Posts Tagged: CDFA
The Lady Beetle and the Syrphid Fly
So, here I am, an Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) perched on a rose bush in Vacaville,...
A large syrphid fly, Scaeva pyrastri (as identified by Martin Hauser of the California Department of Food and Agriculture), heads for a lady beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Touchdown! The large syrphid fly, Scaeva pyrastri, lands next to the lady beetle.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The syrphid fly licks honeydew from the lady beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honeydew is a sugar-rich sticky liquid, secreted by aphids and some scale insects as they feed on plant sap. When their mouthpart penetrates the phloem, the sugary, high-pressure liquid is forced out of the anus of the aphid.
Feuding, Bigamy and Tunneling: Hear About The Eccentric Life of Entomologist Harrison Dyar
Former Smithsonian entomologist Harrison G. Dyar, noted for his research on moths and butterflies,...
Entomologist Marc E. Epstein researched, wrote and published "Moths, Myths and Mosquitoes: The Eccentric Life of Harrison G. Dyar, Jr."
LREC Plant Pathology Lab Receives and Passes CDFA Compliance Inspection
Over the past year and a half, UCCE Tulare County Farm Advisor Elizabeth Fichtner and...
Sabrine Dhaouadi (left), visiting scientist, and Elizabeth Fichtner, UCCE Tulare farm advisor (right) introduce Stephanie Theodore (center) to the new pathology facility at LREC.
Blue as Blue Can Be
They look like shiny blue and black needles. Make that "flying" shiny blue and black needles. We...
A male tule bluet on a fading Mexican sunflower blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Medfly Wars
“The war is over—again,” wrote reporter Pat Brennan of the Orange County Register...
Mediterranean fruit fly (Photo by Jack Kelly Clark)