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ISHB News: Article

UC IPM Pest Note on ISHB

August 2, 2023
By Randall Oliver
The authoritative source for current knowledge of ISHB/FD is the UC IPM Pest Note on Invasive shothole borers (ISHB), authored by Beatriz Nobua-Behrmann, UC Cooperative Extension, Orange County; Akif Eskalen, UC Davis Plant Pathology; Stacy Hishinuma, USDA Forest Service; Shannon Lynch, State Univ.
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A male Melissodes agilis pauses to sip nectar from a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Get Off My Turf!

August 2, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Get off my turf! The native bees known as Melissodes, the longhorned bees, start stirring in the early morning. First, they settle on a leaf or flower to warm up their flight muscles. Once ready to fly, they don't let up until late afternoon.
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Anna Garrison's arm art: a tattoo of Cordulegaster diadema, aka Apache spiketail. The Sacramento resident is the daughter of noted dragonfly expert Rosser Garrison. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Dragonfly to Behold: Within an Arm's Reach

August 1, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
International dragonfly authority and researcher Rosser Garrison, who retired as a senior insect biosystematist with the California Department of Food and Agriculture in 2017 and has authored such well-cited books as Dragonfly Genera of the New World: an llustrated and Annotated Key to the Anisopter...
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Tephritid fruit fly expert Nikos Papadopoulos of Greece showed a video on tephritid flies at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. He did postdoctoral work at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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International Scientists at the Bohart Museum Open House

July 28, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosted an open house, "An Evening at the Museum," on Saturday, July 22, showcasing moths and flies, the moth experts were there to celebrate National Moth Week, July 22-30 and the fly experts had just attended the 10th International Dipterology Congress, held Jul...
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Entomologist Frank Zalom in an almond orchard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Frank Zalom, Entomologist Extraordinaire

July 28, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Frank Zalom never set out to study insect science. The UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus, an icon in the entomological world, especially in integrated pest management (IPM), grew up thinking that he might be working for the telephone company.
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Blog de Alimentos: Article

Estudio busca optimizar el riego en palmas datileras

July 25, 2023
By Basilisa M Rawleigh
Histricamente, las palmeras datileras han crecido a lo largo de las riberas de los ros o en reas con presencia de agua subterrnea ya que requieren de agua en abundancia para producir una buena cosecha.
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A bumble bee, identified as a male Bombus californicus, foraging on Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bumble Bees and Tithonia: Perfect Match

July 25, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A perfect match: a bumble bee foraging on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. Lately we've been observing a bumble bee, identified as a maleCalifornia bumble bee, Bombus californicus, sipping nectar from the colorful orange blooms in our Vacaville pollinator garden. B.
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A youth checks out the moth displays during a recent Bohart Museum of Entomology Moth Night. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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What Will You See at Bohart Museum Open House

July 21, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What will you see at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, July 22? The event, "A Night at the Museum," is free and family friendly.
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