Backyard Orchard News
Just Buggin' You at UC Davis PIcnic Day
Let's do the alliteration: Bugs at Briggs and bugs at the Bohart. That's what's on tap on...
This is the UC Davis Entomology Club's 2017 prize-winning float depicting a 40-foot long black widow spider. (Photo by Melissa Cruz)
Maggot art, anyone? Dip a maggot into water-based, non-toxic paint and let the maggot do its thing on a piece of paper. Voila! Maggot art. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology doctoral candidate Brendon Boudinot with one of the cut-out boards. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
And the race is on! Cockroach races, that is. These "athletes" are American cockroaches. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch butterfly banner signals the opening of UC Davis Picnic Day activities at Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kent Daane Seminar: Spotlight on Spotted Wing Drosophila
(Editor's Note: If you missed the seminar, you can view it here on YouTube at...
Spotted Wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, on raspberry. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Winds of Change: Bridging Art and Science
Mark your calendars. A professor renowned for bridging art and science will address a UC Davis...
Entomologist/artist Diane Ullman with her tomato sculpture.
This is Nature's Gallery, a UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program project installed in 2012 in the Ruth Storer Gardens, UC Davis Arboretum, off Garrod Drive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Co-founders and co-directors of the UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program are noted ceramic mosaic artist Donna Billick (left) and UC Davis entomologist/artist Diane Ullman. They are standing in front of Nature's Gallery, UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Citrus Thrips Training for Pest Control Advisors and Scouts
Citrus Thrips Field Day at Lindcove
Tuesday May 1, 2018
9:30-11 am
Lindcove Research and Extension Center
22963 Carson Ave., Exeter, CA 93221
(559) 592-2408 ext 1151.
Instructor: Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell
Course Objective: To teach PCAs how to recognize the various life stages of citrus thrips and the predatory mites that attack them. Citrus thrips management strategies will be discussed. Great training for new scouts!
9-9:30 a.m. Registration: Lindcove REC
9:30-11 a.m.
A. Powerpoint presentation by Beth Grafton-Cardwell on the biology of citrus thrips and its natural enemies, the efficacy of insecticides for citrus thrips control, treatment thresholds, the current status of resistance and resistance management tactics
B. Microscope identification of citrus thrips life stages compared to western flower thrips
C. Field demonstration of citrus thrips and predatory mite monitoring methods.
Continuing Education 1.5 other units have been requested
Gulf Fritillaries: Passion Makes Perfect
No wall can separate a Gulf Fritillary from its host plant, the passionflower vine...
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) soars over a fence to lay its eggs on its host plant, the passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Gulf Fritillary checks out the host plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Gulf Fritillary maneuvers its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Gulf Fritillary spreads its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sideview of a Gulf Fritillary showing its silver-spangled underwings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)