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Katja Poveda: Zeroing in on Plant-Insect Interactions

Katja Poveda (left), assistant professor of entomology at Cornell, working on potatoes in her greenhouse.

Let's consider plant-insect interactions in agro-ecosystems. That's what Katja Poveda, assistant...

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Posted on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 5:41 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Cornell (1), Guatemalan tuber moth (1), Katja Poveda (1), pests (1), Pieris rapae (30), Tecia solanivora (1), Trichoplusia ni (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (1)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Food Natural Resources Pest Management

In Case You Missed It....We Have a Winner in Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest!

This is the first-collected cabbage white butterfly of the year in the three-county area of Sacramento, Yolo and Solano. It's the winner of the Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest and the winner is Professor Art Shapiro! (Photo by Sherri Mann of the UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology)

In case you missed it...we have a winner in the 2018 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest, sponsored by Art...

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Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 5:23 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (25), cabbage white butterfly (26), Pieris rapae (30), UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology (2), UC IPM (2)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Natural Resources Pest Management Yard & Garden

That Elusive Cabbage White Butterfly

A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on catmint last summer in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you've been looking for that cabbage white butterfly in the three-area county of Sacramento,...

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Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 4:24 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (25), beer (3), Beer for a Butterfly (5), Cabbage White Butterfly (26), insect (1), Pieris rapae (30), UC Davis (6)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Economic Development Innovation Natural Resources

A Butterfly for a Beer! Or Suds for a Bug!

A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on catmint in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A butterfly for a beer? Suds for a bug? The annual “Butterfly for a Beer” contest,...

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Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 11:30 AM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (25), Beer for a Butterfly (5), cabbage white butterfly (26), Pieris rapae (30), UC Davis (6), UC IPM (2)

Bohart Museum Open House: 'Insects and U'

A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on catmint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Mark your calendar! Here's an opportunity--especially for new students and prospective students at...

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Posted on Friday, September 15, 2017 at 4:53 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (1), cabbage white butterfly (26), Insects and U (1), Lynn Kimsey (2), open house (1), Pieris rapae (30), Tabatha Yang (1)

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