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Buttercup oxalis (Cedit: Jack Kelly Clark)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Common Winter Weeds

January 25, 2022
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Recent wet weather in many parts of the state has spurred emergence of winter weeds. How these weeds are managed varies by the type of weed and where it's growing. In IPM, identification is always the first step toward effective pest management.
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A syrphid fly, a female Scaeva pyrastri, hovers over an Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

It's Friday Fly Day!

January 21, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's Friday Fly Day--and time to post images of a syrphid fly. Syrphid flies, often mistaken for honey bees, are pollinators, too. Also known as flower flies and hover flies, syrphids hover over a flower before touching down.
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King Fire damage, El Dorado County, Blodgett Research Forest
Green Blog: Article

Just what is a ‘resilient’ forest, anyway?

January 19, 2022
By Michael Hsu
What does a resilient forest look like in California's Sierra Nevada? A lot fewer trees than we're used to, according to a study of frequent-fire forests from the University of California, Davis.
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This earwig was beneath a garden sculpture in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Ode to an Earwig

January 18, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A winter pollinator garden does not buzz with bees; it crawls with earwigs, ants, roly-polys, and other insects. Turn over a rock, a pot, or a garden sculpture and there they are. Well, there one was. An earwig looked up as we lifted a garden sculpture.
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Gwen Erdosh's Instagram account; more than 22,000 fans follower her.

Gwen Erdosh: Entomology Ambassador Extraordinaire

January 17, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're not big on bugs, you will be--or should be--after seeing UC Davis entomologist Gwen Erdosh's recent interview with reporter Ashley Williams on Good Day Sacramento. Erdosh, 21, an undergraduate entomology major and president of the UC Davis Entomology Club, is passionate about bugs.
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