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This is what the ootheca looked like in mid-March. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Day a Clothespin Sprang to Life

April 14, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Saturday, April 9 was the day a clothespin sprang to life. Some 200 praying mantis nymphs emerged from an ootheca that Mama Mantis (Stagmomantis limbata) had deposited last summer in our pollinator garden in Vacaville.
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This lady beetle, aka ladybug, appears to ponder its next move. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Flight of the Ladybug, The Origami Master

April 13, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ladybug, ladybug fly away home Your house is on fire and your children are gone All except one, and her name is Ann And she hid under the baking pan. So says a traditional nursery rhyme traced back to 1744 when it appeared in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Songbook, according to Wikipedia.
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This image from a spring 1975 class taught by UC Davis entomology professor Robbin Thorp (back row, far left) shows students showing their collections. Gary Lamberti points out he is in the front row, second from right "in the dark blue shirt with all the dark hair."

Gary Lamberti: Remembering UC Davis Department of Entomology

April 11, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When UC Davis entomology alumnus Gary Lamberti, professor of aquatic science in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, and director of the university's Stream and Wetland Ecology Laboratory, accepts a Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) Career Award on May 18 in Grand Rapi...
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Forest Management Handbook for Small Parcel Landowners

April 11, 2022
By Kimberly C Ingram
Forests in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range are being stressed by many factors that put them at risk. High-severity wildfire, drought stress, insect outbreaks, disease, and a backdrop of changing climate are a few.
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The UC Davis Entomology Games Team is comprised of (from left) Erin "Taylor" Kelly, Madison "Madi" Hendrick, captain Zachary Griebenow, and Jill Oberski.

A Tip of the Net to Our UC Davis PBESA Winners

April 8, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A tip of the net to our trio of UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology award recipients who will be honored when the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA) meets April 10-13 in the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country. Santa Rosa.
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The UC Davis Entomology Games Team: (from left) Erin "Taylor Kelly, Madison "Madi" Hendrick, captain Zachary Griebenow, and Jill Oberski.
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UC Davis to Be in Spotlight at PBESA Meeting

April 8, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will be in the spotlight at the April 10-13 meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA), to be held in the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country. Santa Rosa.
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Dorsal view of the larva of a lady beetle, aka ladybug, on a strawberry plant in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

They Are Not Your Enemy

April 7, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They're not exactly cute, cuddly little critters. Some folks say they look like miniature alligators or "ugly, spiky orange-and-black buggy thingies.
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A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on buckwheat flowers off the California coast. (Photo courtesy of Tobin Hammer)
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Tobin Hammer: Why Do Bees Keep Losing Their Symbionts?

April 7, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Tobin Hammer, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, UC Irvine, will give an in-person and virtual seminar on Wednesday, April 13 to the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on "Mystery of the Missing Microbes: Why Do Bees Keep Losing Their Symbionts?
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