Posts Tagged: IPM
Do You Know Your Spiders?

Do you know your spiders? If you engage in social media, you've probably seen a "what-is-this"...
A mama widow spider juggles her egg sacs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A jumping spider eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A banded garden spider moving right along. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A garden spider lying in wait for prey in its web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Catch of the day! A crab spider nails a lygus bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

For the first butterfly, it was the right place at the right time. An alfalfa or sulfur...
An alfalfa butterfly, Colias eurytheme, nectaring on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gotcha! This unfortunate alfalfa butterfly fluttered into the wrong place at the wrong time. In its larval stage, it is a pest of alfalfa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wasp Love: Pollinators, Artists and Biocontrol Experts

What a delight to see that European paper wasp nest tucked beneath the overhang of a fence in...
An European paper wasp (Polistes dominula) nest in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A European paper wasp, Polistes dominula, peers between the petals of a yellow rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis, UC ANR Communicators Win Awards

Hats off to the communicators affiliated with the University of California, Davis, and the UC...
Kira Olmos, 5, of Winters reacts to her first encounter with a stick insect at a Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. This candid image won a silver award in the ACE competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A feature story on UC Davis staff academic advisor Elvira Galvan Hack (pictured) won a silver award in the ACE competition. The article, by Kathy Keatley Garvey, traced her success story. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Western IPM Center's Steve Elliott won a silver award for his piece on "IPM in Yellowstone."
Diane Nelson of the UC College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences won a bronze award for her piece on "Can Science Save Citrus?"
Of French Fries, Couch Potatoes and Root-Knot Nematodes

When you think of potatoes, your thoughts probably turn to baked potatoes, French fries, the...
UC Davis nematologist Shahid Siddique. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)