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These are the larvae that Myfany Turpin of the University of Sydney will discuss at a virtual seminar to the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
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Myfany Turpin: Virtual Seminar on 'Grub's Up

October 5, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Grub's up! Grub? Food? Yes, think specifically of insect larvae. Myfany Turpin of the University of Sydney will speak on "Grub's Up! The Category of Edible Insect Larvae in Central Australian Aboriginal Languages" at the UC Davis Entomology and Nematology's virtual seminar at 4:10 p.m.
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SUPPRESS® herbicide applied in test plots on weedy rice (2020).
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SUPPRESS® Herbicide for use in Rice Weed Control

October 5, 2020
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
SUPPRESS herbicide EC, a product manufactured by Westbridge Agricultural Products, was registered in California in 2015. Its active ingredients are Caprylic Acid and Capric Acid. It is registered for use in organic production, and it is labeled for use in agricultural food and non-food crops.
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A screen shot of Christian Nansen's keynote presentation that he delivered to the 47th Congress of the Colombian Entomology Society. The meeting focused on the theme, "Frontiers in Entomology."
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Christian Nansen: Importance of Technology-Driven Frontiers in Entomology

October 5, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Technology plays a crucial role in the development of insect science--and entomologists, their students and society must embrace it, says Christian Nansen, an associate professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology, who keynoted a presentation at the virtual meeting of the 47th Congress o...
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A gravid Stagmomantis limbata eyes a honey bee nectaring on African blue basil. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Not a Good Day for a Bee

October 2, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A gravid praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, crawls out of a patch of African blue basil, and begins checking out the honey bees. Decisions. Decisions. Dozens of them are buzzing around, gathering nectar for their colony. They are not aware she is there.
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An alfalfa butterfly, Colias eurytheme, nectaring on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

October 1, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
For the first butterfly, it was the right place at the right time. An alfalfa or sulfur butterfly (Colias eurytheme) fluttered into our pollinator garden in Vacaville to sip some nectar from a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia). It lingered for several minutes.
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Ian Grettenberger
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Department's Fall Seminar Schedule Announced

October 1, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Cooperative Extension specialist Ian Grettenberger, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is coordinating the department's fall seminars, held virtually on Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m. Zoom links will be accessible via the Google form link. The schedule: Oct.
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Good Planning: A lady beetle laid her eggs (right) next to oleander aphids (left) on a tropical milkweed plant. The lady beetle larvae will eat the aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Lady Beetles Know Where to Lay Their Eggs

September 30, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ladybugs--actually "lady beetles" as these insects are beetles--know exactly where to lay their cluster of eggs--where the aphids and other prey are. Thoughtful of the moms, isn't it? Moms are like that. Look on or under your rosebush leaves. Look under your milkweed leaves.
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