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Notes in the Margins: Agronomy and Weed Science Musings: Article

Upcoming Extension Meetings: October 2018

October 1, 2018
Complying with SB88 - Water Measurement and Reporting Shortcourse Senate Bill 88 requires that all water right holders who divert more than 10 acre-feet a year measure and report the water they divert.
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PLT kids digging
ANR Employee News: Article

Project Learning Tree partners with 4-H and CalNat

September 27, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
UC ANR programs collaborate to integrate best practices in environmental learning and stewardship to expand programming and impacts throughout the state Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an international, award-winning environmental education program, providing professional development training and wor...
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This quilted wall hanging of dragonflies is the work of quiltmaker and seamstress Ann Babicky of Schofield, Wis. Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the butterfly and moth specimens in the Bohart, loaned it for the open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Crafty Time at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

September 26, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Five quilted dragonflies skimming the wall. Eager hands cradling an orchid mantis. Eyes darting toward a hornet's nest. That set the scene at the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology's three-hour open house, themed "Crafty Insects.
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Mark Hoddle of UC Riverside is the first seminar speaker of the fall quarter
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Department Seminars Announced: First Is 'Biocontrol of Asian Citrus Psyllid'

September 25, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Entomologist and biocontrol specialist Mark Hoddle, director of the Center for Invasive Species Research, University of California, Riverside, will speak on Protecting California Agriculture from Invasive Pests: Biocontrol of Asian Citrus Psyllid in Urban Southern California, at the UC Department of...
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Entomologist Joel Hernandez adds the finishing touches on a rock painted by his wife, Melissa Cruz, the outreach coordinator for the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Why the Bohart Museum of Entomology Rocks!

September 24, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, rocks! Directed by Lynn Kimsey, UC Davis professor of entomology, the insect museum is named for noted entomologist Richard M. Bohart.
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Geoffrey Attardo, seminar coordinator
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Fall Seminars Announced

September 24, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The list of seminars hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology for the fall quarter has been announced.
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An aggressive caterpillar attacks another 'cat trying to pupate. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Curiosity Didn't Kill the 'Cat

September 20, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Curiosity didn't kill the 'cat. An aggressive 'cat did. We were delighted to find 10 monarch caterpillars (the first of the year!) on our narrowleaf milkweed a couple of weeks ago in our Vacaville pollinator garden--but not so delighted to see what happened to one of them.
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Youths catch-and-release bees in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven Open House on Saturday, Sept. 22

September 17, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre bee garden operated by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will host an open house, the last one of 2018, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22.
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An orchid praying mantis, reared by UC Davis entomology student Lohit Garikipati, who breeds the insects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

'Crafty Insects' Theme of Bohart Museum Open House on Saturday, Sept. 22

September 17, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Crafty Insects, featuring sneaky or crafty insects and visitors' crafts, will set the theme for the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 22 in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on the UC Davis campus. The event is free and family friendly.
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