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December 2021

Getting Nervous... Again!

October 28, 2022
By Daniel K Macon
I suppose my obsession with the weather apps on my smartphone started during the 2013-2014 drought. I've always been a weather geek, but during that dry spell, I found myself constantly checking multiple apps to see if one held more hope for moisture than another.
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argentine ant and scale
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Ants OnLine

October 28, 2022
By Ben A Faber
You wanted to see where all those ants are coming from? Well here is the site to see what ants are where with their descriptions and images. The ant fauna of California comprises 8 subfamilies, 44 genera and approximately 300 species (of which 30 are introduced).
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A Bohart associate for some three decades, Bill Patterson is shown working in the Bohart Museum of Entomology in 2013. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)"
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Bill Patterson and Doris Brown Selected 'Friends of the College'

October 28, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Bohart Museum of Entomology associate and longtime butterfly collector Bill Patterson and his wife, Doris Brown, of Sacramento are the 2022 recipients of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' 'Friends of the College' Award.
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Inside a honey bee colony. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Congrats to Honey Bee Geneticist Rob Page!

October 28, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Congratulations to UC Davis-trained bee scientist Robert E. Page Jr., recipient of the 2022 Exceptional Emeriti Faculty Award from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES).
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Acercamiento a un gorgojo del aguacate, una plaga escurridiza que pasa la mayor parte de su tiempo en las profundidades del fruto. Fotografía por Mike Lewis/UC Riverside
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En busca del aroma que podría salvar al aguacate

October 27, 2022
By Basilisa M Rawleigh
Investigadores indagan qu feromona podra prevenir a la reproduccin de una plaga Cientficos de UC Riverside estn a la caza de una sustancia qumica que podra interrumpir el apareamiento del malvado gorgojo a fin de evitar que esa plaga acabe con los deliciosos aguacates en California.
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