maintains. (Screen shot)

Congrats to Our UC Davis Nematology Doctoral Students

Nematodes are where it's at!  Two UC Davis nematology doctoral students were invited to give research presentations at the international Society of Nematologists' conference in Park City, Utah and they excelled.  Meet the...

Doctoral candidate Alison Blundell delivering her award-winning presentation in the 12-minute student competition at the international Society of Nematologists. She won second place. (Photo by Veronica Casey)

Doctoral candidate Alison Blundell delivering her award-winning presentation in the 12-minute student competition at the international Society of Nematologists. She won second place. (Photo by Veronica Casey)

Doctoral student Veronica Casey of the Siddique lab delivering an invited presentation on “Pathogenic Hitchhikers: Investigating the Synergy of Bacteria and Nematodes on Plant Health.”

Doctoral student Veronica Casey of the Siddique lab delivering an invited presentation on “Pathogenic Hitchhikers: Investigating the Synergy of Bacteria and Nematodes on Plant Health.”

Seeing Spots and Holes?

So there you are, admiring your Coreopsis and suddenly you notice spots and holes--spots on the backs of two western spotted cucumber beetles, and holes cut in the petals. Ah, there's two of them. The beetles, about a fourth of an inch long, are...

Two Western spotted cucumber beetles, Diabrotica undecimpunctata, on a Coreposis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two Western spotted cucumber beetles, Diabrotica undecimpunctata, on a Coreposis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Why These Moths Are Unwanted

As we gather to celebrate moths during National Moth Week (traditionally held the last full week in July and to be observed areawide on Saturday night, July 20 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis), folks single out their favorites...

Close-up of the larvae of the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella), pests of honey bee colonies. Also shown is another bee colony pest, a hive beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of the larvae of the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella), pests of honey bee colonies. Also shown is another bee colony pest, a hive beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) from the Bohart Museum of Entomology Lepidoptera collection. (Photo by Jeff Smith)

This is the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) from the Bohart Museum of Entomology Lepidoptera collection. (Photo by Jeff Smith)

This is the lesser wax moth, Achroia grisella, from the Bohart Museum of Entomology Lepidoptera collection. (Photo by Jeff Smith)

This is the lesser wax moth, Achroia grisella, from the Bohart Museum of Entomology Lepidoptera collection. (Photo by Jeff Smith)

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