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Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. (Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Household Vampires Want Your Blood

September 13, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What do you think of when someone mentions "household vampires?" Fleas? Ticks? Bed bugs? Mosquitoes? Yes! The Bohart Museum of Entomology will host an open house, themed "Household Vampires," from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept.
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A painted lady, Vanessa cardui, touches down next to a male monarch, Danaus plexippus, on a pink zinnia in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Oops! Wrong Species, Wrong Gender

September 12, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So here's this male monarch nectaring on a pink zinnia in a Vacaville pollinator garden. The nectar is rich and he is as hungry as a migrant butterfly seeking flight fuel for the long journey ahead.
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Procesador de tomates
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Los granjeros podrán saber el costo de cultivar tomates con anticipación

September 12, 2023
By Diana Cervantes
El costo y el rendimiento de cualquiera que inicia un negocio siempre causa incertidumbre, esto no excluye a los granjeros que cultivan frutas o verduras. Los productores de tomates para procesar ahora podrn tener una mejor idea del costo asociado con el cultivo de este producto.
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A landscape photo of an oak tree with dying, leafless branches in a meadow of dry brown grass.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Sudden oak death: what is it?

September 11, 2023
Sudden oak death (SOD) is a disease syndrome that has killed millions of native oak trees (Figure 1) along the west coast of the United States, from Big Sur in California up to Southern Oregon.
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The legendary Robbin Thorp in front of an almond tree on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Legendary Robbin Thorp: A Tribute Well Deserved

September 8, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal created a video tribute honoring the UC Davis faculty who recently transitioned to emeriti, he singled out one very special emeriti as an example of tremendous community, academic and scientific engagement: Robbin Thorp (1933-2019), distinguished eme...
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Douglas Walsh, professor and Extension specialist in the Department of Entomology, Washington State University, working in an alfalfa field. (WSU Photo)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis Doctoral Alumnus Douglas Walsh Is Newly Elected ESA Fellow

September 8, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis doctoral alumnus Douglas Walsh, professor and Extension specialist in the Department of Entomology, Washington State University (WSU), is one of six newly elected Fellows of the Entomological Society of America.
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A male monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Monarch Takes Flight

September 7, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A monarch on the move... When you see a monarch foraging on a flower, have you ever seen them--or photographed them--taking flight? It's not your iconic image of monarch, but a few twists and turns, jumble of colors and jagged lines, and the monarch takes flight.
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Close up of a green sycamore tree leaf with irregular brown spots.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Defoliated Sycamore Trees?

September 7, 2023
By Belinda Messenger-Sikes
Have you been seeing a lot of defoliated sycamore trees recently? Sparse foliage and early leaf drop on sycamore trees might be due to anthracnose. The cool, wet spring in many parts of California provided the perfect conditions for this disease.
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