Pest Management & Plant Health

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crick-side fruit
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These things pop up in the avocado orchard

October 23, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Boom, just when you think everything is going fine, you run across a reminder that there are little things going on in the orchard that are out of our control.
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The malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Julián Hillyer, associate professor of biological sciences, Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, Nashville, Tenn., will speak on the malaria mosquito at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23, in 122 Briggs Hall, UC Davis. (Photo by Anthony Cornel, UC Davis)
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Mosquito Expert Julián Hillyer's Topic: 'Not So Heartless!'

October 21, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What a catchy title: "Not So Heartless." Wait, there's more! "Not So Heartless: Functional Integration of the Immune and Circulatory Systems of Mosquitoes." This may not be the proverbial heart-stopping seminar, but it promises to be an eye opener by a medical entomologist and captivating speaker.
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Plum Gall
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Got a Plum Gall on your Fruit Tree?

October 21, 2019
Client's Request: I'm a trapper in the Ag Department. We have been looking for plum bud gall mites in the county. I recently came across this plum tree with a huge growth or gall, it's 8" long and 7" wide on the underside of a branch, the tree is around 15 years old.
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California Angle-wing Katydid - Adult<br><i>(Microcentrum californicum)<i>
HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Katydid Problem in Your Garden?

October 21, 2019
Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Gardener's request: I've just caught and identified what looks like a California Angle-wing Katydid.
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Pollination ecologist Neal Williams, shown here working with blue orchard bees on Phacelia, is a newly inducted Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Neal Williams New Fellow of California Academy of Sciences

October 17, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Pollination ecologist Neal Williams, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is now a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, a group of more than 450 distinguished scientists who have made notable contributions to science.
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Bohart Museum senior museum scientist Steve Heydon with his Pteromalids or jewel wasps. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bohart Museum Open House on Oct 19: Fright or Delight?

October 15, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It won't be a Fright Night or a Delight Night. After all, it's in the afternoon. But the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Parasitoid Palooza" on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey in his office in Briggs Hall. He serves as the master advisor to the animal biology major and advises the UC Davis Entomology Club. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Robert Kimsey Named UC Davis Outstanding Faculty Advisor

October 14, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and master advisor of the animal biology major, is the recipient of the 2019 UC Davis Outstanding Faculty Advising Award. Kimsey will be honored at the UC Davis Fall Welcome, set for 9:30 to 11 a.m.
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3 line cockroach<br>about 1/4" long
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Another Cockroach Moves Into the Neighborhood

October 14, 2019
Advice for Home Gardeners from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Home Gardener's Request: I found 2 of these little beetle like bugs about 1/4-inch long in our home. Are they cockroaches? I've seen them outside as well.
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Two spotted spider mite under magnification
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Spider mites in Brussels sprouts

October 13, 2019
On Wednesday October 9th, a Brussels sprout plant sample was submitted to our Entomology laboratory for insect identification. At the naked eye, we observed some webbing and specks on the leaf (See Fig. 1). Fig. 1. Leaf of Brussels sprout showing some webbing and 'specks'.
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