Posts Tagged: cucumber beetles

Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla: Targeting Cucumber Beetles on Melons

The Beatles rocked the music world, drawing millions of fans. Other beetles--cucumber...

Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla targets the Western striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma trivittatum. (Photo by Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla)

Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla targets the Western striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma trivittatum. (Photo by Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla)

UC Davis graduate student Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla also targets the Western spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata--a milder pest but still a pest of melons. (Photo by Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla)

Posted on Friday, July 10, 2020 at 5:00 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: cucumber beetles (1), Ian Grettenberger (8), Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla (1), melons (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (399)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Food, Innovation, Natural Resources, Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Katydids Did It

Katydids did it. When it comes to the best of the industrial-strength shredding machines, they're...

Close-up of a katydid nymph on an Iceland poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a katydid nymph on an Iceland poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A katydid nymph, its legs visible, leaving the Iceland poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A katydid nymph, its legs visible, leaving the Iceland poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A katydid nymph (top) peers over a shredded Iceland poppy at its dinner mates. A spotted cucumber beetle is at left. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A katydid nymph (top) peers over a shredded Iceland poppy at its dinner mates. A spotted cucumber beetle is at left. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, June 3, 2016 at 6:10 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Iceland poppy (0), katydids (0), nymphs (0), shredding (0), spotted cucumber beetles (0), UC IPM (0), UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (0)