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Mating tsetse flies. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology)
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Geoff Attardo: Seminar on Mating Biology of Tsetse Flies

September 29, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and chair of the Designated Emphasis in the Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases (DEBVBD), will speak on tsetse flies at the next department seminar, set for 4:10 p.m., Monday, Oct.
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CC Edwards (left), a doctoral student and mosquito research in the lab of UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, answers questions about mosquitoes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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An 'Invasion' of Household Vampires at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

September 28, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They saw mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, lice and bed bugs at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Household Vampires." They learned that "medical entomologist is the study of arthropods (such as insects and ticks) that spread pathogens that cause human disease.
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A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, foraging on a rose in Benicia, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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'Understanding the Dynamics of Plant-Animal Interactions in a Changing World'

September 27, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Understanding the Dynamics of Plant-Animal Interactions in a Changing World." That's the title of conservation ecologist Paul CaraDonna's seminar that he'll present to the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology from 4:10 to 5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 2 in 122 Briggs Hall, UC Davis campus.
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Conservation ecologist Paul CaraDonna of the Chicago Botanic Garden and Northwestern University will be the UC Davis Department of Entomology's first speaker in its fall seminar series.
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Paul CaraDonna Seminar: Understanding Plant-Pollinator Interactions

September 26, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Conservation ecologist Paul CaraDonna, who serves as a research scientist at the Chicago Botanic Garden, a professor of instruction at Northwestern University, Illinois, and as a principal investigator at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Colo.
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Blue house with a raised planter of trees, shrubs, and flowers.
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The New Front Yard Workshop - October 7, 2023

September 26, 2023
By Anne E Schellman
Hello Sprout readers, We have a few questions for you Are you tired of your landscape and ready for something new? Have you been thinking about replacing all or part of your lawn? Are you confused about how to transition from sprinkler to drip irrigation?
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Bees are the most well known pollinators, but butterflies, including monarchs, are pollinators, too. This monarch butterfly, sipping nectar in a Vacaville garden, came up with a head full of pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monarch Butterflies as Pollinators

September 25, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"More than beautiful, monarch butterflies contribute to the health of our planet. While feeding on nectar, they pollinate many types of wildflowers.--National Park Service.
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