Pest Management & Plant Health

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Urban coyote sightings can be recorded at the Coyote Cacher website. (Credit: National Park Service)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Are coyotes becoming bolder in California while humans shelter in place?

April 17, 2020
Coyote sightings are on the rise in San Francisco, even taking naps in patches of green spaces in the city, reported Uma Chrobak in Popular Science. However, it is unlikely they indicate a change in wildlife behavior, said UC Cooperative Extension human-wildlife interactions advisor Niamh Quinn.
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Adult varied carpet beetle on a flower. (Credit: DH Choe)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Carpet Beetles in the Home

April 15, 2020
Like many, you have probably been doing extra cleaning around the house lately. Have you been finding furry-looking brown casings in the corners of drawers, in the carpet, or in the closet? These might be carpet beetles.
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Lynn Kimsey directs the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Congrats to Lynn and Bob Kimsey and Walter Leal

April 14, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Congratulations to the three UC Davis faculty members who will receive prestigious awards next week from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA).
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Drosophila on a raspberry.
Dennis Mathew, University of Nevada, Reno, will speak on
“Mechanism Underlying Starvation-Dependent Modulation of Olfactory Sensory Neurons in the Drosophila Larva” at the PBESA symposium. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

PBESA Meeting: Free Virtual Symposium on Sensory Physiology

April 14, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal is organizing a free, virtual symposium on Recent Advances in Sensory Physiology, zeroing in on such organisms as mosquitoes, honey bees, butterflies and fruit flies, as part of the April 20th meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of Americ...
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Miss Honey Bee (Wendy Mather, program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program) waves at the crowd at the 2019 California Honey Festival, while a curious youngster wonders what this is all about. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Another Casualty of the Coronavirus Pandemic: California Honey Festival

April 13, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic: the annual California Honey Festival, which was scheduled May 2 in historic downtown Woodland. This year would have been the fourth annual. But, of course, and rightfully so, the cancellation is for our protection. It needed not to happen.
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Scenic view
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT :: Agronomy and Weed Management Advisor

April 12, 2020
By Clifford S Stoddard
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT (AP 20-06) County Location: Merced County Date Posted: April 7, 2020 Closing Date: May 31, 2020 Location Headquarters: Merced, California For more information, visit https://ucanr.
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Whitney Brim-DeForest, UC Cooperative Extension Rice Advisor
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

UCCE Rice Advisor on Out of the Blank podcast

April 10, 2020
By Gale Perez
Here's Whitney Brim-DeForest, UC Cooperative Extension Rice Advisor, on the Out of the Blank podcast: Click here >> PODCAST From the Out of the Blank channel...
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