Posts Tagged: UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
The Hornet Wars: 'A Bloody Dumpster Fire'
The news stories and social media comments about the Asian giant hornet detected last year in...
Entomologist Doug Yanega of UC Riverside shows two Asian giant hornets, one of which is from the colony detected and killed on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He was sought out to identify the species.
This image of an Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarina, is courtesy of the Washington State Department of Agriculture. The beekeeping industry is concerned about sightings, confirmed and unconfirmed, of this insect in British Columbia and Washington state.
Robert Kimsey and Elvira Galvan Hack: Making a Difference
They're making a difference: locally, regionally, nationally and now internationally. If you're...
Forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey in his habitat at Briggs Hall, UC Davis. He received an international award for his academic advising. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Elvira Galvan Hack is the winner of an international award for her work in advising undergraduate students in the animal biology major at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Emily Bick's AAUW Grant: Targeting the Lygus Bug
Watch out, lygus bugs! Agricultural entomologist Emily Bick is targeting you. Lygus hesperus, a...
Agricultural entomologist Emily Bick doing field work in Denmark before the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic precautions..
Emily Bick (right) in an engagement photo with her fiance, Nora Forbes. Bick is an agricultural entomologist and a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Lene Sigsgaard at the University of Copenhagan and Forbes is a statistician at the Danish Medtronic office.
Olivia Winokur: Newly Selected Fellow of Professors for the Future
She's an doctoral student in entomology now, but look for Olivia Winokur to be a professor...
Olivia Winokur, who researches Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, is the co-author of research published in several journals, including PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Her first first-author paper, “Impact of Temperature on the Extrinsic Incubation Period of Zika Virus in Aedes aegypti” was just published in March. (CDC Photo of Aedes aegypti)
Good Morning from a Sleepy Bumble Bee
Benjamin Franklin reportedly said: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy,...
A bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, commonly known as a "black-tailed bumble bee," awakens on a Spanish lavender in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Good morning! The Bombus melanopygus peers over a Spanish lavender in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Time to forage! The Bombus melanopygus peers investigages a Spanish lavender in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)