Posts Tagged: Rachael Long

A Field Day for Learning About Cover Crops and Beneficial Insects

So you're a rural landowner thinking about planting cover crops in your fields or orchards. And/or,...

Larva of lady beetle munching on an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keeatley Garvey)

Larva of lady beetle munching on an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keeatley Garvey)

A multi-colored Asian beetles snags an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A multi-colored Asian beetles snags an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

These are lady beetle eggs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

These are lady beetle eggs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Rachael Long: A Boy, a Bat, a Coyote and a Crow

It doesn't get more real. Yolo County Farm Advisor and children's book author Rachael Freeman Long...

Pallid bats, shown here hanging upside down, were featured at Rachael Long's presentation on her second book, "Valley of Fire,"at the Avid Reader, Davis. She will speak on her latest and last book in the trilogy, "River of No Return," at 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20 at the Avid Reader. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pallid bats, shown here hanging upside down, were featured at Rachael Long's presentation on her second book, "Valley of Fire,"at the Avid Reader, Davis. She will speak on her latest and last book in the trilogy, "River of No Return," at 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20 at the Avid Reader. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Rachael Long, in a presentation at the Avid Reader, shows a bat house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Rachael Long, in a presentation at the Avid Reader, shows a bat house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Do You Know What's In a Hedgerow?

If you like to see lady beetles devouring aphids or assassin bugs piercing spotted cucumber...

A lady beetle, aka ladybug, devouring an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A lady beetle, aka ladybug, devouring an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An assassin bug, a beneficial insect, targeting a pest, a spotted cucumber beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An assassin bug, a beneficial insect, targeting a pest, a spotted cucumber beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A green lacewing looking for love. Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A green lacewing looking for love. Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

All About Crop Pollination

What's stressing our honey bees and how are they impacted? You'll learn more about honey bees if...

Katharina Ullmann, who just received her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis and is now a pollinator conservation specialist for the Xerces Society, is co-coordinator of the workshop. (Photo by Neal Williams)

Katharina Ullmann, who just received her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis and is now a pollinator conservation specialist for the Xerces Society, is co-coordinator of the workshop. (Photo by Neal Williams)

Curious About Bats?

Curious about those insect-eating bats? Yolo County Farm Advisor Rachael Freeman Long, who has...

Rachael Long (left) and Corky Quirk talk about bats at an educational program at the Avid Reader, Davis. Quirk is holding a bat that's feeding on a mealworm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Rachael Long (left) and Corky Quirk talk about bats at an educational program at the Avid Reader, Davis. Quirk is holding a bat that's feeding on a mealworm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Rachael Long displays a bat house made by her friend Ben Frey of Hopland. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Rachael Long displays a bat house made by her friend Ben Frey of Hopland. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

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