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National Moth Week ended last Sunday, July 25, but questions linger. A reader asked: "A friend was just telling me that butterflies and moths land differently. She couldn't remember if it was a moth that landed with its wings up or down. It looks like they land with their wings down.

Zoom Webinar Series hosted by the Range Management Advisory Committee and the C A Fire Science Consortium. For details and to register see the attached file.

They say good news comes in threes. Sometimes it comes in fives! Congrats to the five UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty members for their outstanding academic achievements.

Professor Richard Rick Karban, an international authority on plant communication and a 39-year member of the UC Davis entomology faculty, is now a distinguished professor, the highest campus-level faculty title.

With wildfire season in full swing in California and elsewhere in the West, many ranchers are increasingly concerned about the safety and well-being of their livestock.

Los trabajadores agrcolas han sido sistemticamente excluidos de los programas de seguridad. Histricamente han trabajado en condiciones peligrosas e insalubres, sin acceso al cuidado mdico, ni das por enfermedad, pero la pandemia amplific an ms la injusticia.

Are you tired of the triple-digit temperatures? Wish someone would throw a breeze your way and provide a little shade?

In Sonoma County and across the west, fires have grown larger and more destructive. In the past five years alone, fire has consumed about 25% of the county's landscape, destroying 7,500 structures and killing dozens of residents.

It's National Moth Week, which, according to the officials, is a time to celebrate "the beauty, life cycle and habitats of moths." So "moth-ers" of all ages and abilities "are encouraged to learn about, observe and document moths in their backyards, parks and neighborhoods.

UC Cooperative Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Nio, a honey bee scientist and educator who serves all of California and is a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty, was recently promoted to associate specialist, effective July 1.