Pest Management & Plant Health

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Peach leaves deformed by peach leaf curl. (Photo: Jack Kelly Clark)

Time to Treat for Peach Leaf Curl?

January 8, 2018
By Anne E Schellman
Peach leaf curl is a disease that affects peach and nectarine trees. Although you may not see symptoms right now in the dormant season in California, it's time to think about treatment, especially if your tree had the disease last year.
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Brendon Boudinot, co-coordinator

Seminar Schedule Announced for Winter Quarter

January 8, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology has announced the list of seminars it will host for the winter quarter. The seminars begin Jan. 10 and will continue through March 14. All will take place on Wednesdays from 4:10 to 5 p.m. in 122 Briggs Hall, Kleiber Hall Drive.
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This is part of the trilogy of wall pieces created by artist Ann Savageau, professor emerita, UC Davis Department of Design. Her materials: hornet nest paper.
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This Artist Works with Hornet Nest Paper

January 5, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Most people avoid a hornet's nest. Not environmental artist Ann Savageau; the retired UC Davis Department of Design professor creates art from hornet nest paper. "I began using hornet nest paper back in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Pruning a tree. (Photo: Pixabay)

Pruning Trees in Winter

January 3, 2018
By Anne E Schellman
Winter is an ideal time to prune deciduous fruit and shade trees, since the trees are dormant and you can more easily see the tree canopy. In many cases, pruning can also help prevent or control certain insect and disease problems.
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The beginning of a black widow spider tattoo, compliments of entomology Jessica Gillung of the Bohart. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Eighteen Myths About Insects and Spiders

November 24, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Oh, the myths about insects and spiders! It was a fun and educational afternoon when the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology hosted an open house last Sunday. Visitors checked out the displays, asked the entomologists and staff questions, and looked over the list of myths.
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A DEAD MOTH, a Greater Wax Moth, collected outside a bee hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Sneaky Moth

August 31, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The female Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) is a sneaky creature. She flies around bee hives at night and when the opportunity presents itself--as it often does--in she goes to lay her eggs. The egg hatch into larvae, which munch and crunch just about everything in sight.
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Ride 'em, Cowboy!

April 21, 2009
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Lady beetles, aka ladybugs, eat lots of aphids. Did we say lots of aphids? Lots of aphids. They have no portion control. If you watch closely, you'll see them gobble aphids like theater-goers devour buttered popcorn.
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