Rangelands

I suspect anyone who has used livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) to protect livestock has experienced at least one of the following interactions with non-ranchers: A call or conversation with a neighbor, complaining about the dog barking; An email (often anonymous) from a neighbor about the dog barking;...

Interviewer: "Hey, Gulf Fritillary! What happened to you? Something take a chunk out of your wings?" Miss Gulf Frit: "I dunno. I was just fluttering around the passionflower vine and something grabbed me." Interviewer: "Do you have any idea what happened?" Miss Gulf Frit: "Sorry, no.

In the 5 years I've been with UCCE, I have received a few recurring weed-related questions. I've certainly had some unique requests, like how to deal with fig trees invading a livestock water pipeline, or whether filaree might be harmful to guinea pigs (it isn't).

If you're an entomologist, an agriculturist, a gardener or an insect enthusiast, you've probably seen the life cycle of a lady beetle, aka ladybug: from the egg to the larva to the pupa to the adult.

The spider failed to snag a butterfly, so it went for Plan Bee. That would be the honey bee, Apis mellifera. The bee is usually foraging for nectar and pollen and not that aware of her surroundings, especially a cunning and very hungry spider.

Prominent integrated pest management (IPM) entomologist Charles "Charlie" Geddes Summers of Clinton, Utah, whose University of California career in crop pest management spanned 42 years, died Aug. 12, 2021 at age 79 of acute respiratory failure at a hospital in Layton, Utah. Dr.

A fantastic line-up awaits those eager to attend the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's in-person and virtual seminars. Topics include earwigs, green roofs, fruit flies and nematodes.

Nematologist and plant pathologist Shahid Siddique, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and coordinator of the department's seminars for the 2021-22 academic year, has announced the list of fall quarter seminars. The fall quarter seminars begin Sept.

Step right up, folks! I'm a lady beetle, aka ladybug, and it's lunch time. Or maybe it's snack time, I don't know. I don't talk when my mouth is full. What I do know is this: aphids are tasty and they line up to be eaten.

It's only right that our University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) San Bernardino County Master Gardener Trees for Tomorrow' team of volunteers are our featured Spotlight' Master Gardeners for September, 2021.