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Honey Tasting at UC Davis Picnic Day: Berry, Berry Good!

Entomology graduate student Yao Cai (right) of the Joanna Chiu lab helped staff the honey tasting table at Briggs Hall during the 2017 UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey has been called "the nectar of the gods" and "the soul of a field of flowers." Whatever it's...

Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 5:24 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: cockroach races (2), Elina Lastro Niño (16), honey tasting (11), maggot art (10), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (134), UC Davis Picnic Day (36)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Environment Family Food Natural Resources Yard & Garden

Just Buggin' You at UC Davis PIcnic Day

This is the UC Davis Entomology Club's 2017 prize-winning float depicting a 40-foot long black widow spider. (Photo by Melissa Cruz)

Let's do the alliteration: Bugs at Briggs and bugs at the Bohart. That's what's on tap on...

Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 5:27 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Brendon Boudinot (17), cockroach races (2), honey tasting (11), maggot art (10), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (134), UC Davis Picnic Day (36)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Environment Family Natural Resources Pest Management

Kent Daane Seminar: Spotlight on Spotted Wing Drosophila

Spotted Wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, on raspberry. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The spotlight is on spotted wing drosophila, a major fruit crop pest that wreaks economic havoc...

Posted on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 12:00 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Drosophila suzukii (2), Kent Daane (2), spotted wing drosophila (2), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (134)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Economic Development Innovation Natural Resources Pest Management

Winds of Change: Bridging Art and Science

Entomologist/artist Diane Ullman with her tomato sculpture.

Mark your calendars. A professor renowned for bridging art and science will address a UC Davis...

Posted on Friday, April 13, 2018 at 7:04 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Diane Ullman (49), Donna Billick (35), Fish and Conservation Biology (1), UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program (19), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (134), Wildlife (1)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Innovation

Citrus Thrips Training for Pest Control Advisors and Scouts

Citrus Thrips Field Day at Lindcove

Tuesday May 1, 2018

9:30-11 am

Lindcove Research and Extension Center

22963 Carson Ave., Exeter, CA 93221

(559) 592-2408 ext 1151.

Instructor: Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell

Course Objective: To teach PCAs how to recognize the various life stages of citrus thrips and the predatory mites that attack them. Citrus thrips management strategies will be discussed. Great training for new scouts!

9-9:30 a.m. Registration: Lindcove REC

9:30-11 a.m.

A. Powerpoint presentation by Beth Grafton-Cardwell on the biology of citrus thrips and its natural enemies, the efficacy of insecticides for citrus thrips control, treatment thresholds, the current status of resistance and resistance management tactics

B. Microscope identification of citrus thrips life stages compared to western flower thrips

C. Field demonstration of citrus thrips and predatory mite monitoring methods.

Continuing Education 1.5 other units have been requested

Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 7:24 PM

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Author: Elizabeth E Grafton-Cardwell

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