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A lady beetle prepares for take-off in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Flight of the Lady Beetle

August 22, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Have you ever seen a lady beetle, aka ladybird beetle, aka ladybug, take flight? Have you ever photographed it? It's early morning, Aug. 20. A lady beetle is snacking on aphids on our native milkweed plant (where the monarchs are supposed to be, but aren't!).
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Incendio Forestal
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Consejos prácticos para proteger a su familia y su casa en caso de incendio

August 22, 2022
By Basilisa M Rawleigh
Los incendios pueden ocurrir en cualquier temporada, pero en los ltimos aos con el cambio climtico, con temperaturas muy altas y frecuentes, vientos fuertes, y las sequas que han provocado la muerte de millones de rboles y la vegetacin seca es mayor el riesgo de incendios y todos debemos estar prepa...
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Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen explains bee biology at a presentation in the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Celebration of The Life and Legacy of Eric Mussen to Be Live-Streamed

August 22, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Attendance to the UC Davis-sponsored event celebrating the life and legacy of UC Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, an internationally respected "honey bee guru," is closed, but UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal will live-stream the event on Zoom.
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A departmental seminar on Sept. 28 will explore "The Effects of Ethyl Oleate Pheromone on Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Overwintering Physiology." UC Davis master's student Nissa Coit will be giving her exit seminar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Department's Seminars Announced for Fall Quarter

August 20, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Emily Meineke, assistant professor of urban landscape entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and coordinator of the department's seminars for the 2022-23 academic year, has announced the list of speakers for the fall seminars, which begin Sept. 21.
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A robber fly peers at the camera. This is Mallophora sp., as identified by robber (assassin) fly expert Charlotte H. E. Alberts, a UC Davis doctoral candidate who studies these insects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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If It's Friday, It Must Be...

August 19, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If it's Friday, it must be Friday Fly Day. The calendar crawls slowly sometime, but its numbers do not lie. It's Friday Fly Day, all right, which means it's a good day to post an image of a fly, this time a robber fly.
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Green legs of this male praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, are camouflaged in this patch of African blue basil. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Green Legs and Bam!

August 17, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Have you ever seen a green-legged praying mantis on a green leaf? Praying mantis expert Lohitashwa "Lohit" Garikipati, identified this species as a subadult male, Stagmomantis limbata, perched in a patch of African blue basil in our family's pollinator garden.
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Native bees foraging on capeweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Foraging on Capeweed

August 15, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Honey bees and native bees love capeweed, Arctotheca calendula, also called South African capeweed, cape dandelion and cape marigold or cape gold.
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The Heat Island Effect

August 15, 2022
by Maureen Jett Heat Island Effect is a man-made phenomenon in which air temperatures and surface temperatures are higher in urban areas than in the surrounding rural settings.
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