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Automated pheromone trap
Salinas Valley Agriculture: Article

Status of diamondback moth population dynamics

February 28, 2020
Diamondback moth adults have been actively flying across the Salinas Valley these winter months, based on our area-wide monitoring program. There were a couple of locations where we recorded 'zero' captures during January.
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A six-foot-long worker bee, the work of self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis, anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bee-ing There at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

February 26, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven drew scores of families at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a science-based day always held the Saturday of Presidents' Day weekend.
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New Paraquat Restrictions

February 26, 2020
By Ben A Faber
As the 2020 growing season approaches, California growers, PCAs and handlers will have new regulations to take into consideration. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced new requirements for handling paraquat (paraquat dichloride).
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Martin Hauser, senior insect biosystematist with the Plant Pest Daignostics Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture, shows Madagascar hissing cockroaches to visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Good Day to Learn About Science

February 25, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They came, they saw, they learned. And in some cases, they conquered--they conquered their fear or avoidance of insects.
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The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, is one of the flies that Joanna Chiu, vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, studies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Learn About These Scientists' Research at UC Davis Seminar

February 24, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 26 will feature six Faculty Flash Talks on topics ranging from honey bees to tsetse flies to digger bees to trapdoor spiders to fruit flies. The seminar, set from 4:10 to 5 p.m.
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The Faculty Flash Talks, to place in 122 Briggs Hall at 4:10 p.m. on Feb. 26, will feature six scientists. This is an image from a UC Davis Picnic Day celebration. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Six Faculty Flash Talks at Department Seminar on Feb. 26

February 22, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 26 will feature six Faculty Flash Talks. The seminar, set from 4:10 to 5 p.m. in 122 Briggs Hall, will include Joanna Chiu, Jason Bond, Geoffrey Attardo, Rachel Vannette, Julia Fine, and Arathi Seshadri.
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